Peppermint Crunch Puppy Chow

Peppermint Crunch Puppy Chow

 

Makes 5 cups

1.     5 cups Rice Chex cereal
2.     10 ounces melting white chocolate OR vanilla flavored Almond Bark
3.     1 cup crushed candy canes
4.     1 cup powdered sugar

How To Do :-

• Pour 5 cups of Chex Cereal into a large bowl.  Melt white chocolate/almond bark according to the package directions.  Pour melted chocolate over cereal, stirring and folding until the cereal is completely covered. Fold in the crushed candy canes
• In a large zipped top bag or covered container, add the powdered sugar. Pour the chocolate covered cereal/candy canes into the large bag or container.  Seal the bag or container and shake until all the cereal is coated with the powdered mixture.
• Discard excess powder and enjoy!
• Store at room temperature up to 2 weeks, if it lasts that long!

Peanut Butter Graham Crackers

Peanut Butter Graham Crackers

For the crackers:

1. Cream together 1/2 cup (one stick of butter) with 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar
2. add 1/2 cup of peanut butter
3. 1/2 tsp salt
4. 1 tsp baking powder
5. 1 1/4  cups of whole wheat flour

• finally add in 2 tbsp milk and 2 tbsp honey
• shape into a ball and chill, for at least 30 minutes
• roll out to desired thickenss
• cut into squares (actually any shape is okey dokey)
• prick with fork
• bake on lined (or well greased) baking sheet @350F for 15 minutes (a bit longer if your cookies are thicker)

WATCH closely - I burned my first batch:(

let cool
Enjoy !

Lyonnaise Garlic and Herb Cheese with Homemade thin wheat Crackers

Lyonnaise Garlic and Herb Cheese with Homemade thin wheat Crackers

For the crackers:

1. 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
2. 1/2 tsp salt
3. 4 tbsp butter

How To Do :-

• combine the flour and salt - and then cut in the butter
• add 1 tbsp agave (honey would also be good)
• 1/4 cup of milk (you may need to add an extra tbsp if too dry)
• and 1 tsp vanilla
• mix until just combined
• roll out to about 1/4 - 1/8 inch
• cut using a pizza cutter
• bake on a parchment lined sheet @400F for 8 minutes
• I flipped mine after four minutes so that they would brown evenly

watch them carefully they will burn

Homemade Ritz Crackers

Homemade Ritz Crackers

1. 2 cups of Ap flour
2. 3 tsp baking powder
3. 1 tbsp sugar
4. 1 tsp salt
5. 1 stick of butter divided {I used salted}
6. 2/3 cup of whole milk

How To Do :-

• In the bowl of a food processor
• add the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt
• Pulse
• Add 6 tbsp of cold butter
• {cut into 1 tbsp size pieces}
• Pulse
• Add the milk a little at a time
• Pulse - and the dough will begin to form a ball
• on a lightly floured surface
• roll out the dough as thin as you can
• {I did not roll my quite thin enough}
• cut into shapes
• prick with a fork
• bake on a parchment lined sheet for about 10 minutes @400
• while they are cooking melt the remaining 2 tbsp of butter
• as soon as the crackers are golden remove them from the oven
• and brush with the melted butter

I prefer wheat thins myself,
but the kids LOVE their ritz,
{these are pretty darn good}
and tomorrow it's all about the kids

wish me luck:)

Homemade Cheese Crackers

Homemade Cheese Crackers

For the crackers:

1. 2 cups of whole wheat flour
2. 6 ounces of sharp white cheddar (you could use yellow) grated
3. 3/4 cup of milk
4. 2 tbsp of butter
5. 2 tsp of sea salt

How To Do :-

1. in the bowl of a food processor combine the flour and salt
2. add the cheese and pulse until well combined
3. add the butter - pulse until you have a course meal
4. while pulsing gradually add the milk
5. this will form the dough
6. roll out to about 1/4 inch thickness (on a well floured surface)
7. cut into squares (I did owls as well)
8. bake on an UN-greased sheet @ 425 for 8 minutes
9. even better than those other crackers

Enjoy!