Outer Space Snacks
Rocket Ship Kabobs
Ingredients:
- Popscicle sticks/skewers
- Strawberries
- Banana
- Kiwi
- Cheddar string cheese
Directions:
- Slice fruit: Cut one banana into 6 slices, one kiwi into 4 slices and cut the strawberry head off of 4 strawberries.
- Cheese: Cut one piece of cheddar string cheese into 8 slices.
- Assemble the kabob: Strawberry on top, one piece of banana, one piece of kiwi, another banana and then two pieces of cheese coming off the bottom of the skewer in a diagonal.
This will make 4 kabobs! A lot of the ingredients can be substituted for similar food items!
Galaxy Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- Purple, teal and black food coloring
- White star confetti
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Separate the dough into 3 different bowls. Doughs don’t need to be equally separated. One will need to be much larger than the other two.
- Add black food coloring to the larger dough. Mix well.
- Add teal food coloring to one of the smaller doughs. Mix well.
- Add purple food coloring to the other smaller doughs. Mix well.
- Put on gloves!!
- Scoop out a ball of black cookie dough.
- Add a small piece of teal cooking dough on top of the black cookie dough.
- Add a small piece of purple on top of the teal cookie dough.
- To get the swirled effect, carefully roll the dough into a ball and then flatten.
- Place on ungreased baking sheet. Leave several inches between each cookie.
- Sprinkle white star confetti onto the cookie.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until edges are light golden.
- Enjoy!