Under the Rainbow.

Ingredients

• 3 x punnet s of strawberries - Halved
• 3 mandarins - peeled and segmented
• 100 g fresh pineapple - peeled and chopped
• 1 kilo grapes - washed
• 2 apple that have deep red skins - Cored and chopped
• 100 grams - white mini marshmallows[ Koshar marshmallow brands are available]
•  1 to 2 bananas - peeled and sliced 

Preparation

1. Prepare the board that the rainbow is to be presented on.
2. Working from the outside inwards lay out  2 rows of the halved strawberries in an arch shape.
3. The place the mandarins, pineapple pieces, grapes and apples down in that order.
4. To finish off place the banana pieces in one serving bowl and mini marshmallows in another.
5. place these serving bowls at the base of the rainbow.

As part of a 'Rainbow theme'  this makes a great group fundraiser.  Especial when the 'Rainbow' theme involves interaction between the consumer the chosen piece of fruit and marshmallow for sale. Fondues are really good as an accessory to this fresh and healthy food.   If using the  fondue fundraising idea have available both a clean tooth picks or fondue utensils as well as a dirt utensil disposal area.

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Cream Cheese Sugar biscuits

Poka Dot sure had a great idea with this recipe.

Ingredients as per a ready made cookie dough.
 Try these ones

• Cream Cheese Sugar Dough
• Ginger Bread
• The base mix for Watermelon cookies

For the decoration use the following

• A few different food colourings.
• The caramel cream frosting
• Plain frosting
• Fudge Frosting
• Butter frosting

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Heart felt apple pies

Ingredients

• 4 pastry sheets
• 1 x 400g can of apple pieces [for cooking]
• Dash of cinnamon or nutmeg mixed with a little sugar.
• a little milk or water.

Method

1. Prepare the work area first.
2. Preheat the oven to 220 Deg C [ 425 deg F].
3. Spray the baking sheet or cooking tray.
4. Mix the cinnamon / nutmeg and sugar into the apple mix.
5. For each apple pie two pieces of heart shaped pastry cut out are used.
6. On the base one place 1 to 2 tbsp of apple mix.
7. around the edges run a finger that has the milk or water on it slightly dampening the outside edge.
8. place the upper pastry over the top of the apple.
9. Press the edges of the top and bottom pastry pieces together.
10. Use a fork to crinkle press the edges together  as well as to make a couple of holes in the top.
1. allows the steam to escape.
11. Bake for 10 to fifteen minutes - or until golden brown.
12. Allow to cool before biting into these pies.

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Valentine Apple Pies

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Little Butterfly Cup Cakes.

Ingredients

• 12  pre-made cup cakes [choose your flavour].
• Pink frosting
• Hundreds and thousands.
• 24 marzipan heart shapes.
• 24 antennae
• 12 gum drop sweets

Method

1. Prepare your work area first.
2. Frost the cupcakes.
3. Place the hearts in position for the wings.
4. Add antennae's.
5. Pop into the middle of the heart the Gum Drop.
6. Sprinkle with a little of the Hundreds and thousands.

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Sweet Sensations

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Heart Necklace Valentine Cookies.

Add a string or bow and there
 you have an edible bracelet.

makes about 30 heart shapes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter - softened / margarine.
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla exxence
• 1 tbsp lemon zest
•  2   1/2 cups self raising flour -sifted.
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 drops of red food colouring or beetroot juice.
•  70 gr [2  1/4 oz] candy sprinkles [ cake decorating marzipan decorations]
• 60 red licorice pieces - in vines for tying.

Method

1. Cream 1 cup butter  and 3/4 cup white sugar together.
2. Blend in the egg, 1 tsp vanilla essence and lemon zest.
3. Sift together 2  1/2 cups of self raising flour and baking powder into another bowl.
4. Add to the creamed mixture and blend well.
5. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
6. Prepare the work bench area.
7. Preheat the oven to 190 deg C [375 deg F]
8. Lightly flour the rolling area.
9. Roll out the dough to7mm [1/4 in]
1. Note if the weather is extremely hot when making these Valentine Cookies then take from the fridge 1/3rd of the dough at a time.
10. With the heart shaped dough cutters flour them lightly before using them to cut.
1. You'll need both a 2.5 and a 5 cm [1 and 2 inch] cutter.
11. Cut out the dough.
12. Place cut out dough on a paper lined tray.
13. Use a straw to press a ring in the top of the heart shape.
14. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes.  
15. Cool on wire rack.

Now for the decorating

1. Stir in the colouring .
2. On the cool cookies spread the frosting.
3. Decorate the top of the frosting
4. Use a toothpick to dislodge the 'hole'.
5. Thread the licorice into the hole and tie.

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Chocolate Marshmallow Slices

Ingrediants

• 1/2 cup butter margarine
• 1 pk. [375 g or 12 oz] chocolate buds [roughly 2 cups]
• 1 pkt miniature marshmallows [330 g or 10 .5 oz] - coloured or plain.
•  1 cup finely chopped nuts
• Additional nuts

Methods

1. melt the butter and chocolate buds over a low heat.
2. Stir constantly until blended.
3. remove from the heat.
4. Cool 5 minutes.
5. Stir in the Marshmallows and 1 cup of chopped nuts.
1. Do not allow the marshmallows to melt.
6. Tip the mix out onto waxed paper.
7. Form 2 rolls [ careful this is hot]
8. Wrap in foil.
9. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
10. Remove from fridge and coat with with extra nuts.
11. Cut rolls into 1 cm slices.

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Gingerbread Valentines

To make these Gingerbread Valentines use the already prepare dough to the point of cutting the shapes out.

Ingredients

• Template pattern of each child's hand.
• 1 pack of red hot candies
• Cake decorating silver or gold balls
• M & Ms

Method

1. Place the paper hands on the dough.
2. Cut around the template hand print.
3. Place the greased cookie sheet on the baking tray.
4. Let the children decorate their own hands
1. say the red hot candies for the finger nails, silver balls for the rings, M & Ms for bigger decrative jewels.
5. Bake at 190 deg C [375 deg F] for 6 to 8 minutes.
6. Cool on wire rack.

This recipe makes about 14 small Gingerbread Valentine hands 

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Valentines Kisses

Makes 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 6 cups Rice Bubbles
• 1 pk 250gr marshmallows
• 3 tbs Margarine
• Vegetable cooking spray

Method

1. Prepare the work area.
2. Follow a Rice Bubble Treats recipe.
1. The Rice Bubble Treats made with Marshmallows recipe until step number seven [7]
3. Cool the mixture down until it is warm enough to handle.
4. Meanwhile spray the inside of your funnels.
5. Break off some of the main Rice Bubble Mix.
6. Mold the mix into the inside of the funnel. 
7. Slide out of the funnel [keep the ^ shape] onto the waxed paper..
8. Respray the funnel if needed and repeat the shaping process.
9. Cool the shaped Rice Bubble treat completely.
10. Meanwhile get the children to write a simple I love you message for Valentines Day, or a Happy Birthday, or even Happy Mothers Day message
11. Wrap as a gift in Aluminium foil.

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Watermelon cookies

This one is the watermelon.
Other colours for other fruits

Ingredients

• 2 cups of self raising flour [all purpose]
• 1 and a 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 drop of red food colouring or beetroot juice

Method

1. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl.
2. Beat the butter and shortening until light and fluffy.
3. Gradually add the sugar while beating this well in.
4. Stir in the egg, milk and vanilla.
5. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture.
6. Mix well.
7. Add a small amount of either food colouring or beetroot juice.
8. Beat til blended.
9. Shape the dough into a ball.
10. Cover.
11. Chill for three hours.
12. Preheat over to 190 deg C [375 Deg F]
13. Divide the dough in half keeping one portion in the fridge.
14. Roll the first portion out to 5 mm [1/4 inch].
1. Use a lightly floured board or the mixture becomes unusable.
15. Cut the dough with 8 cm [3 inch] round cookie cutter. 
1. then cut each circular piece in half.
16. Place on ungreased cooking sheet.
17. Press several chocolate chips into each cookie.  
18. Repeat the process.
19. When cooked and cooled then ice or add the frosting by dipping the outside of the circular edge into the frosting and move it around to the other edge.
20. Place the watermelon biscuit on a baking sheet until frosting is hard.

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Lollipop Valentines

Ingredints

Ours have never quite ended up looking
 like this before they were eaten.

• 12 ice block sticks [or craft sticks] - soaked for one hour before use in a bowl of cold water.
• 1/2 cup chocolate buds [brown / white or a combination of]
• 1/2 cup butter - softened.
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar [brown caster sugar]
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose [self raising] flour.
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 28 grams [1 oz] white chocolate
• 1 egg white
• 1  1/4 cups icing sugar
• 3 drops red food colouring [ or beetroot juice]

Method

1. Over a low heat stir chocolate chips until melted and smooth;.  
1. Using a double boiler also is a good method.
2. Remove from heat - let cool.
3. In a large bowl beat the butter, brown sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
4. Beat in the egg.
5. Beat in the cooled chocolate.
6. Now slowly beat in the flour, cocoa powder and salt -until smooth.
7. Divide the dough in half.
8. Preheat the over to 190 Deg C [375 Deg F]
9. Grease two large waxed baking papers.
10. Between the two waxed baking sheets roll half the dough out to 0.7cm [1/8 inch].
11. Freeze the dough while it is still in the wax paper for 5 minutes.
12. Peal the top sheet of wax paper off.
13. Using heart shaped 7.5 cm [3 inch] cookies cutters press out as many as the dough will allow.
1. Repeat the procedure with the scraps of dough.
14. With 2.5 cm [1 inch] between them place half the amount of hearts out on a tray.
15. Drain the sticks and pat them dry.
16. Place each stick so that there is a handle of 6.5cm [2.5  inch] sticking out below the cookie dough. 
1. Gently press the stick down on the doughs surface.
17. Now place the other hearts on top of the first set of hearts..
1. press the edges gently down.
18. Bake 12 minutes until firm to touch.
1. cool on wire racks.

Making the covering 

1. Either use a double boiler or a heavy pot that disperses the heat for the next step.
2. Stir in the white chocolate until melted and smooth consistancy is reached.
1. If using two different coloured chocolates then use two different pots.
3. Remove from the heat.
4. Holding each lollipop by the handle dip the heart into the chocolate on both sides.
1. Let the excess drip back into the pan.
5. Place each lollipop onto a wax paper-lined baking sheet and let cool for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
1. until set.

Making the icing

1. Beat the egg white and icing sugar until this is very smooth.
2. Remove some of this main mix and place it into a small bowl.
1. Drop a drip of colouring into this section of the mixture.
3. Spoon icing into a decorating bag that has a writing tip attached to it.
4. Pipe out the patterns and words that you want to say.
5. Decorate with small cake decorating marzipan shapes.

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Lollipop valentine hearts

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Roll ups as a message

Children are wonderfully creative.

When one thing is done and liked then another excuse will bring about the same recipe with a creative variation.  There are all sorts of add on included as one child follows the thought processes of another.

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese
• Jam or conserve [ Strawberry for Valentines day, Valentine day get apricot and Fathers day a dark red plum or boysenberry]
• 2 flat breads like a tortilla or a roll out and flattened piece of your normal bread. 

Method

1. Spread the cream cheese onto the bread.
2. Now spread a dollop of jam over the cream cheese spread.
3. Roll the bread up.
4. Enjoy the eating.

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Heart Shaped Candy Coated Heart.

Method

1. Coat a heart shaped cake tin with non - stick spray.
2. Sprinkle candy hearts all over the bottom.  
1. The small marzipan cake decorating ones are a good size.
3. Make the Rice Bubble biscuit mix. 
4. Add a very small amount of red food colouring to the mix in the beginning of the preparations.
5. While hot- tip from the cooking pan into the heart shaped cake pan.
6. Press the  Rice Bubble mix down with a cup - NOT your hands.
7. When set tip out of the heart shaped pan.

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Heart shaped pancakes

Ingredients

• Pancake mix- already made up and filled into a squeeze bottle.

Method

1. Heat the fry pan that the pancakes are to be cooked in.
2. When the butter or marge is sizzling then turn the squeeze bottle upside down and quickly direct the pancake mix into a heart shape.
3. Cook the heart shaped pancake. 
4. Turn the pancake over.
5. Once cooked carefully lift out of the pan and onto a plate.
6. Allow to cool.
7. Top with a squirt of canned whipped cream

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Chocolate dipped fruit

Microwaving the chocolate is a lot easier than double boiler method when there are plenty of children around.
The main thing to be weary of is overdoing the melting process.


Ingredients

• 400 grams [14.5 oz] bag of dried fruit pieces
•  These may be in the form of Dried mango, peach, guava, pineapple, apple or even banana chips.
• about 1/3 rd a cup of dark chocolate drops.
• about 1/3rd a cup of white chocolate drops.

Method

1. Cover the work area first.  Lay down some grease proof paper.
2. Into a microwave bowl place the white or brown chocolate pieces
3. Melt the chocolate for 30 seconds .
4. Stir.
5. Melt again.
6. Stir...
7. When the Chocolate has melted enough dip the fruit pieces into the chocolate.
1. Best done with a small pair of tongs or the children's fingers may find the chocolate hot to touch.
8. Lay each piece of fruit out onto the wax paper.
9. Allow to set.
10. Use cellophane to wrap each piece up with.
11. Place each piece into what ever you are going to use as a gift basket.

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Chocolate and Banana Cresents

From the early preparation to the eating these chocolate and banana crescents are ideal to adventure with as a team - with only your children participating or the added of friends that have descended into your back door for the day..  Small groups doing different things, supervised by more than one adult makes the creations a living experience.

However the crescents are prepared the end taste is light weight and enjoyable.  Eaten when light a fluffy having cooled down a little with topping such as home made yoghurt they are still very tasty when served chilled as a finger food dessert.

Makes 10

• 3/4 cup of milk
• 1/2 medium banana - very finely chopped.
• 1/4 cup dark brown chocolate bits.
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 cups self raising flour
• pinch of baking powder
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• milk, for extra, for glazing.
• cinnamon sugar - for sprinkling.

1. Mix the banana, chocolate bits, brown sugar and ground cinnamon.
1. Set this aside, cover the bowl and allow the mixture to 'age'.
2. Line a baking try and turn on the oven to heat it up. 200 deg C is the cooking temp.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and castor sugar together.
3. Rub the butter into sifted dry ingredients, until the mixture resembles fine like breadcrumbs.
4. Make a well into the centre.
5. Add most of the milk.
6. Mix lightly to form a soft dough.
• Add the remaining milk if necessary.
7. Turn onto a lightly floured surface.
8. Knead briefly until smooth.
9. Roll out the dough to form a large circle
• About 30 cm [12 inches] round.
10. Cut the dough into ten even-sized wedges.
• You will be rolling up each base piece from the widest end so take the time now to position the wedges so that as you are rolling the wedges up the base and the contents are not 'flopping' over the other pieces of 'base'.. 
11. With the mixture of the banana, chocolate bits, brown sugar and ground cinnamon place a small amount at the widest end of each of the wedges. 
12. Enclose the filling as you begin to roll the widest side of the wedge in towards the apex.
13. Place these crescents onto your lined baking tray.
14. Brush the crescent top with milk.
15. Sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar on top of each crescent.
16. bake in the upper half of the oven at 200deg C for about 15 minutes [less if oven is fan forced] - or until golden brown.
17. Top with thickened cream ,ice cream, home made custard or even yoghurt.
18. Serve immediately.

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Note: Where peanut butter is used in these recipes for "gluing" edible body parts together, frostings may be used as a substitution for those children who are sensitive to or allergic to nuts.

• bananas
• peanut butter
• grapes
• chow mein noodles

1. Peel and slice a banana.
2.  Join the slices together by "gluing" them with peanut butter. 
3. Carefully poke two chow mein noodles (or break a pretzel stick in half to make two pieces) through the top of the grape.
4.  Use more peanut butter to attach the head (grape) to the front of the body, with antennae (chow mein noodles) pointing up.

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Honey Biscuits

Ingredients

• 175 g unsalted butter - chopped
• 1 cup caster sugar
• /4 cup honey
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg - lightly beaten.
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2  1/4 cups self - raising flour
• milk to serve -optional.

Directions

1. Stir butter, sugar, honey and cinnamon in a medium sauce pan over a low heat - tiol butter has melted and mixture is smooth.
2. Remove from heat.
3. transfer the hot mix to a large bowl.
4. Cool to room temperature.
5. Stir egg, vanilla extract and flour into mixture.
6. Roll tbsp of mixture into balls
7. Place, about 4 cm apart, on two oven trays lined with baking paper.
8. Flatten slightly with a fork.
9. Cook in two batches, in a moderate oven 9180 deg C for 12 min [until golden brown]
10. Cool on trays
11. Serve biscuits with milk.

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Cinnamon Teddy Bears

Ingredients

• 
• 1 mix of  buttermilk biscuits
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 9 miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. For each bear, shape one biscuit into an oval for the body and place on a greased baking sheet.
2.  Cut one biscuit into four pieces; shape into balls for arms and legs. 
3. Place next to body.
4.  Cut one biscuit into two small pieces and one large pieces; shape into head and ears and place above body. 
5. Brush with egg.
6.  Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over bears. 
7. Bake at 425 degrees F for 8-10 minutes (the one remaining biscuit can be baked with the bears).
8.  Place chocolate chips on head for eyes and nose while the biscuits are still warm.

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Teddy Bear Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 250g unsalted butter - at room temperature, chopped.
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup desiccated coconut
• 3 cup self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa power, sifted
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate melts, melted
• Mini M&M's to decorate with.

Directions

1. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs 
1.  one at a time- 
2. beat until combined.
3. Stir in coconut and flour to form a smooth dough.
4. Divide dough in half.
5. Add chocolate powder to one half of the dough mixture..
1. knead until chocolate is mixed through.
6. To make bear heads 
1. roll 14 level tbsp of chocolate dough into balls.
2. place 6 cm apart on the oven trays.
3. Using your hands gently push the heads sown to flatten the balls slightly.
7. To make bear bodies 
1. Press down gently to flatten bodies.
2. roll 14 level tbap of chocolate dough into balls.
3. Place against heads.
8. To make arms and legs
1. Roll 56 level tsp into balls.
2. Place against bodies.
3. press to flatten slightly.
9. To make ears
1. Roll 28 level tsp into balls.
2. Place against he head .
10. Cook biscuits one tray at the time.
1. moderate oven [180 deg Cel] for about 15 to 20 minutes.
11. Cool bears on tray.
12. Decorate
1. Pour dark chocolate into a small snap lock bag.
1. squeeze into one courner, twist bag and make a small snip.
2. Attach mini M&M's with melted chocolate to represent the eyes.
3. Pipe on choclate nose and mout.
13. Put aside to set.
14. Biscuits can be made up to three days before ifr they are stored in an air tight container.

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