The madness continues! Today's Hanukkah gift is another $100 gift certificate to the bookstore of your choice! That ought to buy enough books to last you about a week, right? Maybe 10 days?
Just leave a comment with a link or recipe for your favorite snack to eat while you're reading.
My favorite cookie: Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies, one of the “Best of” from Martha Stewart Living Magazine. A bit more labor intensive than other cookie recipes, but I make them every year as a gift for Hubby, at his request. They are amazing with milk or tea, and a book to read. I cannot wait to find out your favorite snack while reading! Share share!
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Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas and Happy Week Before New Year's! Let's snack!
Hot apple cider w brandy.
Also from Martha, these Snickerdoodles are yummy. And fun to say.
http://www.marthastewart.com/2…
Love this dip anytime.
http://crockpot365.blogspot.co…
My favorite thing to eat while reading is not something I can make (God I wish) and I think you can really only get it here in Maine and in New York City….(so very very sad for those who haven’t had it) It is called Little Lad’s Herbal Popcorn and you can order it here http://lads.t1005.com/popcorn….. I doubt shipping is that much, so I highly suggest you spring for some. It is soooooooooooo good!
Cheese! And fruit, especially dried fruit.
I love Vegan Apple Pretzel Peanut Drops from Vegan Cookies in Your Cookie Jar. A little sweet, a little salty, with a nice mix of crunchiness and chewiness… heaven.
Snack of choice when reading is chex mix. I’m too lazy to make it, since I can buy so many different flavors in the bag. I like to get all the sweet ones & mix them together in a bowl. More variety that way.
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Fudge! Yum! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/f…
I just got a KitchenAid Professional Mixer and I couldn’t wait to try out all kinds of recipes on it and I found this Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe that is just heaven: http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/20…
They are good anytime, but especially warm with the chocolate chips making the cookies all gooey!
I don’t snack much while reading, but if I am hungry, I will munch on whatever kind of chips we have in the house.
Chocolate, in whatever of its many yummy forms I can get my grubby little hands on. 🙂
Tea, apples, and my mother’s shortbread. SO delicious. She always makes little people, so we can bite off the heads and limbs before nomming them all. 😀
I like to munch on Sunflower seeds while I read. http://www.davidseeds.com/inde…
Edamame! I just discovered it and can’t believe I didn’t know about this sooner.
I don’t usually snack, but have a weakness for Honey Dijon Kettle Chips.
I just discovered a new recipe: Triple chocolate cookie balls! Rum balls aren’t bad either…especially when ensuring the quality of the ingredients (hic!)!
Dill pickle popcorn! http://www.notjustpopcorn.com/
I’m fairly simple & flexible—popcorn, chocolate, pretzels, cheese—it all works for me 🙂
I’m fourthing or fifthing the popcorn. While microwave popcorn is fine (Orville Reddenbacher’s [did I spell that right? Probably not!] Movie Theater Butter in the mini bag, when I’m feeling indulgent I make it on the stove with real butter. Funny story – I was making popcorn on the stove at my dorm and someone was shocked that you could make popcorn without a microwave!
I love to munch on popcorn.. Has always been my favourite snack food…
Dark chocolate is my go-to snack because it is very healthy *winks*
Really loving the Hersey’s special dark chocolate kisses right now http://www.hersheys.com/kisses…
Definitely ice cream of any kind (out of the container of course)! Preferably ice cream of the chocolate variety if I think it will be a sad book. Even in winter you just snuggle up in a snuggy, build a fire, and settle in with a pint a book.
these brownies are amazing. they have no calories too. it’s a Hanukkah miracle.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/b…
http://www.chex.com/Recipes/Re…
CHEX MIX! IT IS LIKE CRACK. FOR MY MOUTH.
Cookie Dough Drops!
Hands-On Time: 20 minutes
Ready In: 1 hour
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
1 cup salted butter, softened
1½ cups packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
6 ounces miniature chocolate chips
Directions
Cream butter and sugar together.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well—use your hands to get it together the best.
Roll into 1-inch balls.
Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Dip in chocolate, drizzle with chocolate or eat as is—equally delicious no matter what!
Let stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes before serving.
Store in the refrigerator.
Mmmmm…Raspberry White Chocolate Shortbread cookies!!!
http://www.joyofbaking.com/sho…
I just stopped at the store to pick up bonbons, & I’m over 18, so I’m ready to win! 😉
I love to have homemade Caramel Corn to snack on while I’m reading. Here’s my recipe:
CARAMEL POPCORN
1 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c butter
1/4 c corn syrup
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbs vanilla
8 c popped popcorn (approx. 1/3 c un-popped)
Preheat oven to 225F; spray a large foil roasting pan or a jelly roll pan with non-stick spray.
Pop the popcorn. (Best from a hot-air popper; If using microwave or stove-top popcorn, be sure to remove all the “grannies”.J) Place in a very large bowl.
In a large, heavy saucepan (use a large one – this mixture will bubble up!) over high heat, combine the sugar, butter & corn syrup and bring to a boil; let boil for at least two minutes, stirring continuously. Remove from heat.
Add baking soda & vanilla to caramel and combine well.
Pour over popped corn and mix completely. Spread mixture out into sprayed pan.
Bake for ~40 minutes, stirring well every 10 minutes.
Remove from oven; stir again and let cool.
Enjoy!
(I also like to cook some dry roasted, salted peanuts in the caramel, and stir that into the popcorn, for homemade cracker jacks.)
(Hope that posts OK… I can only see 10 lines on this durn phone!)
Much of the time I hide from my kids in the bathroom to read. You’ll be relieved to know that I do not snack at the same time!
Sour cream and onion potato chips. With Diet Coke. Yeah, I know. I’m a real gourmet.
Salty licorice, either soft or the hard candy variety! Mmm 🙂
In the winter, it’s peppermint hot chocolate. (Yum!) While Starbucks is always fabulous, you can make your own at home. http://www.foodnetwork.com/rec…
Gingerbread
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup salad oil (canola, not olive)
1 cup dark molasses
1 cup boiling water
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs, well beaten
Combine ingredients in order given, dissolving soda in the hot water and adding eggs last. Pour mixture into a greased square pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 40 minutes (until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean). “Makes a light, moist gingerbread that’s a favorite.”
Note: This recipe comes from a cookbook called “Meals from the Manse”, a collection of recipes from preacher’s wives. This was from Mrs. C. Wesley Brough of Ashland, OR.
(Pair this up with a nice big pot of tea, a large stash of books, and I’m set until further notice.)
Simple fudge-y brownies are the best for a reading session.
My favorite snack while reading is popcorn – unbuttered and salted.
I don’t usually snack while reading but I’d go with sweet potato chips.
A bowl of Hershey kisses. I have learned to unwrap them one handed so I don’t have to put the Nook down.
My new favorite is saltine toffee, AKA “Christmas crack”. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/s…
Apple Crisp. Basically, it’s oatmeal cookie dough spread on top of apples and baked into sugary sludge. But it’s healthy, because apples. http://www.completelydelicious…
Tea and cookies. I prefer spice or mint teas and the cookies have got to be cinnamon or lemon flavored. My favorites are: http://moroccanfood.about.com/…
Just came back from spending the holidays with my brother’s family. My sister-in-law is a baking sweetheart. That means that she makes all of our favorite Christmas cookies, and I do not need to make any! (I made fudge, instead). The one that had to be on every plate was Toffee Squares. They are easy, being a bar cookie, but no less a favorite for that:
http://www.christmas-cookies.c…