A Mourning Mom

Fun Friday with Food

Grieving during the holidays is complicated, so I am continuing my search for the happy.  The other week we made some Hanukkah treats (they were practice for making them with each of the twins’ 1st grade classes).  First, we made marshmallow dreidels.

Ingredients

• marshmallows
• pretzel sticks
• Hershey kisses
• frosting

1. Unwrap the Hershey kiss.
2. Spread frosting on the bottom of the marshmallow.
3. Place the kiss in the frosting.
4. Push a pretzel stick on the top of the marshmallow (for the dreidel top).
5. Cover the whole thing with chocolate magic shell and wait for it to dry.

We did not have the patience for the drying so we skipped #5.

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Yesterday we tried to make tiny gingerbread houses for the twin’s teachers.  We found a recipe in Family Fun Magazine:

Ingredients

Houses

• Graham crackers
• Sprinkles and sweet decorations, such as, shaped sprinkles or gumdrops – we used Unreal Candy

(we bought pre-made icing but if you want to make icing below is a recipe)

Vanilla Decorating Icing

• 3 cups  confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tablespoons  milk
• 2 tablespoons  light corn syrup
• 3/4 teaspoon  vanilla extract

Make a Teensy Gingerbread House

1. With a serrated knife, cut the graham cracker pieces as shown. Tip: To create the pairs, cut one piece, then use it as a guide for the second.

2. To assemble, use Vanilla Decorating Icing (or the store bought icing).

3. Let the icing set, then use more to attach sprinkles and other sweet decorations, and let it set.

4. To place the house on a stick , trim a piece of brownie to fit inside the house. Slide the brownie onto a lollipop stick (we used a candy cane), then carefully slide the house on top.

They turned out pretty well:

My helpers were much more interested in the eating than the making. . .and everyone was happy.