Fun Flip Flop Cookies!

One of my teachers at my daycare made these fun little cookies. I told her I had to share them here on my blog.   They are perfect for a summer pool or beach party and if you have small children you can get them to ice these fun cookies.  So here it goes..

Nabisco Cameo cookies
Vanilla Icing (use food color to color the icing)
Gummy Worms
Rope licorice

Frost two cookies with the same color icing, for wide straps, snip the rounded ends from a gummy worm, cut in half, and slice each half lengthwise, leaving one end intact.
For thin straps cut rope licorice into four 1 3/4 inch pieces, cut one end of each piece on an angle and pinch together the pointed ends to form two pairs. Press the straps, connected ends first, into the frosting.  Let the cookies set for at least 20 minutes.   You can serve them on a dish towel (to look like a beach towel) and spread on a  beach plate of graham cracker crumbs tp make the plate look like a beach.


How cute......thanks Lindsay for making these !



Mason Jar Candles

I really enjoy making different type crafts using mason jars. This was an idea I came up with after buying old doilies from yard sales and flea marts.  You can buy them dirt cheap.  Plus, I used recycled Mason jars and some small stones.   They look so beautiful when the tea candles are lit.  I think they would also look beautiful around the holidays with little bells and holiday scented candles.  So here is how I made them :

What I used:  a few jars, the doilies, spray adhesive, twine and a few buttons.

Place the doilie on an old page from a magazine (newspaper sticks to the jar) and spray with the adhesive spray. 




Roll the Jar onto the sprayed doilie.

I rolled twine around the Jar cap, but you can use ribbon also.

Put a few stones in the bottom ( you could use small shells or sand) and add the tea candle.

I lit the candles in this picture, but it wasn't dark enough

to get the right look for the camera. 

You could even dye the doilies if you wanted to.

 They especially look nice in the evening.



 



 

Okay, Another Zucchini Recipe !

I love this cake.  It's so moist and chocolaty. Plus if you grow zucchini, this is another way to use up some of those garden goodies.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 milk chocolate chips

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Fold in zucchini,semisweet choc. chips walnuts if desired.  

1. Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with milk chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.  

Ready to be baked



fresh from the oven and cooling off 



I iced the cake with a basic butter cream icing. 
 You could just put a scoop of ice cream
 or a little powder sugar on top.