Friday, September 4, 2009

"Peanut Butter Bumbles"

Recipe: "Peanut Butter Bumbles"
(Katie W., age 12, Mechanicsburg, OH)

Peanut Butter Bumbles


Things you'll need:

- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup powered sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips


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- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- extra chocolate chips
- scissors
- plastic zip bag
- greased cookie sheet

How to Assemble:

1. Mix together peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter and graham cracker crumbs.
2. Shape the peanut butter mixture into ovals for the bees' bodies, and place them onto a greased cookie sheet.
3. Ask a parent to melt chocolate chips and pour melted chocolate into a plastic zip bag.
4. Use scissors to snip off a tiny corner of the bag, then drizzle stripes onto the bee bodies.
5. Create wings with sliced almonds.
6. Make eyes with the extra chocolate chips.
7. Allow chocolate to dry, then taste and "bee" stung with flavor!