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Family Friendly Fridays: Homemade Animal Crackers

March 4, 2011 By Julie 51 Comments

If you have small children then you are probably more than intimate with the almighty animal cracker.  My pantry is never without a bag of these little beauties.  They’re perfect for pacifying a cranky hungry toddler, they travel well, and they have the same soothing effect as a cookie, only there’s the added benefit of them not being quite as big as the real thing which ultimately allows for multiple handouts.  (Aka… more handouts = greater spacing between crackers = happy child for longer period of time = happy adult for longer period of time).  Heck, I’ve even been known to indulge in a handful or two of these sweet little treats when little eyes aren’t following my every move.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Cookies, Dessert, Family Friendly Fridays, Food, Other, Snacks Tagged With: allspice, baking powder, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, cocoa powder, Egg, flour, food, oats, recipe, salt, vanilla

Family Friendly Fridays: Chocolate Churros

February 18, 2011 By Julie 47 Comments

I have had this recipe on my radar for some time now.  It all started when I resolved to create a list of 100 “must make” dishes in the name of organization and pop it up on my Facebook page.  I added churros to the manifest and concluded almost immediately that I needed to make them ASAP.  And here I am, four weeks later, and they’re finally up for all to enjoy.  I’m honestly not sure why it took me this long to make them (although I’m positive my husband would have some valuable insight to share regarding said procrastination habits).  They’re simple to make, the kids loved them, and the hubby literally ate half the batch upon walking in the door from work, proclaiming it be an appetizer before dinner.

I personally loved the addition of chocolate to the mix.  I realize that I  “de-authenticated” the recipe a bit by doing so, but my goodness, this is chocolate we’re talking about.  I’m sure once you’ve tried a couple you’ll be able to forgive me for the indiscretion.

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Filed Under: Dessert, Family Friendly Fridays, Food, Other, Other Sweet Treats Tagged With: brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, Cocoa, eggs, flour, food, Mexican, oil, recipe, salt, Sugar, vanilla, water


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