Archive for May 6, 2008

Puffed Rice Squares or Balls

May 6, 2008 · Filed under Cookies and Squares · Tagged

This sure brings back memories! Our Mom made these for us as a way of getting some cereal into us, I guess, but the chocolate!!! Ahhhh…..a snack on-the-run or perfect in lunch-boxes!

PUFFED RICE SQUARES

2C corn syrup

2C water

1/2lb butter

2tsp vanilla

1 1/2C sugar

8tbsp cocoa

1/2 of a 500gm bag of puffed rice

Boil the syrup and water together until it threads in cold water: approx 20 minutes.

Add the butter,vanilla, and cocoa. Then toss in the puffed rice and mix together.

Pat into an 11″x14″ pan or roll into puffed balls. Keeping your hands buttered will

help to keep them from sticking to your hands.

Cut into squares and indulge!

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Of Baby Bibs and Burp Pads

May 6, 2008 · Filed under Sewing · Tagged

A new Mom can’t have enough of either, so this Grandma got busy and whipped up a few bibs and burp-pads. I made the pattern for the pads myself, and they’re SO much nicer to use that our ‘old fashioned’ way of trying to keep a receiving blanket over our shoulders without suffocating our babies! They’re all reversible from flannalette to cotton in some not-so-babyish prints. ! The bibs have velcro closings at the back and I must say, they’re so soft, they beat the pants off anything in the stores!

Of course…that’s coming from a soon-to-be Grandma! WHEN will June4th EVER get here??!!Bibs and Burp Pads

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