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SOOT SPRITE CAKE POPS (SUSUWATARI) - SUPER EASY CAKE POPS (STUDIO GHIBLI INSPIRED) HALLOWEEN SNACKS

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  INGREDIENTS: Frosting:  - 2 Cups - Powdered Sugar (https://amzn.to/3Fu6UsA) - 3 Sticks - Butter (Room Temperature) Cake: 1 Container - Cake Mix (additional ingredients to make it as defined on container: Oil, Water, Eggs) (https://amzn.to/3zti8tT) Other: 1/2 lb - Chocolate Melt (https://amzn.to/3FoNMMO) 10-12 oz - Black Sprinkles (https://amzn.to/3gUKmXY) 3-4 - Black Licorice Straws  30-50 Individual - Star Sprinkles ( Star Sprinkles at Walmart ) Food Coloring INSTRUCTIONS 1. Following the instructions on the cake mix box, make and bake the cake. Coloring the batter is optional. Allow the cake to cool before mixing with the frosting in the next step.  2. Mix the butter and powdered sugar to make the frosting. Mix in the cake until you can form 1 inch to 1.5 inch balls.  3. Dip lollipop sticks (we used skewers) into chocolate then poke it into the cake ball so that it goes past the middle of the ball, but not poking through the other side. Freeze the cake pops ...

SUGAR COOKIES (BATS & GHOSTS)

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  INGREDIENTS 2 Cups - Flour (https://amzn.to/3D3wL7R) 1 Cup - Cane Sugar (https://amzn.to/3gujgXj) 1 1/2 Sticks - Butter 1/2 Tsp - Baking Powder (https://amzn.to/3z9MiSJ) 4 Tbsp - Corn Syrup (https://amzn.to/3D2dFPw) 1/2 Tsp - Salt 1/4 Cup - Milk 1 Large - Egg 4 Cups - Powdered Sugar (https://amzn.to/3Dq3CFv) Gel Food Coloring (5-15 drops or more) (https://amzn.to/3MXhhH6) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 350.  2. Mix one stick of room temperature butter with the cane sugar and salt until combined.  3. Add the baking powder to the flour and mix until combined. 4. Mix the sugar and butter mixture into the flour mixture. Add in the egg and the remaining 1/2 stick of room temperature butter. Combine until it forms a moldable dough.  5. Between two parchment paper, roll the dough until about 1 cm thick.  6. Using a cookie cutter, cut the cookies. Carefully place the cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 8-12 minutes or until the si...

BLOODY BRULEE CRONUT

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  These cuties are so easy to make. The recipe is very simple. There are only 4 ingredients (and water which is optional). You could do without the blue food coloring, but that makes the blood look darker and more convincing. INGREDIENTS: 2 Sheets (17 oz) - Puff Pastry 2 Cups - Sugar 1 Drop - Blue Food Coloring 8-10 Drops - Red Food Coloring 1 Gallon - Frying Oil INSTRUCTIONS 1. Spread out the puff pastry sheets--one on top of the other. If the puff pastry doesn't stick together well, you can brush some water between the sheets to help it adhere better. 2. Use a cookie cutter or a knife to cut desired shapes. We used a bottle cap to cut 2 inch circles. If you use a knife, you can make them squares (about 2 inches on each side). 3. Fry the dough in the oil until golden brown. They will puff up a bit. To help them along you can carefully help submerge them. 4. Remove from oil when they're fully cooked and place on a wire rack to cool and allow excess oil to drain. 5. I...

UBE PUMPKIN BREAD (HALLOWEEN CHARCUTERIE SERIES)

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The vibrant ube color goes great with the traditional pumpkin color. Our recipe starts with the creation of one batter and split into two, and the measurements sort of start to be intuitive. It's hard to mess up as the batter in these are more runny than others and overworking the dough is unlikely. INGREDIENTS 5 Tbsp - Ube Condensed Creamer (https://amzn.to/3TbVxJJ) 2 Cup - Flour 1/4 Cup - Milk 1 Tbsp - Pumpkin Spice (https://amzn.to/3ECzGXw) 1/2 Cup - Sugar (https://amzn.to/3Co1V9V) 1 Stick - Butter 1 Tsp - Vanilla Extract (https://amzn.to/3rINZlV) 1 Cup - Pumpkin Puree (aka canned pumpkin) 1/3 Tsp - Salt (https://amzn.to/3ekufSA) 2 - Eggs 1/2 Tsp - Baking Powder (https://amzn.to/3T7gQfb) 1/2 Tsp - Baking Soda (https://amzn.to/3TbGtLQ) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. This is our dry ingredients. Note: Usually, you'll beat the sugar in with the butter and wet ingredients, which should work in this recipe too, but to ease we just...

CLASSIC BEEF STEW

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INGREDIENTS 2 Cups - Water 4 Tbsp - Olive Oil 2 Tbsp - Minced Garlic 4 Cups - Beef Chunks 2 Cups - Beef Broth 1 Tsp - Salt 1 Tsp - Black Pepper 1/2 Tsp - Rosemary 1 Whole - Bay Leaf 5 Tbsp - All Purpose Flour 2 Tbsp - Sugar 1 Tbsp - Tomato Paste 3 Tbsp - Worcestershire Sauce 3 Cups - Chopped Onions 3 Cups - Carrots (1 inch cuts) 3 Cups - Potatoes (we used red potatoes and cut them in half for quicker cooking) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Add olive oil to the pot and put a layer of the beef chunks into the pan. Don't overcrowd the pan or the meat will just sweat--you want the meat to have a good pan searing. 2. Remove the beef chunks and set aside. In the same pot, add some more olive oil, onions, garlic, and carrots. Cook until the edges of the onions start to turn golden. 3. Put the cooked beef chunks into the pot as well as the dry seasonings (black pepper, rosemary, salt, bay leaf, and sugar). Stir and cook for a minute.  4.  Add in the beef stock, water, worcestershire sauce, and tomat...

10 BENTO BOXES TO TRY (SUPER EASY TO MAKE)

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  CHAPTERS 0:05 3 OCT-ALIENS & RICE 0:45 KEBOBS & RICE 1:06 KIMBAP, EGGS, & TOFU 1:41 SPAM MUSUBI 2:14 HOTDOG ROLLS 2:51 HAM & CHEESE 3:14 EVERYTHING NICE 3:42 BERRY SALAD & EGG 3:58 FURIKAKE RICE & EGG 4:25 COLD LUNCH, HOT DOG Most of the ingredients are listed below. If you've got a question, leave it in the comments and we'll try to get back to you within the day. - Octopus hot dogs are made with a regular hot dog, cut half way, then cut again lengthwise half-way to create the tentacles. We panfried them and as you cook them, the tentacles will naturally curl. - Furikake Rice Balls - Cooked white rice, rolled into balls and then coated with furikake. It's so simple and the kids love it. - Kimbap - Our kimbap contains items that we love. Eggs, cucumber, carrots, spinach, hot dogs, rice, and of course the seaweed wrap. You can literally put anything in the kimbap. - Musubi is made up of pan fried spam, rice, and the seaweed wrap. You ...

ASIAN CAJUN CRAWFISH SHRIMP STIR FRY

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 INGREDIENTS 1/2 Cup - Chopped Green Onion 1/2 Cup - Cubed Onion 1/2 Cup - Minced Garlic 1/4 Cup - Minced Lemongrass 3-4 Cup - Shrimp 1/4 Cup - Sliced Ginger 1/4 Cup - Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup - Cajun Mix 7-10 Whole - Kaffir Lime Leaves 2 lbs - Butter 1/2 Cup - Chicken Boullion 3 Tbsp - Paprika 6-8 Cups - Crawfish INSTRUCTIONS In a large pot, melt the butter.  Once the butter boils, add the garlic, ginger, onion, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and cook for a minute until the aromatics has seeped into the melted butter. Add the chicken boullion, brown sugar, cajun mix, paprika, and fish sauce. Mix until well combined.  Add the crawfish and shrimp. Continuously mix and cook until the crawfish is cooked.  Serve with rice and lemonade.  VIDEO Tips Live crawfish is pricier but always better than frozen. If you buy live crawfish, throw out the dead ones (treat them like lobsters). Dead crustaceans will have toxins, throw them out and clean the living ones multiple times, ...