FUN WITH FOOD!!!!!!!!!!

Cooking with children is always a challenge but can also be fun! The recipes I'll put here will be meant for families. Let the little ones get messy and help too!

PRETZELS
Mix together
1 Cup Flour
1 Pkge Dry yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 Cup water
Mix all of the ingredients together until smooth. A child can help with the mixing. On a pastry board mound up 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour. Push in the top and will hole with wet mixture. Blend with your hands and then knead for 10 min. a little kid wouuld LOVE to help Knead. Put the dough in a large greased bowl. Cover with a damp towel and let rise for 1 hour.

Punch down the dough and divide it into 12 pieces. Roll each one into a 14 inch long snake and then form the snakes into anyshape you want: Traditional, letters , numbers, etc

Place the pretzels on a greased cookie sheet and brsuh with beaten egg and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 12 minutes in preheated 400degree oven

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
Needed:
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup honey
graham cracker crumbs
What to do: in large bowl mix all the ingredients except the graham cracker crumbs. Shape the mixture into 1 inch balls. Roll in graham cracker crumbs and refrigerate.

S"MORES
We all know how to make the traditonal s'more where you roast a marshmellow over a campfire and then put it between to grahm crackers with a peice of chocolate.
Well why not make them at home? Why not use a little variety? Use a favorite cookie (Nilla Wafers, crackers, gingersnaps) instead of the graham cracker. Or use a peanut butter cup or Crackle bar ( or your favorite candy bar) instead of plain chocolate. Assemble to s'more and microwave it for about 10sec. and you have your S'mores. Kids will love them as a different treat.