Monday, October 27, 2008

Mummy Dogs!


INGREDIENTS
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations™ refrigerated flaky dough sheet
2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)
10 large hot dogs
Cooking spray
Mustard or ketchup, if desired




DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.
3. With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).
4. Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like "bandages," stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for "face." On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.
5. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on "face."
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 15 to 19 minutes.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Halloween Decorating Ideas





Every year my home hosts our annual Pumpkin Carving Party. It is such a fun family event! I will be sharing with you some of our decorating and party ideas! 1st we sent out invitations...if everyone comes this year there will be 100 people 40 of them children. We ask each family to bring a dish and a pumpkin to carve. The party is always the Saturday before Halloween and is held outdoors. We show a movie under the stars at 7:30 (This year we have chosen Hocus Pocus) and hold a flashlight treasure hunt right before movie time. The flashlight treasure hunt is a favorite amongst the kids. Each family brings a goodie package (40 of the same item) and we wrap them in foil so that they shine when a flashlight hits them. Goodie packages consist of inexpensive items i.e. spiderrings, lollipops, ect. Today our family spent the warm sunny afternoon decorating the front of our home. I will keep you posted as we complete our party preparations! This is a great theme party for families, neighbors and friends!