Baloo's Bugle

March 2008 Cub Scout Roundtable Issue

Volume 14, Issue 8
April 2008 Theme

Theme: Abracadabra
Webelos: Sportsman & Family Member
Tiger Cub Activities

CUB GRUB AND FUN FOODS

Magic Cookie Bars
Alice, Golden Empire Council

This is the favorite recipe using Eagle Brand milk – the magic is that you can create a cookie without eggs – and they taste great!

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 (14-ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 2 cups (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
  • 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (325°F for glass dish).
  • In small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and butter; mix well.
  • Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom of 13X9-inch baking pan.
  • Pour EAGLE BRAND® Condensed Milk evenly over crumb mixture.
  • Layer evenly with remaining ingredients;
  • Press down firmly with fork
  • Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Cool.
  • Cut into bars or diamonds. Store leftovers covered at room temperature.
  • Makes 2-3 dozen bars
  • You can also substitute chocolate chips or nuts with: candy coated pieces, dried cranberries, raisins, mini marshmallows or butterscotch chips.

Edible Wands
Sam Houston Area Council

Ingredients:

  • Pretzel sticks
  • White frosting in a tub
  • Knife or small spatula
  • Small bowl
  • Edible star sprinkles
  • Wax paper

Directions:

  • Scoop out a small amount of frosting and put in a small bowl. (Note: The pretzels will make the frosting taste salty, so only take out as much as you need. Save the rest of the frosting for icing cookies, etc.)
  • Dip the pretzel in the frosting and twist and pull the pretzel out of the frosting.

Out of the Hat Cake
Alice, Golden Empire Council

Ingredients:

  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 recipe of dark frosting – if you use paste food coloring, you can even have black! Or you can use 1 can of dark chocolate frosting
  • Pudding or jam, your choice

Directions:

  • Mix the cake as directed on the box
  • Bake in three 8-inch round pans.  Reduce the baking time listed by 5 minutes. 
  • While the cakes cool, cut a 9-inch circle from cardboard. 
  • Then cut out a 6-1/2 inch circle from the center, leaving a 1-1/4 inch wide ring. This will be the hat brim of your Magician’s Hat. 
  • Cut the same size ring from waxed paper and attach to the cardboard with a glue stick. 
  • Cut out two bunny ears from white construction paper, and two inner ears from pink construction paper. 
  • Place a toothpick on the white ear so half of it extends below the ear. 
  • Now glue the pink inner ear on top of the white, sandwiching the toothpick in between.
  • Assemble the 3 cake layers, putting more frosting, jam or pudding between the layers. 
  • Frost the cake and also cover the ring with frosting and place it on the cake. 
  • Smooth the frosting over the cake and ring so they look like one piece. 
  • Place the rabbit ears in the center of the cake.

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Magic Peanut Butter Pie
Alice, Golden Empire Council
Watch out for Peanut Allergies!

Ingredients:

  • 1 graham cracker pie crust
  • 1 18 oz. jar of peanut butter
  • 1 8oz package softened cream cheese
  • ¾ c. honey
  • 1 8oz tub frozen non-dairy whipped topping
  • 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
  • ½ t. vegetable oil

Directions:

  • Beat together cream cheese and honey until well mixed.
  • Stir in peanut butter; mix well.
  • Gently fold in whipped topping.
  • Spoon into crust.
  • Using a microwave, melt chocolate and vegetable oil in a glass, liquid measuring cup for 1 1/2 minutes; drizzle over pie.
  • Chill 4 hours. Refrigerate leftovers.

Magic Pie, It makes its own crust!
Sam Houston Area Council

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup shredded coconut or crushed pineapple

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Place all ingredients in a blender and combine thoroughly.
  • Grease and flour 10" deep dish pie plate.
  • Pour mixture into pie plate and bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until set.
  • "Pie" will make its own crust as it cooks.
  • Serve at room temperature.

Abracadabra – Bigger Edible Wands!
Sam Houston Area Council

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup white chocolate pieces
  • 1 teaspoon shortening
  • 10 long pretzel logs
  • Decorative candies or colored sugar (the kind you decorate cupcakes with)

Directions:

  • Melt the white chocolate with shortening.
  • Dip pretzels half way in chocolate,
  • Then roll the pretzels in candy or sugar.

Magic  Potion  
Sam Houston Area Council

Ingredients:

1 package unsweetened drink mix (any color)

Lemon-lime flavored carbonated soda, chilled

Water

Directions:

  • Mix the drink mix with 1 ½ cups water. Pour mixture into an ice cube tray and freeze solid.
  • To serve, pour the soda into clear cups. Put 1-2 flavored ice cubes into each glass.
  • As the ice cubes dissolves, the drink will change color and flavor – like magic.

Magic Brew Root Beer
Sam Houston Area Council

Ingredients:

  • 5 gallons water
  • 8 cups sugar
  • 1 bottle Hire's Root Beer extract
  • 10 lbs. dry ice (handle with leather gloves and or tongs as exposed skin can be easily frostbitten)

Directions:

  • Mix all ingredients. This will give a great “magic brew” with bubbles and smoke.
  • Stir frequently.
  • DO NOT drink until all dry ice has dissolved.
  •  Can also make ½ of a recipe.