Spooky Halloween Treats

By Sandy Hu

Congrats to Madeline O. from Colorado Springs CO who won our Zojirushi sweepstakes!

I have three ideas for Halloween treats for you. One is a little “iffy,” one is easy and the other…you’ll get on Video Friday this week.

First the “iffy” one. With Halloween coming up, I’ve been toying with how to make baked apple mummies. My idea is simple: scoop out the core of small baking apples, stuff with a raisin mixture, then wrap with puff pastry dough strips for the bandages, stick in cloves for the eyes, and bake. Seemed easy enough….

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A Ghost in My House

By Lori Powell

With a chill in the air and goblins on their way, I welcome fall!

Candy, although alluring in their tiny packets, are not my big craving so I am safe from temptation, at least for this holiday. My Halloween pleasure would be a devil’s food cupcake or a hunk of brownie, instead.

My house is one of many in my neighborhood that is part of a ghost walk this weekend. I made the ghost A-list due to spooky stories about the prior tenant and my own personal pleasure at hearing him (but not, thankfully, the pleasure of meeting him) in the night.

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