Pre-K Fun Alphabet Cooking

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Crackers

Peanut Butter
Jelly
Crackers of your choice

Make just like you do a PB & J sandwich except use crackers instead of bread.

Pizza

Roll out pizza dough, have children put on some sauce,
 cheese and toppings they like.  Bake as directed.

Pizza Muffins

1 package of English Muffins
1 – 8oz. Package of shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 – 14oz. Jar of pizza sauce
Grated Parmesan Cheese
24 slices of pepperoni (optional)
Garlic Salt

Remove all English muffins from the package and cut in half if they have
 not already been cut in half. Using a toaster oven if you have one, toast
 all 12 English muffin halves until golden brown. Otherwise, toast all the
 muffin halves in a regular toaster. Lay all the toasted muffin halves out on
 a table so that you can work with them. Open the jar of pizza sauce and
 with a tablespoon generously cover the top of each muffin with the sauce.
 Next, apply a large 4-finger pinch of mozzarella cheese to the top of each
 sauced muffin. Using a can of Parmesan cheese, shake out a generous
 amount of cheese to the top of each muffin. Apply 2 slices of pepperoni
 to the top of each pizza muffin. Lightly Garlic Salt the top of each pizza muffin.
 Return the Pizza Muffins to the toaster oven and toast until the cheese melts. Or place
 the pizza muffins in your oven on the top rack and broil until cheese melts. Serve while hot.

Pizza Faces

Pizza Sauce
English Muffins
Shredded Cheese
Sliced olives
chopped Celery
raisins

Spread pizza sauce on muffin. Make face on each muffin using olives, celery and raisins.
 Add cheese for hair. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 until cheese melts.

Porridge

1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
Sugar, honey, chopped fruit optional

Mix water and rolled oats in a microwave proof dish. Cook on high for one minute or
 until oats are cooked. Remove from microwave and add optional ingredients as desired.

Pretzel Sparklers

1 package pretzel rods
White chocolate
Sprinkles

Melt chocolate over very low heat. Dip pretzel rods in melted chocolate about halfway.
 Roll in sprinkles. Let dry on wax paper. Change the sprinkles color to match the season -
 red and green for Christmas, red, white and blue for the Fourth of July,
 orange and black for Halloween, etc.

Potato Chip Chicken

2 cups potato chip crumbs
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Pepper, to taste
1 (3 pound) chicken, cut up
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine potato chip crumbs, garlic salt and
 pepper in shallow dish. Dip chicken pieces 1 at a time into melted margarine;
 roll in potato chip crumbs until coated. Arrange chicken pieces skin side up in 13 x 9-inch
 baking pan. Bake for 1 hour or until chicken is brown and crispy. Yields 4 servings.

Peanut Parfait

Ingredients:
10 Nutter Butter cookies, divided
1 (3 oz.) box vanilla pudding do not use instant, use the kind that you cook
1/4 C. smooth peanut butter
3/4 C. commercial fudge

Preparation:
Crush six cookies and set aside. Prepare vanilla pudding according
 to box directions. Remove from heat; add peanut butter, stirring until
 smooth. Layer half the vanilla pudding evenly in 4 parfait glasses;
 add half crushed cookies and half the fudge sauce. Repeat layers with
 remaining ingredients. Arrange a whole cookie on the side of each glass.
 Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup of softened shortening (half butter or use butter flavored shortening)
1 cup of peanut butter (smooth or crunchy style)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1-1/4 teaspoons of baking soda
½ teaspoon of salt
1 cup of granulated white sugar
1 cup of dark brown sugar (packed)
3 cups of all-purpose flour

Preheat Oven To 375 Degrees

Begin with a large mixing bowl; add the softened shortening
 (remember ½ butter or use the butter flavored shortening).
Next add the peanut butter and blend the two together so well that you
 cannot tell one ingredient from the other. In a separate little bowl beat the
 two eggs together vigorously and add the eggs to your bowl of ingredients.
 Blend all of the mixture together very well. Add the baking powder, baking
 soda, salt and vanilla to the peanut butter mixture and blend together well.
 Add the granulated sugar and the brown sugar to the peanut butter mixture
 and mix, mix, mix. When you feel the ingredients is well blended together…
then add the flour. The mixture will become very difficult to stir, but blend the
 ingredients together as well as you can, then, using your hands as you would
 if you were making bread, knead the mixture together very well. Lightly grease
 a large cookie sheet, and begin pinching off enough cookie dough to roll into a
 ball the size of a walnut. Flatten the ball with your hands slightly and place the
 prepared cookie on the cookie sheet. Place each cookie about 2-3 inches apart.
 Use a fork or a hand-held pastry cutter and slightly indent the top of each cookie,
 first one way and then the other, making a criss-cross design on top of each cookie.
 Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes and immediately remove the cookies from the
 cookie sheet so that they can cool. The above mixture should make
approximately 35 to 50 cookies, depending on the size of each dough ball.

Easy Peach Cobbler

1/2 stick butter or margarine (1/4 cup)
1/2 C. flour
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 C. milk
1 (15 oz) can sliced peaches, drained, juice reserved
2 Tbsp. sugar, additional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and pour into an 8x8 baking
pan. Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder. Add milk to dry
ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour this into the butter, but do not
mix. Pour the drained peaches into the batter. Pour 1/4 cup of the reserved juice over
 the peaches. Do not mix! Sprinkle with the 2 additional tablespoons of sugar.
Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Peachy Pooch

Pear half
Peach slices
Spoonful of shredded coconut
2 mini chocolate chips
M&M's Minis candy piece

Cut each peach slice in half lengthwise.  Place the peach slices and the pear halves
 in separate bowls.  Arrange the ingredients and utensils so the children can prepare
 the rest of the recipe.  Let children put pear half flat side down on paper plate, add
 one peach slice to each side of pear for puppy ears.  Then encourage the
 children to lightly sprinkle shredded coconut on top of the pear and peach slices.
  Add 2 mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mini M&M for the nose. Yummy!

Peaches and Cream Smoothie

1 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup vanilla yogurt
2 fresh peaches, washed and sliced (seed removed)

Blend for one minute.

Peanut Butter Play Dough (Edible)

18 ounces of peanut butter
6 tablespoons of honey
Nonfat dry milk

Mix all of the ingredients with enough nonfat dry milk to form into a workable dough.
 Can be decorated with raisins and then eaten!

Peanut Butter Banana Wheels

Bananas
Peanut butter
Crunchy cereal

Use a table knife to cut bananas into 1/2 inch or inch circles.
 Spread with peanut butter. Roll in cereal.

Peanut Butter Logs

You can roll the logs into crushed nuts, chocolate
sprinkles, granola, or whatever else you have handy.

1 C. honey
1 C. dry milk
1 C. peanut butter
Crushed peanuts, chocolate sprinkles, granola

Mix honey, dry milk and peanut butter and shape into 2 logs
 and roll in coating of your choice. Refrigerate until hard and slice.

Peanut Butter Shake

4 ice cubes, crushed
1 1/4 cups nonfat milk
3 tablespoons reduced-fat smooth-style peanut butter
1 large banana, peeled and cut into large chunks
1 1/2 cups nonfat vanilla ice cream, softened

Combine crushed ice, milk, peanut butter and banana in blender. Pulse until
 mixture is smooth. Add ice cream. Whirl until shake is thick and creamy.
 Pour into 4 tall glasses. Serve immediately.

Potato Pizza Hot Dish

3-4c sliced peeled potatoes 1 1/2 lb ground beef
1 can cheddar cheese soup 1 med onion chopped
1/2 c milk 1 jar(14oz) pizza sauce
1 c(8oz) shredded mozzerrella cheese

Cover bottom of a greased 13x9 baking dish with potatoes. Combine soup and
 milk: pour over potatoes. Brown ground beef and onion. Spread over soup mixture.
 Pour pizza sauce over meat layer. Cover and bake at 350 for 80-90 min or until
 the potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with cheese: bake 5 min longer to melt cheese

Easy Potato Salad

8 potatoes cooked & cubed 1 oz. pkg. dry ranch dressing
1 1/2 c celery, sliced 1/2 c mayonnaise
3/4 c red onion, chopped 1/2 c water

In a large serving bowl, combine dressing mix, mayo and water.  Add potatoes,
 celery and onion: toss to cot. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Pancake Faces

Your brand of Complete Pancake Mix
Pancake Syrup
Butter or Margarine

Prepare pancake mix as usual. When pouring the pancake batter into the skillet,
 pour enough batter for a medium size pancake in the middle of the skillet. Then,
 picturing it as a face, pour a small amount of batter on each side of the head for
 ears. Lightly brown on one side, and then carefully, so the ears don't fall off, flip
 the pancake over, ears and all, and lightly brown on the other side. Remove from
 heat onto a plate and with a knife, cut two small triangles out for eyes, and then
 cut a triangle out for the nose. Cut a strip out for the mouth. Remove all of the
 pieces you cut out for the eyes, nose and mouth and use for the neck. Place a little butter
 or margarine between the ears on top of the head for hair and serve with pancake syrup.

Potato Pancakes

2 cups leftover mashed potatoes
2 tablespoons flour
1 egg
Margarine

Mix first three ingredients. Make into patties and fry in margarine until
 golden brown on each side. Serve warm with butter or margarine.

Pistachio Popsicles

1 set of popsicle molds
1 liter of milk
1/4 cup of pistachio nuts, shelled
2 cups of sugar

Heat milk to almost boiling and then reduce heat to medium on stove.
 Keep a constant watch on the milk. Reduce to half the amount.
 Add pistachios and sugar to this condensed amount.

Pour into popsicle molds and freeze for 3 to 4 hours. Take out of molds and enjoy.

Pudding Chillers

2 cups cold milk
1 (4-serving size) chocolate or vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling

Pour milk into a medium bowl. Add the instant pudding. Beat with a wire whisk
 for 2 minutes. Spoon into six 5-ounce paper or plastic cups. Insert wooden
 stick into each for a handle. Freeze for 5 hours or until firm. Place bottom of
 cup under warm running water for 15 seconds. Press firmly
 on bottom of cup to release Pudding Chiller. Makes 6.

Pink Banana Blizzard

1 (6-ounce) can frozen red punch, undiluted
2 bananas, cut into chunks
2 cups milk
1 pint vanilla ice cream

In blender container, combine all ingredients. Cover; blend until smooth and frothy,
 15 to 20 seconds. Pour into tall glasses. Serve immediately with straws.

Purple Cow Drink

1 cup grape juice
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 liter lemon-lime soda

Put grape juice and ice cream in blender and blend for 15
 seconds or until well mixed. Fill small paper cups about half full
of this mixture, then add about 2 oz. soda in each cup. Serve.

Puppy Chow

NOTE: This snack is NOT for puppies or dogs. Please do not feed it to them.
Chocolate is very harmful to our animal friends. This snack is for people only!

2 cups chocolate chips
1 (15 ounce) box Crispix® or Rice Chex®
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup margarine
3 cups confectioners’ sugar

Heat chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine on HIGH in a glass
 bowl in microwave until melted — mix well. Combine cereal and chocolate
 mix. Stir until completely coated. Place confectioners' sugar in a bag, add cereal
 mix, and shake to coat. Spread on wax paper. Let stand until set. Serves 10.

Paint Brush Cookies

1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon of water
Food color

Divide 1 egg yolk and 1/4 teaspoon water among several cups. Color each with
 a food color. Paint onto sugar cookies prior to being baked with paintbrush.
 If "paint" thickens, just add a few drops of water.

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