Sprites – Ants on a Stick

INGREDIENTS:

As many celery sticks as you want
Peanut Butter
Cheez Whiz
Chip Dip
Cream Cheese or Flavored Cream Cheese
Raisins

DIRECTIONS:

Spread the filling of choice on celery sticks. Place at least six “ants” (raisins) on each one, and serve. You may want to chill them for a while first.

Sprites – Apple Pizza

INGREDIENTS:

1 pizza crust
4 medium apples — peeled and sliced
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

Prepare pizza crust as per recipe. Pat dough into a pizza pan or a baking sheet. Crimp edges as for a pizza. Spread apples over dough and sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over apples. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

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.