ROY G BIV

The other day I was craving a Jell-O salad my mom used to make. So I decided to make it for our Super Bowl par... er, Sunday dinner. It was a big hit. So I thought I'd share the recipe with you. The picture doesn't really do it any justice. It was beautiful.

Ingredients:

7 cups boiling water

7 packages of Jell-O that are the colors of the rainbow

(If you cannot find blue, buy a red and mix it with a ton of blue food coloring)

2 1/3 cups sour cream

2 1/3 cups water

Directions:

Mix one packet of Jell-O (starting with purple) with 1 cup boiling water until the powder dissolves. Split this in half. In one half, add 1/3 cup water. In other half, add 1/3 cup sour cream. Use a whisk and whip until smooth. Pour one half, whichever one you want to start with, into a 9" x 13" glass pan. Refrigerate until it sets (do not refrigerate other mixture, leave out on counter), about 20 minutes. After it sets, pour second mixture onto the first layer. Repeat these steps until you have all 14 layers in order of the rainbow. Yummy!

Yummy Treats...

Here are the delicious treats we left. I decided to also post the recipes because they are just that good.

Sugar Cookies

1 3/4 cups sugar, 1 cup butter (I used 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup shortening), 1 teaspoon salt, and 3 eggs. Cream these ingredients together.

1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 Tablespoon vanilla, and 2 Tablespoons lukewarm water. Dissolve these ingredients together. Add to the creamed mixture.

4 cups flour and 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Mix these together and then add to other ingredients.

Roll dough out on floured surface and cut. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Frosting

Cream together 1/2 package cream cheese and 1/2 stick butter. Add 1-2 Tablespoons milk, 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Add as much powdered sugar is needed to make the frosting the right consistency and is good to taste.

Pumpkin BreadPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix 4 eggs, 1 cup oil, 2/3 cup water, and 2 cups pumpkin pie filling together. Then combine 3 cups flour, 3 cups, sugar, 2 tsp baking soda, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp cloves, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1 tsp nutmeg together. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Then stir in 2 cups chocolate chips. Pour into 2 greased bread pans. Bake for 1 hour or until center is set. This bread is the best! It is one reason I love the Fall!

Caramel Apples

1 14 oz bag of caramels, 5 apples, 2 Tbs. water

On medium-low heat, melt caramels in water, stirring constantly. When caramel is completely melted, dip apples into caramel. Cover the apples completely and allow for excess caramel to drip off. Scrape caramel off of bottom of the apples (this is very important, if you do not scrape bottom, apples will stick to wax paper). Set on a buttered (I used cooking spray) piece of wax paper that is over a plate. Put in fridge for at least an hour. Take out of fridge 15 minutes before serving.

So there you have it, some delicious and super easy treats for your Halloween season. Bon appetit!