Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Flap- Jacks + Cranberry Compote + Whipped Cream thanksgiving pumpkin pie flap jacks cut+scoop+chop Carefully cut open-up 1 small fresh sugar pie pumpkin. Have the kids scoop out the seeds! Ask kids to CHOP up or GRATE the fresh pumpkin flesh into very small, tiny diced up bits that measure to ½ cup of fresh diced pumpkin. Add to a bowl and set to the side. crack+whisk Have kids crack open 1 large egg and add to a large bowl. Measure ⅓ cup of light or dark brown sugar, 1 cup of milk and 3 tablespoons of canola or vegetable oil into the bowl with the egg and beat together until creamy and light yellow. This is the wet mix. mix+measure Have kids mix and measure: 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon sea salt, 2 heaping teaspoons ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice and whisk this is the dry mix. stir+fold Stir in the wet bowl ingredients into the dry bowl ingredients. Ask kids to fold (it means to carefully mix) and then have kids fold in the ½ cup fresh grated / diced pumpkin the kids already prepared. Add 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips and then 1 cup of canned pumpkin puree. www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking
cook+flip+cook Cook ⅛ cup of the batter for 2 minutes per side or until golden brown and bubbly in your pre-oiled skillet over medium heat. Flip over and cook the other side until golden brown and puffed. Make as many pancakes you can. Top with the Cranberry Compote + Whipped Cream cranberry compote chop+smash+drizzle Have kids CHOP or SMASH up 1 to 2 cups fresh cranberries into little bits, drizzle ½ cup sugar, brown sugar, honey (or 4-5 packs of stevia) on top Add a pinch of salt, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, blend with your hand blender and set to the side. Serve with the PANCAKES! whipped cream shake+whisk+scream Fill a glass or plastic jar with a TIGHT fitting lid ½ full with whipping cream and a pinch of sea salt. Have the kids shake, shake, shake, shake until it becomes thick. Whisk in 2 to 4 tablespoons of brown sugar and eat with the pancakes. Scream: YUMMY-IN-MY-TUMMY! shopping list Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Flap-Jacks 1 large egg 2 C all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 1 C canned pumpkin puree 1 C milk 1 small fresh sugar pie pumpkin ⅓ C light or dark brown sugar 3 T canola or vegetable oil 2 heaping tsp ground cinnamon 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips ½ C fresh diced pumpkin ½ tsp sea salt www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking
shopping list Cranberry Compote 1 to 2 C fresh cranberries pinch of sea salt Whipped Cream 1 pint whipping cream pinch of sea salt 2 to 4 T brown sugar ½ C sugar, brown sugar, honey (or 4 to 5 packs of stevia) one lime 1 glass or plastic jar with a tightfitting lid fun food facts: Pumpkins! A pumpkin is really a squash? It is! It's a member of the Cucurbita family which includes squash and cucumbers. Pumpkins are Fruits! Are pumpkins are grown all over the world? Six of the seven continents can grow pumpkins (even in Alaska)! Antarctica is the only continent that they won't grow in. The "pumpkin capital" of the world is Morton, Illinois? Yes, this self proclaimed pumpkin capital is where you'll find the home of the Libby corporation's pumpkin industry. The Irish brought this tradition of pumpkin carving to America? The tradition originally started with the carving of turnips. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S., they found pumpkins a plenty and they were much easier to carve for their ancient holiday of Halloween. Pumpkins are are 90 percent water and contain potassium and Vitamin A. Pumpkin flowers are edible. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake. In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling. Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking
The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds. Pumpkins are 90 percent water. Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October. Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and wove them into mats, and used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine. NOW, TIME FOR SOME SUPER SILLY PUMPKIN JOKES! What did one Jack-o-lantern say to the other? Cut it out! What is a pumpkin's favorite sport? Squash What's the ratio of a pumpkin's circumference to its diameter? Pumpkin Pi (3.1428571428571428571428571428571) What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire? Frostbite! How do you repair a broken Jack-o-lantern? Buy a pumpkin patch! What's black, white, orange, and waddles? A penguin carrying a Jack-o-lantern. fun food facts: What Are Pop Tarts? Pop-Tarts is a brand of rectangular, pre-baked toaster pastries made by the Kellogg Company. Pop-Tarts have a sugary filling sealed inside two layers of rectangular, thin pastry crust. Some varieties are frosted. Although sold pre-cooked, they are designed to be warmed inside a toaster or microwave oven. They are usually sold in pairs inside foil packages, and do not require refrigeration. Pop- Tarts are Kellogg's most popular brand to date in the United States, with millions of Pop-Tarts sold each year. Pop-Tarts come in 29 flavors. Click here for some more fun POP TART facts: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/best-selling-poptarts-flavors_n_5836520.html Pop-Tart Jokes! What did the baby tart say to the mommy tart? Where s my POP tart? What do you call a gassy pastry? A POP fart What is the favorite treat of corn? POP tarts What do SOFT DRINKS like the best? POP tarts www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking
fun food facts: The History of Cranberries! Native Americans, long before the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, mixed deer meat and mashed cranberries to make pemmican -- a convenience food that kept for long periods of time. They also believed that cranberries had medicinal value, and were used by medicine men as an ingredient in poultices to draw poison from arrow wounds. Cranberry juice was a natural dye for rugs, blankets and clothing. The Delaware Indians in New Jersey used the cranberry as a symbol of peace. Origins of the Name Cranberries have had a variety of different names since their discovery. Eastern Indians called them "sassamanesh." Cape Cod Pequots and the South Jersey Leni-Lenape tribes named them "ibimi," or bitter berry. The Algonquins of Wisconsin called the fruit atoqua. But it wasn't until German and Dutch settlers came up with "crane berry," because the vine blossoms resembled the neck, head and bill of a crane, that we arrive at what we know today as the cranberry. The cranberry is one of only a handful of fruits native to North America - the Concord grape and blueberry being the others. Cranberries were widely found in Massachusetts, as documented by the Pilgrims who settled there. Rumor has it that cranberries may have been served at the first Thanksgiving dinner in Plymouth. Recipes using cranberries date back to the 1700s. Cranberry Fun Facts! During the days of wooden ships and iron men, American vessels carried cranberries. Just as the English loved limes, American sailors craved cranberries. It was the cranberry's generous supply of vitamin C that prevented scurvy. Legend has it that the Pilgrims may have served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. During World War II, American troops required about one million pounds of dehydrated cranberries a year. The hearty cranberry vine thrives in conditions that would not support most other crops: acid soil, few nutrients and low temperatures, even in summer. Depending on the weather, cranberry blossoms last 10 to 12 days. Contrary to popular belief, cranberries do not grow in water. They are grown on sandy bogs or marshes. Because cranberries float, some bogs are flooded when the fruit is ready for harvesting. If all the cranberry bogs in North America were put together, they would comprise an area equal in size to the island of Nantucket, off Massachusetts, approximately 47 square miles. Cranberries are primarily grown in five states -- Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington. www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking
Americans consume some 400 million pounds of cranberries each year. About 80 million pounds or 20 percent are gobbled up during Thanksgiving Week. Cranberries are a good source of resveratrol - which is found in blueberries, bilberries, peanuts, yucca, grapes and Japanese knotweed. It makes your body work better and gives you energy! The pilgrims learned all about cranberries from the Native American Indians (the true pioneers of herbal medicines). Did you know that there are 440 cranberries in one pound? 4,400 cranberries in one gallon of juice? 440,000 cranberries in a 100-pound barrel? Cranberries are also called bounce-berries because the small pockets of air make them bounce and float in the bogs when they are ready to harvest! Now, Time For Some Really Silly Cranberry Jokes! Knock Knock. Who's there? Norma Lee. Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don't eat this much cranberry sauce! But it is SO GOOD! Why did the cranberries turn red? Because they saw the turkey dressing! What s the difference between a pirate and a cranberry farmer? Pirate buries his treasure, but a cranberry farmer treasures his berries. What is round and red and goes up and down, up and down, up and down? A cranberry on an elevator! Why was the cranberry alone with the apple? Because the banana split www.stickyfingers.com 2015 Cooking