Halloween Or Fall Porcupine Bread Recipes

HALLOWEEN OR FALL PORCUPINE BREAD

Steps:

• In large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups bread flour, rolled oats, yeast sugar and salt, mix well.
• Heat buttermilk, water and oil until very warm (120-130°F).
• Add to flour mixture.
• Blend at low speed until moistened beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
• By hand with a spoon gradually stir in sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and enough remaining flour to make a firm dough.
• Knead on a floured surface until smooth and elastic 5-8 minutes dough may be slightly sticky.
• Place in greased bowl rotating to grease top.
• Cover with a cloth let rise until double in size about one hour 30 minutes if quick rise yeast.
• Punch down dough.
• Divide into two parts shape into loaves and place in greased 9x5-inch bread or loaf pans.
• Cover, let rise in warm place again until double in size about one hour or 1/2 hour if quick rise yeast.
• Brush tops of loaves with an egg wash which means 1 egg blended with one tablespoon water.
• Sprinkle additional sunflower and sesame seeds on loaves bake 375°F until golden brown.
• Remove from pans while still warm.
• Cool on cooling rack.

PUTTING ON THE RITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Cook dates, milk and pecans until thick.
• Line crackers on cookie sheet.
• Put a dollop of mixture on each cracker.
• Bake 350 for 20 to 30 mins and cool.
• Mix powdered sugar, butter and cream cheese together,top each cracker with this mixture.
• Put in fridge until set.
• Makes 38 crackers.

HALLOWEEN BUTTERFINGER EYES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir together peanut butter and butter until creamy.
• Gradually add powdered sugar, stirring until combined.
• Stir in Butterfinger candy.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; place on waxed paper.
• Freeze about 45 minutes.
• Melt white chocolate in a double boiler or get a med sauce pan filled 1/4 of the way with water and heat until simmering and place a large glass or stainless steel bowl over top and turn heat off -if water is boiling it will scorch chocolate.
• Add chocolate to bowl, stir constantly until melted and smooth, if you want the coating thinner add a Tbs shortening until desired thickness is reached.
• Dip balls, one at a time, into coating. Let excess coating drip off
• Place on waxed paper, immediately press an M&M onto center of each peanut butter ball (you can also wait to put M&M's on until after set and just use a dot of your piped colored chocolate to adhere)
• Refrigerate until coating is firm.
• Using leftover white chocolate add red food coloring until desired color is reached (you may have to reheat) and place in a ziploc or pastry bag,cut a corner very small, pipe squiggly lines on eyes to make them look blood shot or use red decorating gel.
• Add a dot of black gel or black food colored coating to the center of M&M pieces for pupils.