Thursday, 16 October 2014

white chocolate and candy corn cookies


What you will need:

1 large egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup brown sugar , light packed
1/4 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
2 tsp corn starch 
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup  white chocolate chips
 1/2 cup butter unsalted
2 tbsp cream or half and half
1  1/2 cups candy corn


Directions:

(1)combine butter sugar,brown sugar ,salt corn starch, baking soda and egg in a bowl





(2) mix with a mixer till fully mixed then add in cream and vanilla and mix




(3)next mix in the flour till fully blended




(4) next with a spoon add in the chocolate chips and candy corn




(5) mix well to get the candy corn and chocolate chips all through the mixture




(6)then on a greased cookie sheet drop spoonful's of the batter 




(7)bake for 8-10 minutes  at 350

(8)let cool before removing from pan 

(9)serve and enjoy

fall sensory bin




What you need:                                      

popcorn kernels 

pine cones

leafs

chestnuts

gourds( mini pumpkins)





for playing you can use : measuring cups/spoons , ice cube try, small bowls even a toilet paper roll ton fill up with stuff can be used in the bin.


Instructions:

(1) Place corn kernels into the bin

(2) then add the pine cones

(3) next add in chestnuts 

(4) next you can add in some leafs as many as you want 

(5) last add in one or two gourds depending on what will fit in the bin you use






 Things to do with the bin you can get child to sort the pine cone from big to small
sort out each item like the leafs , pine coneschestnut and gourds. Other ways to use the bin to learn would be to use a ice cube try , bowls or measuring cups and fill each with a different amount to teach depth. eloise loved using a spoon to fill a toilet paper roll with the kernels in the bin. this is one of Eloise's favourite things to play with she chooses this bin over her other ones.