Haystack Cookies

 

Ingredients

• ▢1 bag butterscotch chips (11-ounce bag) (311g)
• ▢1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (180g)
• ▢3 tablespoons peanut butter (60g)
• ▢1 bag chow mein noodles (12-ounce bag) (338g)

Instructions

• Line a large baking sheet with wax paper or a silicone baking mat.
• In a large bowl, combine butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, and peanut butter. Microwave at 50% powder for 1 minute. Stir. Continue microwaving at 50% power in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until mixture is smooth and fully combined, about 3 minutes total.
• Stir in the noodles until well coated.
• Using a large ice cream or cookie scoop, quickly scoop roughly a ¼ cup of the mixture onto the lined baking sheet. Set aside until hardened, about 2 hours. Remove from the sheet and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

• Add sprinkles to make the haystack cookies more festive. Add red and green sprinkles for Christmas, orange and black sprinkles for Halloween or Thanksgiving, and pink and white sprinkles for Valentine’s Day. The color combinations are endless. 
• Try using other chips such as white chocolate chips to change things around.
• When melting the chips, make sure your bowl is clean and dry. Water causes melted chocolate to seize, and you will have to start over.
• Due to the melted chocolate, it’s best to use a cookie scoop or spoon to avoid getting your hands coated in chocolate.
• Avoid adding the cookies onto a sheet pan directly as they’ll stick to the pan as they harden. When you have a lined sheet pan, the cookies lift much more effortlessly.

Fall Coffee filter crafts

 Apple Coffee Filter Crafts:

The kids at the library loves too make crafts using coffee filter and markers. They are so fun to make and any age can do it. We make them for all Seasons so you will see many examples here. 

Supplies

• Coffee filter
• Spray bottle filled with water
•  watercolor  markers 
• scissors , glue 
• cardstock or construction paper 
• Apple shapes cut out of red and green construction paper. 
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So you use your markers on the coffee filters, and when done. Lightly spray the coffee filters and watch the magic happen. As the colors run . Let dry completely 

Cut out the apple shapes and then cut out carefully the centers. When dry place coffee filters in the center and cut to size and glue or tape to hold in. 

Fall Tree 

Grab your coffee filters and let the coloring fun begin! Use washable markers to completely cover the filters with vibrant colors. For a perfect fall-inspired look, try blending shades of yellow, orange, red, and a splash of green to mimic the changing leaves.. Spray the colored coff ee filters lightly with water. As the water hits the filters, the colors will begin to bleed together, creating a beautiful tie-dye effect. While the coffee filters dry, move onto the next step.. In brown construction paper cut out tree trunk. After you've cut out the tree trunk and the coffee filter has dried, it's time to assemble the tree! Apply glue to the back of the tree trunk, focusing on the top area where it will attach to the coffee filter. Then, press the tree trunk firmly onto the center of the coffee filter. This will form the base of your beautiful fall tree, with the colorful coffee filter acting as the tree's vibrant autumn leaves. Let the glue dry completely

Fall Leaves

Using scissors, cut out a simple leaf shape—this can be any shape you like, such as a maple leaf, oak leaf, or an abstract leaf.Take two coffee filters and flatten it out on your workspace. Using the washable markers, have the kids color the coffee filter with various shades of fall colors. Encourage them to blend colors and use their creativity. They can draw stripes, dots, or just scribble all over—it doesn’t have to be perfect!Once the coffee filter is fully colored, it’s time for the magic to happen! Use your paintbrush to grab some water and cover the leaf. As the water hits the marker ink, the colors will start to bleed and blend, creating beautiful, watercolor-like patterns. Allow the filter to sit and dry for about 15-30 minutes. Now that your leaves are ready, you can decide how to display them. You can use string or tape to create a garland to hang across a window, door, or bulletin board. Alternatively, tape them to the windows themselves to create a stained-glass effect as the sun shines through the colorful leaves. If your kids want to add a little extra detail, they can use a black marker to draw veins on their leaves, making them look even more realistic.

Another idea is to glue the leaves onto a piece of construction paper to create a fall collage. You could also scatter them around a table for a festive fall decoration. The possibilities are endless!

For Home Learners this is also a  great  Science lesson in  Chromatography.  

Fall festival time

Today we are at our booth at the annual fall festival in town.

Join us at our booth for story time. 

A New York Times Bestseller!

Perfect for fans of Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, The Leaf Thief is a funny picture book that teaches kids about autumn, adapting to change, and the seasons.

Squirrel loves counting the leaves on his tree―red leaves, gold leaves, orange, and more. But hold on! One of his leaves is missing! On a quest to find the missing leaf, Squirrel teams up with his good friend Bird to discover who the leaf thief could be among their forest friends.

With vibrant art and captivating characters, the magic of autumn is captured beautifully on each page as readers tag along Squirrel's forest adventure. Is there truly a leaf thief afoot, or is something else going on in Squirrel's forest? A perfect exploration of change―both seasonal, and the anxiety that change sometimes causes. Bonus material explaining about the changing of the seasons. Poised to be a new fall classic.

Pick up The Leaf Thief if you are looking for:

A classic read for ages 4 and up

Back to school books, ideal for your classroom, homeschool curriculum, and more!

Seasonal and educational stories about the changing seasons

Our town has a Fall festival every year to celebrate the coming season. We have a booth each year to raise money for the community library. To fund events, buy books and more.....

Crafts, Games and photos 

Photos booth

Pink is new Orange

Thanks for stopping bye this Friday.  I am having a little fun with this digital scrapbook page.

The Lord Bless you and Keep You: 

Done in Pink plaid for Breast Cancer Awareness month and touches of orange for October.  

Rock the Pink

Let's Rock the Pink

Clean your rocks before painting them with acrylic paint with message of Hope. You can finish them with a coat of modge podge to keep there colors. 

We places these around town to remind people to have Hope for a Cure and donate to the cause. 

Diy Christmas tag

It's starting look like Christmas 

#vintage 

Today wooden tag is painted black. Then I  Decopodge the  snowman print  from Temu . I love this soft pink flower print of this Snowman.  I added pink ribbon with touch of greenery.  For this vintage Christmas tag. 

Tip ... I  reused this tag I bought on clearance at DG from clearance aile. Always check this aile for bargains....Lisa 

Mom Lemon Bars

 

This is one of my Mom's most requested dessert. Lemon is always a hit around here. And perfect any time of the year,but delicious for National Lemon bar day which is today.

3 cups all-purpose flour  divided 2 1/2 cups for crust and 1/2 cup for filling ▢2/3 cups powdered sugar  for the shortbread, plus more for dusting ▢1/2 tsp salt ▢12 tbsp unsalted butter melted ▢3 tbsp lemon zest zest of three lemons ▢3 cups sugar  ▢8 eggs large, room temperature ▢1 cup lemon juice fresh,  Instructions Heat oven to 350F and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper. Whisk together 2 1/2 cups of flour (300g) with the powdered sugar and salt, then pour in the melted butter and mix until combined. You can also do this using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. If you'd like a dash of vanilla can be added in with the butter at this step. Sprinkle the dough into your lined pan and press down into a flat layer. Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes or until a light golden color. While the crust is baking add the sugar to a food processor and add the zest of three lemons. Pulse until the zest is fully incorporated and sugar is a light yellow color. If you don't have a processor just mince the zest and mix with the sugar in a bag or bowl. Add the sugar and remaining half cup of flour to a large bowl and mix well. You can sift together however and zesty sugar bits will need to get dumped out of the sifter as they might clog things up and not go through. Pour in the lemon juice and add the eggs then mix very well until completely combined. Pour the filling onto the warm crust then transfer to oven and bake for about 25 minutes, turning halfway through the bake. Remove from oven and allow to cool for an hour before chilling in the refrigerator for two hours. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars using a clean, sharp, damp knife. Clean and re-wet the knife