Sprites – Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/2 C. All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 C. packed Dark Brown Sugar
1/2 C. Sugar
1 C. salted Butter, softened
2 large Eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
12 oz. Semisweet Chocolate Chips

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a granie paste, scraping down the sites of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix at medium speed until just blended. Do not overmix. Add flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until just mixed. Do not overtax. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.

Sprites – Magick Sachets

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Materials:
-Earthy-material to make small sachet bags (or you can buy pre-made sachet bags from a craft store and decorate)
-4 tablespoons dried lavender buds (love, protection, restful sleep)
-20 whole cloves (love and protection)
-4 tablespoons dried rosemary (protection and love)
-1/2 teaspoon dried orange peel (love)
-1 sunflower seed for each sachet (wisdom)

Mix lavender, cloves, rosemary, and orange peel together in a small bowl. Hold your hands over the bowl of herbs and say:

From mother moon and father sun
From autumn breezes carrying angel prayers
I empower these herbs to bring protection and love
To whoever holds them between clasped hands
And prays for a restful sleep.

Hold your hands over the herbs until your hands grow warm.

Fill the sachet bags, then empower the sunflower seeds, saying:

From mother moon and father sun
From autumn breezes carrying angel prayers
I empower these herbs to bring protection and love
To whoever holds them between clasped hands
And prays for restful sleep.

Tie up sachets, reaffirming with each sachet:

From mother moon and father sun
From autumn breezes carrying angel prayers
I empower these herbs to bring protection and love
To whoever hold them between clasped hands
And prays for restful sleep.

The recipe will make approximately 7 to 10 small sachets.

Sprites – Make Your Own Runes

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Materials:
4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 teaspoon alum (in spice section of grocery store)
1 1/2 cups water
food coloring (optional)

Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. If it is too dry, add a tablespoon of water. Work into dough with your hands.

If you want to color the dough, divide into parts, and add food coloring to each section and knead.

Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a slightly floured surface. Cut dough into squares or rectangles. Use a toothpick to carve the rune into the tile. Place the rune tiles gently onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 30 minutes in 250 degree oven. Turn and bake another 1 1/2 hours until hard and dry.

Let cool completely. Sand lightly with fine sandpaper. Spray with clear shellac or acrylic spray.