Recipe Box
by Elena Black
Hello fellow Slytherins!With April being the month in which April Fool's Day is often celebrated, I had to think long and hard on how to do this month's Recipe Box. After quite a bit of research, I feel like I've found the perfect recipe to show off! It's an optical illusion of sorts, looking like one type of food but actually being another.
You'll see exactly what I mean soon.
Without further ado, I present to you all ... Hamburger Cookies!
See what I mean? They look like hamburgers but they aren't. They're actually sweet, delicious cookies. So, how are they made? Read below to see all the ingredients and instructions you need to know.
Ingredients:
-4 drops of green food coloring
-1/2 teaspoon of water
-1/4 cup of flaked coconut
-48 vanilla wafers
-24 chocolate covered thin mints
-1 tablespoon of sesame seeds
Cooking Utensils:
-You will need access to an oven
-You will need a bowl
-You will need an ungreased cookie sheet
-You will need some unused teaspoons
-You might need an apron (for yourself, of course. This is optional but recommended)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2. In a bowl, combine food coloring with a few drops of water. Add coconut and cover the container, shake until coconut is tinted. Set aside.
3. Place 1/2 of the vanilla wafers, flat side up, in an ungreased cookie sheet. Top each wafer with a peppermint patty. Place in the oven about 1 minute or just until chocolate begins to soften.
4. Remove cookies from oven and sprinkle each mint with 1/2 teaspoon coconut (for lettuce). Place another vanilla wafer on top and press gentle. With a clean paint brush, brush the top of each hamburger with just enough water to moisten so that the sesame seeds will stick when sprinkled on top of each cookie. NOTE: You can use canned chocolate frosting in place of peppermint patty, then eliminate the baking.
Serves: 2 dozen
And there you have it, the recipe for Hamburger Cookies. I hope you all enjoyed this!
Until next time,
Elena Black