Awards for the event - Lets Celebrate Halloween

I am extremely very sorry for the delay in announcing the award titles , i was little held up with other works and couldn't concentrate on my blog.  But today all the wait is over and i am hereby announcing the award titles. Last but not the least i would like to thank each and everyone who participated in this event and made it successful .

I am really very grateful for each and everyone who participated and  linked your recipes to my event. As a token of appreciation and support here is the participation certificate for everyone who participated in this event. Do grab it and post it in your blogs :).

Best Display Award goes to Desi Fiesta for Eggless Ghostly Spider Cupcakes. Those cupcakes looked really awesome and would love to grab one . Display for the event was really apt .Grab this certificate +Manjula Bharath  .

Best Recipe Award goes to The More Than Occasional Baker for Candy Corn Oreo Brownies . The Fudgy Brownie Recipe is one one of my favorite too. These brownies have a crispy edge with fudgy and  gooey center and candy corn oreos gives the crunchiness to the brownie.

Best Innovation Recipe Award goes to My wonder kitchen for Pecan Freaks for the innovation she had done on the quick Halloween snacks.Though the recipe is super simple , only the innovation part was taken on mind. Do hop into her blog to check out the freaky snack. Thank you for participating in the event +pra manj

 Best Photography Award goes to Gal on a mission for Halloween Green Slime Cupcakes . Those Cupcakes are super tempting with all those colorful sprinkles. +Chelsea H.  love that frosting .

Best Recipe Explanation Award  goes to Chang and 3 Kids for Halloween Oreo Cupcake Bites . I am pretty sure even a small kid would understand her recipe . She had explained the recipe in detail . You deserve this certificate +Ritchil Shafer 

 And Last but not the least The Top Contributor Award goes to Red Chilli Curry for maximum contribution . Do check all her recipes they are super fun .. I loved that apple eye ball drink . Do grab this certificate . You are the Halloween Queen  +Janani k . Thank you once again .

Sweet Potato Cookies # HBC - OCT

For the month of October +nalini suresh was the host for Home Bakers Challenge. She had Chosen recipes which were apt for the season of Fall/ Halloween . They were really spooky ... We all enjoyed the recipes and it was really interesting seeing other co-bloggers posting their spooky dishes. As usual 4 recipes were given and we had to choose one among them. Thank you +nalini suresh and +Priya Suresh

Suggested 4 recipes were:

• Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Cookies.
• Spooky Witches Finger.
• Halloween Whoopie Pies
• Ghostly Cupcakes.

I was so busy this month , so i chose the simple recipe Pumpkin Cookies. Both of us at home are not a big fan of pumpkins so i replaced it with Sweet potatoes and i never thought that it is going to be tasty , but it was. I am happy that i replaced it and tried a new recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

All purpose flour - 1 Cup

Baking Powder - 1/4 TSP

Baking Soda - 1/4 TSP

Butter - 1/4 Cup 

Salt - a pinch

Sugar - 1/2 Cup

Egg - 1 Small

Cinnamon Powder -1/4 TSP

Sweet Potato  Puree-  7.5 oz/ 1 Cup- 2 TBLS 

                        

INSTRUCTIONS:

How to make Sweet Potato Puree:

Take 2 medium sized sweet potatoes.

Boil it.

Strain the water.

Peel the skin and mash it.

How to make the cookies:

• Pre-heat the oven at 375 F.
• In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients - Flour , Salt , Baking Powder , Baking Soda and Cinnamon Powder. 
• In another bowl using a hand beater , beat the butter and sugar till it is fluffy .
• Then add the egg and continue to beat till it is smooth.
• With the mixer on the slow speed ,add half the dry ingredients and the sweet potato puree and mix . 
• Once it is combined add the other half the dry ingredients and mix.
• Lastly pipe or drop the batter in the baking sheet and bake it for 15 - 20 minutes till the cookies are golden brown.
• Rotate the sheet once when the cookies are baking.
• Transfer the cookies to the wire rack allow it to completely cool before decorating.

                         

            The cookies were soft , tender and had a cake like texture. It just melted in mouth.

                         

Yeah i know these cookies doesn't look spooky but they are really apt for the Halloween.

                          Linking the cookies to my event " Lets Celebrate Halloween"

Cooking with white at merry tummy

Event Announcement - Let's Celebrate Halloween

Hey my lovely Ladies out there. I am glad to announce my first event announcement on my blog in the season of Halloween. This event on my blog starts from today the 10th of October and ends on 10th of November. So the theme is going to be " COLORS OF HALLOWEEN" .

I admit , i have heard about Halloween but never knew what it was , what it is celebrated for . But after coming to US , i loved this season of fall which is also the season of Halloween . The whole area we live is decorated with these Halloween Lanterns , Monsters , witches , Spiders , Rats , Pumpkins , Bats and Skeletons . In the nights they are really colorful and Scary . I am actually waiting for the day of Halloween where the kids come  dressed up with the Halloween clothes and knock the doors for the chocolate treats . 

List of food associated with Halloween:

• Barmbrack.
• Bonfire toffee.
• Candied apples.
• Candy corns.
• Candied pumpkins.
• Caramel apples
• Colcannon.
• Pumpkin , pumpkin pie , pumpkin bread.
• Soul Cake
• Scary Faced Pizza
• Cheesy Fingers.
• Chocolate Cherry Mice.

For easy Halloween recipes visit Easy halloween party food

So lets go on with the event details:

Rules for the event:

• Event runs from October 10th to November 10th.
• Follow me on GFC / G+
• Archived posts are allowed.
• Any recipes related to Halloween / Colors of Halloween ( It could be Starters , Main course , desserts , pies , cookies ) are eligible.
• Eggs are allowed in baking . Obvious egg less are allowed too.
• Please link the logo and link announcement on your blog when you post the recipe.
• Usage of logo is compulsory as it will help in spreading about the event.
• Please link your recipes in the linky tool below with the URL and name of the recipe .
• You could post unlimited recipes - You get an award for that too :)

Here comes the interesting part . Based on the Innovation in recipe , photography , recipe explanation there are few award certificates are waiting ..

Best (Trick or Treat) photography award .

Best( Creapy )  Explanation award

Best ( Spooky) Innovation award

Best (Jack -O-Lantern ) display award 

Participation award

 and

 Person who sends more number recipes will be crowned as Halloween Queen.

So my friends what are you guys waiting for ?? Share your Halloween Treats and lets see who is going to be the Halloween queen 2013 :) .