With Thanksgiving approaching, I thought I would compile some fun things for families to do with their time together. Grab your oven mittens, glue sticks and cold-weather gear because it’s time to celebrate!
Recipes for a plentiful, and delicious, Thanksgiving meal (straight from my mother’s own cookbook):
Apple Cranberry Crisp
Ingredients:
1½ cups Quick cooking oats; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/3 cup butter-flavored shortening, melted; 1 tbs water; 1 16 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce; 2 tbs cornstarch; and 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
Directions:
1) Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2) In a medium bowl, mix together oats, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir in the melted shortening and water to form a crumbly mixture.
3) In a large sauce pan, mix together the cranberry sauce and corn starch. Bring to a boil and then remove from heat. Stir in the apples and spread into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish. Crumble the oat mixture over the apples.
4) Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the apples are tender.
5) Serve warm. Makes approximately six servings.
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup pumpkin; 2 cups flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 1½ tsp of cinnamon; 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
1) Mix together sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla. Add the pumpkin.
2) Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Add this to the other ingredients and mix in chocolate chips.
3) Spoon out 1 tsp of mixture onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes approximately 30-36 cookies.
Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients:
2 cans of cut green beans; 1 can cream of mushroom soup; 1 cup milk; 1 tsp pepper; 1 can of French’s Original French Fried Onions
Directions:
1) Drain the beans.
2) Combine beans, soup, milk and pepper. Pour into baking pan and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for one hour.
3) Top with remaining onions. Bake for another five minutes. Makes approximately 8 servings.
Craft ideas can be found at the following Web sites:
www.holidash.com/thanksgiving/crafts/10-thanksgiving-crafts
www.bhg.com/holidays/thanksgiving/crafts/
Decorating tips can be found at the following Web sites:
www.bhg.com/holidays/thanksgiving/indoor-decorating/
www.bhg.com/holidays/thanksgiving/outdoor-decorations/
Also, stop by the Columbia Jaycees Holiday Parade downtown this Sunday. Participants will line up at 1 p.m., the parade will begin at 3 p.m. Those interested in registering for the parade, go to columbiamojaycees.com/.
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