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Spooktacular Halloween Recipes

Halloween is more than costumes and candy. It brings opportunities to bake and bond with your kids.

Even preschoolers can stir things and put cupcake liners in the baking pan!

Here are fun Halloween recipes:

Spiders on Orange Cupcakes

Nothing creeps out adults quite like spiders. Little boys think they are hilarious and girls will just giggle.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cupcake Ingredients

• 1 ¾ - Cup cake flour

• 1 – Cup sugar

• 2 ½ - Teaspoons baking powder

• ½ - Teaspoon salt

• 2 – Eggs – separate and beat whites to stiff texture

• ½ - Cup orange juice

• 1 – Stick butter – soften

• 1 – Teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Cream sugar, vanilla, egg yolks and butter in mixing bowl. In another

Poke 4 holes on each side of cupcakes with skewer. Fashion legs from licorice and stick in holes.

Tip: Gummy spiders make good alternative.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Pizza

On Halloween, the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the pizza and started a family ritual. How about beginning your own family tradition, with itsy bitsy spider pizzas every Halloween?

This recipe serves two. Adjust to fit your needs.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Ingredients:

• 2 - Premade 8-inch pizza crusts

Filling & Toppings:

• ½ - Cup Pizza sauce, divided –homemade or store-bought

• 1 – Cup mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided

• ½ - Cup parmesan cheese, grated finely and divided (if desired)

• Pepperoni pieces – About 10 per pizza

Spiders:

• 3 – Black olives, large and pitted – makes 4 spiders

Assembly:

Put mini-crusts on baking sheet.

Spread pizza sauce evenly on crusts.

Layer: mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and pepperoni pieces over sauce.

Bake about 10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

Cut olives in ½ for spider bodies. Put 2 spider bodies on each mini-pizza. Cut the other olive lengthwise into strips for the spider's legs.

Tip: Rushed for time? Bake your favorite frozen pizza and cut into itsy bitsy