posted by cindylouh on March 17th, 2008 | St Patrick's Day, St Patrick's Day popcorn, green popcorn recipe, party ideas, recipes |
Here is a little green treat for St Paddy's Day!
Green Candied Popcorn
4 quarts popped corn
1 1/2 Cups sugar
1/2 Cup light corn syrup
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (optional, does make mixture slightly more creamy)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
green food coloring (I used about 1/8 teaspoon Wilton paste color in Kelly Green)
In heavy saucepan on medium heat melt butter then add sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar and salt. Increase temperature to medium high and bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Once mixture boils, add in food coloring and stop stirring. Boil for 5 minutes (Do not stir). Mixture should be about 250-260 degrees. Remove from heat and carefully stir in vanilla and baking soda. Working quickly and while mixture is foamy, pour mixture over popped corn and gently stir to coat popcorn. Place popcorn into a large roaster or rimmed baking sheet (lined with parchment paper or sprayed with cooking spray) and bake at 200° F for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Happy St Patrick's Day!
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posted by cindylouh on March 16th, 2008 | St Patrick's Day, crochet, crochet hair clip, free crochet patterns, free shamrock pattern, handmade hair clip, kids, shamrock hair clip |
If your little girl needs a bit o' green tomorrow it is not too late to make this little hair clip. It is based on this crochet pattern by Suzie----so I am hoping it works for you if you give it a go. It only takes a few minutes.
I used a size 4 crochet needle and embroidery floss (all 6 threads).
Chain 6, dc in 2nd chain from hook and then slip-stitch in remaining 4 chains (this makes the stem), chain 3 and join with a slip-stitch in the 3rd chain from hook to form a ring. For petal *chain 3 turn (only turn the first time), trc , dc , trc , chain 3 and slip-stitch in ring*. Repeat between * two more times so you have 3 petals. Fasten off and weave in the ends. Sew your lucky shamrock to a bobby pin or hair clip.
Now this little girl can tell her big brothers NO PINCHING!
posted by cindylouh on March 4th, 2008 | St Patrick's Day, children's activities, clover template, crafts, free download, free shamrock pattern, holiday decorations, kids, kids crafts, party decorations, printable shamrock, sewing |
My 11 year old boy made these cool hanging felt shamrocks for our window. (He wanted me to make sure that you know he was VERY bored and needed something to do and he got to use the sewing machine ---stressing the MACHINE part, so it was all good)
We took two layers of felt and cut out a shamrock shape. My crafty boy used a sewing machine to beautifully stitch the layers together and also stiched in a ribbon at the top. He added a few beads on the ribbon and now they our hanging in our window---hopefully bringing us lots of luck! If you need some luck, here are the shamrock shapes we used.
posted by cindylouh on March 17th, 2007 | St Patrick's Day, recipes |
Missy's Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 ½ Cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Divide dough into 4-5 portions, flatten each into a round disc and wrap well. Chill in the refrigerator a couple of hours or overnight (dough can be frozen). Roll dough out about ¼ inch thick on a floured surface in desired shapes. Bake at 325°F for 12-14 minutes on ungreased cookies sheet. Edges should be just slightly golden. Cool completely and then frost with your favorite frosting. I used this one for the shamrock cookies. I did have to double the milk and corn syrup as mentioned in the reviews. I also substituted creme bouquet for the almond extract.
posted by cindylouh on March 8th, 2007 | St Patrick's Day, children's activities, recipes |
These biscuits are filled with little blessings.
I took little green strips of paper, wrote a blessing and then laminated them. My basketball loving, jersey-wearing son received one that said, “May you shoot for the stars and make it.” My other son had one that said, “May you always have friends to greet you.” My husband’s said, “May your hard work be rewarded. And of course one that said, “May your sippy cup never run empty,” for our two year old.
I baked these blessings in garlicky cheese biscuits. They taste similar to the ones at Red Lobster when fresh out of the oven. I feel a little bit like Paula Deen even suggesting that someone use this much butter, but they are tasty!
Blarney Blessing Biscuits
They received their name because my friend Missy kept saying that there should be Blarney biscuits you could make for St. Patrick’s Day.
So here it goes………
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt (3/4 tsp if using Kosher salt)
4 tsp baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup butter, divided
2/3 cup milk
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 to 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp of salt
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl. Cut in 1/2-cup cold butter with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like peas. Stir in the milk and mix just until the dough clears the sides of the bowl. Stir in the shredded cheese. I make these totally in my food processor.
Melt remaining 1/2-cup butter and add the garlic powder and salt. Form dough into balls (about 2 tablespoons in size, makes about 18 or so biscuits). Dip each ball in butter mixture and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Place your strips of laminated paper in the middle of each biscuit. If I weren’t trying to show there was a blessing in each biscuit in the photo I probably would have folded the strips so they were hidden. Bake 10-12 minutes until golden. Drizzle any remaining butter on top and serve immediately. Since they are best served straight from the oven I made them early in the day and kept them in the refrigerator until they were ready to be baked. If you don’t have access to a laminator you could always enclose your papers in aluminum foil.
Blessings!
