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Category: Party Ideas
Money is a little tight this year, but I still wanted to exchange gifts, so I came up with this idea for homemade Christmas slippers
They are:
* Soft and Hygienic
* Non-slip grip strips on the soles
* Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh
* No more bending over to mop up spills
* Disposable and biodegradable
* Environmentally safe
Use 4 sanitary napkins, decorative trinket and a little ingenuity to put these together. via
There’s no better gift to bring to a holiday party than alcohol. This is just a fact. But alcohol you made yourself? You’ll be the toast of the town! Luckily vodka-infused drinks are super easy to make, provided that you have a little while to let it soak (so basically, it’s not a last-minute party idea). You want to make candy libations? We’ll show you how, and try it ourselves, with results posted next week!
Step One:The ingredients
1)Giant Halloween-sized bag of colorful candy (it looks better in the final product) like Skittles, cotton candy, Jolly Ranchers, candy canes, or red hots. Not gummy candy, which will absorb all the alcohol (that’s an entirely different kind of treat!)
2) 1.75 liter bottle of vodka (mid-range is best, doesn’t have to be Grey Goose, but don’t buy the Russian $5 off-brand that makes you go blind)
3) A funnel
4) coffee filters/paper towels
5) A large glass container
Step 2: The Prep
Put candy into dishes, celebrated by color or type. Pour in vodka to top of container: the candy will soak up all the alcohol, so you’re going to have to be careful on the ratios here. Cover the container (not with plastic), and let it sit for a week.
Step 3: Wait several days
The time ratio here is a little bit confusing: Generally for fruit you have to wait a week, but candy is more water-soluble. We’d say 3-4 days is a good amount of time to let the flavor soak in. You don’t need the candy to totally dissolve, just color/add flavor to the alcohol.
Step 4: Strain and Serve
You a coffee filter to pour the alcohol into another jar and catch the candies still floating in there (no one wants to choke on a half-dissolved Jolly Ranchers). The use a funnel to transfer into decorative bottles. VIA
– Cut each Twinkie into two equal pieces.
– Use white frosting to put a thin layer of frosting onto each cupcake.
– Split remaining frosting into 2 separate bowls.
– Tinted one batch black and another light grey.
– Pipe a black line 1 inch from the rounded top of the Twinkie. This becomes the goggle straps.
– Stick on the two white Smarties while the black frosting line is still wet.
– Use the same black frosting to make pupils on two white Smarties.
– Add the mouth with the same black frosting.
– Use the lighter grey icing to pipe a thin line around the goggle edges
– Stick a few dark brown jimmies in the top for the hair.
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Note: A 15 or 16 ounce can of pumpkin will equal the 2 cups of pumpkin needed for this recipe.
Ingredients:
For the brownie layer
4 ounce bittersweet chocolate, melted
1 cup canned or pureed pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
1 tablespoon tapioca flour (or arrowroot or corn starch)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
For the pumpkin pie layer
1 cup canned or pureed pumpkin
2 tablespoons tapioca flour (or use arrowroot or cornstarch)
1/2 cup non-dairy milk (I used soy)
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch ground nutmeg
pinch ground allspice
To decorate:
A handful of chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 inch springform pan, or use a 9 inch square pan, preferably lined with parchment paper.
To make the brownie layer:
Melt the chocolate (I still don’t need to tell you how to melt chocolate, right?).
In a large mixing bowl mix together pumpkin, sugar, oil and vanilla. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, tapioca, baking soda and salt and stir to combine, then mix in the melted chocolate.
To make the pumpkin layer:
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir until thoroughly combined.
To assemble:
Use a spatula to spread the brownie layer into the prepared baking pan, taking care to bring the batter to the edges of the pan. Pour the pumpkin layer over it, leaving a little room at the edges if you can. Bake for 30 minutes, until the pumpkin layer looks fairly firm (a little jiggling is okay) and has cracked at the edges a bit.
Let cool for 20 minutes and then transfer to the fridge to set for at least an hour and a half. Once set, decorate with chocolate chips and serve.
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