Pooh Recipes 1

Cooking With Pooh
Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats
Pooh knows that making yummy things in the kitchen is almost as much fun as eating them! But there are a few important tips to know before you start.
Always, always, always have a grown-up helper whenever you are using...
* a stove, an oven, or anything that is hot
* a knife
* an electric appliance, such as a mixer.
Always start with clean hands.
Don't start to cook until you have gathered everything you will need.
When you're using cookie cutters, remember to cut out the shapes as close to each other as possible, to get the most out of your recipe. And don't forget, the scraps can be almost as much fun to eat as the shapes, so use everything!

Fixings
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened (1 stick)
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
28 to 30 Popsicle sticks

Tools
Medium mixing bowl
Electric mixer and beaters
Measuring cups and spoons
Heavy wooden spoon
Plastic wrap
Rolling pin
12-inch ruler
Metal spatula
Cookie sheet
Potholders
Cooling rack

1. In the medium bowl measure butter, honey, and vanilla. With adult help, beat on the lowest speed of the electric mixer until well mixed.

2. Add 1/2 cup of the flour: with grown-up help, beat on low speed until the flour disappears. Add some more flour and stir it in with the spoon until it disappears. Repeat this with the rest of the flour until it is all mixed in.

3. With your hands, shape the dough into 2 balls that are the same size. Wrap them in plastic wrap. Put them in the freezer for only 15 minutes. Set a time so you'll know when the time is up.

4. With adult help, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take dough out of the freezer. Sprinkle some flour on the countertop or a large wooden board. Put some flour on the rolling pin. Unwrap one ball and flatten it with your fist. Roll out the dough to a 9-inch circle (use your ruler to check this)

5. With your cookie cutters, cut shapes from the dough. Be sure to cut shapes close together so you'll have more cookies. with the metal spatula put the cookies on the cookie sheet.

6. Shape the dough scraps into a ball. Roll it out and cut more cookies. Put them on the cookie sheet. Do it again with the second ball of dough.

7. When all of the cookies are on the cookie sheet, carefully push a stick into the bottom of each so the stick goes into the dough like a lollipop. Half of the stick should disappear into the dough.

8. With grown-up help, bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, or until they are beginning to brown on the edges. With help, take them out of the oven. With the metal spatula put the cookies on the cooling rack. Let them cool. Makes about 28 to 30 cookies.

Fixings
1 15-ounce package refrigerated
pre-rolled pie crust (2 crusts)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Some all-purpose flour

Tools
Small bowl & spoon
Measuring spoons
Small saucepan
1/4 cup measuring cup
Metal spatula
1 or 2 cookie sheets
Cookie cutters
2 Potholders
Cooling rack

1. Take the two pie crust out of the package (leave the plastic bags over them). Let them stand on the kitchen counter for 15 minutes. With grown-up help, preheat the over to 450 degrees F.

2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl stir together the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg until mixed.

3. With grown-up help, melt the butter, in a saucepan on the stove, or in a glass dish in your microwave. Remove it from the heat.

4. Carefully unfold the pie crusts, and remove the plastic coverings. Sprinkle a little flour on the countertop or a cutting board. Put the pie crust on the floured surface, and pat the creases flat with your hands.

5. Dip your cookie cutters into some flour and cut out shapes from the pie crust dough. Be sure to cut shapes close together, so you'll get more pieces. Use the metal spatula to put the cut-outs on your cookie sheet. You can put the big pieces of leftover cut-out dough on your cookie sheet too.

6. With a pastry brush or a clean paintbrush, brush the cut-outs with the melted butter. Sprinkle the spice and sugar mixture over the buttered cut-outs.

7. With grown-up help, bake the cut-outs in the preheated oven for 7 to 9 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn brown. With help, take the crisps out of the oven. Use the spatula to put the crisps on the cooling rack. Let them cool thoroughly before you eat them. Makes about 32 crisps.

Fixings
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup dark molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Icing
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
3 to 5 teaspoons milk
Nestlé Toll House Morsels, raisins, and cinnamon candies

Tools
Rolling pin
Ruler
Metal spatula
Cookie sheets
Medium mixing bowl
2 Small mixing bowls
Electric mixer & beaters

More tools
Cookie cutters
Potholders
Cooling rack
Heavy wooden spoon
Measuring cups and spoons
Plastic wrap

1. With grown-up help, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In the medium bowl put the butter, brown sugar and molasses. With help, use the electric mixer on the lowest speed until well mixed.

2. In another small bowl stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, and stir it in well until all the flour disappears.

3. Put some flour on your hands. Shape the dough into 2 equal-sized balls. Wrap one ball in plastic wrap. Put some flour on the countertop or a large wooden board and on the rolling pin. flatten the unwrapped ball of dough with your fist. With the rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is about 1/8 inch thick. (Use your ruler to check this.)

4. Use your cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Be sure to cut shapes close together so you'll have more cookies. Use the metal spatula to put the cookies on the cookie sheet. Shape the scraps of dough into a ball and repeat. Now do the same with the second ball of dough.

5. With grown-up help, bake the cookies for 9 to 11 minutes, or until set, but not brown on the edges. With help, take them out of the oven. Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet. Then use the spatula to put the cookies on the cooling rack.

6. To decorate your cookies, in a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar and the butter, then add 3 teaspoons milk. Stir until it's well mixed. Add 1 or 2 teaspoons more milk until the frosting makes a thin line into the bowl when you lift the spoon. Use the tip of your spoon to decorate your cookies with faces or squiggly lines. Sprinkle Nestlé Toll House Morsels, raisins, and cinnamon candies to decorate the frosted lines. Tie a string onto each cookie so you can hang them on your holiday tree. Makes 28 to 30 cookies.

1. Place the bread pieces on a flat surface, like a cutting board or a plate. Use some grown-up help to carefully cut the crusts off the bread with a small sharp knife.

2. Use a cookie cutter to cut out 2 shapes from each slice of bread. (Save the bread crusts and extra scraps to feed the birds.)

3. With the table knife, spread peanut butter on two of the bread cut-outs. Then spread the honey over the peanut butter.

4. Sprinkle Nestlé Toll House Morsels on top of the honey.

5. Peel the banana and carefully slice it. Put the slices in one layer on top of the honey.

6. Top each sandwich with the other shape. Makes 2 sandwiches.

1. With grown-up help, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Sprinkle flour on the countertop or a large cutting board. Remove the dough carefully from the can in two sections. Unroll one section of the dough on the board; unroll the second section of dough next to it to make a square. With your fingers press the edges together to make one large piece of dough.

2. Put some flour on the rolling pin. Roll the dough carefully to make an 11x10-inch rectangle. Dip your cookie cutters in some flour, then cut out shapes from the dough.

3. With the metal spatula, put your pizza cut-outs on the cookie sheet. Shape the dough scraps into a ball. Roll it out and cut more pizzas. Put them on the cookie sheet.

4. With a small spoon spread some pizza sauce on each pizza. Put two half-slices of pepperoni on top. Put one slice of olive on each pizza. Sprinkle each pizza with some cheese. Try not to get any cheese on the cookie sheet.

5. With grown-up help, bake your pizzas for 12 to 14 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown and the cheese is melted. With help, take them out of the oven. Cool them for 2 minutes. With the metal spatula, take the pizzas off the cookie sheet to serve to your friends. Makes 12 to 14 mini-pizzas.