Norah's Menus and Recipes: Halloween Treats Part II

About my cooking

This is a place for me to track recipes we try. Sometimes we like the recipe, sometimes we do not, and sometimes only one or two members of our family like the recipe. I try to cook from scratch and we try to avoid processed foods. As such some of the recipes I post can sometimes be a little time consuming. I also try to buy and cook with locally grown organic products. I am willing to pay a little more to achieve this goal. If I can't find local organic I buy locally produced foods and then organic foods from elsewhere. I'm a big supporter of the "eat local" idea. I do belong to 2 different CSA's here in Utah, I buy from Crossroads Urban Center's food co-op, and I am a frequent shopper at local farmer's markets.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Halloween Treats Part II

These were too cute but I could not get my kids to try these cookies at all. They were too afraid the worms and dirt were real. The dirt is granulated sugar I colored black with black gel coloring. You could buy black edible glitter or even black sprinkles to use instead. I used a circle cookie cutter to cut out the cookie. I made my favorite sugar cookie dough but you could use the premade cookie dough from the store if you wanted. I tried making holes with a straw before cooking the cookies to weave the worm in the cookie. While trying to assemble the cookies I realized my worms were a bit bigger than my holes so in the end on some cookies I just laid the worm over the top of the cookie. Make sure you sprinkle the black sugar on while the cookies are still warm so it will adhere.

I have quite a few of the realistic looking worms left. Leave me a comment with a way to contact you if you'd like some free realistic worms. I'd be happy to send them your way.