Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

When the carving is done, the fun is not over.

It's time to toast those pumpkin seeds!

Before you throughout you pumpkin pulp

Save those Seeds!

Ingredients:

Pumpkin Seeds(fresh)

2 tablespoon of Oil (olive)

1 tablespoon Sea Salt

1/2 tablespoon chili powder

1/2 tablespoon cumin

Directions:

1. Wash seeds.

2. Dry seeds by patting with paper towels.

3. Coat seeds with oil.

4. Mix sea salt, chili powder, and cumin together.

5. Coat seeds with seasoning mixture.

6. Place an even layer onto baking sheet.

7. Bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

             Eat 'em up!

What's your cookbook style?

I can't believe I even shared this picture of my recipes.

This is my go to recipes.

They have becoming faded & stained but I've been afraid to change.

You see I may never find an organizational style that will work as well as this one. 

I really did see all of your eyes roll...

When I started the Sookz Nook Blog one of my main goals was to organize and redo my recipes. That's has lead me to looking, looking, and thinking and thinking about what method and style will be best for me. I'm leaning toward a ring style or possibly even a binder with laminate pages. A card system isn't altogether a bad idea but I don't think it's for me. I've thought to have them put into a bound book possibly using Blurb or maybe another photo site such as that. 

So..let me in on what your style is...

Have you gone totally high tech and keep everything on line?

What is your cookbook style?

Mummy Men

This is almost too simple to even post but the kids just loved them.

It really just a new version of the Pig-in-a Blanket

but how cute instead...

Just two ingredients!

Canned biscuits & hot dogs.

Cook about 10 minutes at 350 degrees until golden.

Caramel Candy Apples

Nothing says Fall Festival more than Caramel Candied Apples.

Ingredients:

20 Apples

2 Bags of Kraft Caramels 

Popsicle Sticks

Fisher's Nut Topping

1.  Start by washing your apples is mild detergent, rinsing and drying. The caramel will not stick if you do not do this first. 

2. Boil watering in a double boiler over low to medium heat. Unwrap caramels, place in top of boiler along with 4 tablespoon of water. Stirring until caramels are melted.

3. Remove candies from the heat.

4. Dip apples one at a time into caramel coating them.

5. Dip apples bottoms into nuts to coat.

6. Refrigerate apples until chilled and caramel is set.

Tips: You can spoon left over caramel over apples before placing them in the refrigerator for more coverage. 

Candies and sprinkles can be added to fancy them up.

Depending on the age of the children eating you could use dowel sticks, branches from trees can make a spookier appearance, or you can even color the tips of your popsicle sticks with a permanent marker.

Dirt Cake

I'm so glad you here. Today I'm making Dirt Cake.

This desert is always a crowd pleaser but especially at Halloween.

A few gummie worms and you've got yourself  a wiggly-giggly desert for your 

gathering.

My recipe works great in a 9 x 13 dish.

Ingredient:

2 packages of Oreo cookies~My original recipe calls for 1 package

                                                   but sometimes to be excessive is a 

                                                   good thing.

12 ounce block of cream cheese~room temperature

3 large boxes instant chocolate pudding (5.9 ounce)~crushed

4 3/4 cups of Milk

8 ounces Whip Topping (Cool Whip) ~thawed

6 tablespoons margarine or butter

Gummie Worms

Directions:
1. Pour milk into large mixing bowl.
2. Add pudding mix and Whisk until blended.Set aside for about 5 minutes. 
3. Cream margarine and cream cheese together.
4. Stir into pudding.
5. Fold-in whipped topping.
6. Layer bottom of pan with crushed cookies.
7. Fold-in half of remaining crushed cookies.
8. Pour into pan or dish.
9. Cover cake with the remaining crushed cookies.
10. Add your gummies.