April fools is here once again, and this year, wanting to top my usual go –to April fools dinner (meatloaf and mashed potatoes), I decided to peruse a cupcake decorating book for new inspiration. It didn’t take more than a few minutes to decide that this year we would dine on Pizza, and for dessert… pizza. I made our usual pizza, then while that was baking; I threw together the ingredients for my favorite sugar cookie recipe, while my oldest cut out Archer farms strawberry fruit leather with a small circle fondant cutter. I scooped up the dough with my muffin sized scoop, staggered them on the cookie sheet, then with a small bowl, floured on the bottom; I pressed them down to form a small well in the center, and to mimic “crust”. Then I popped them into a 350 oven, and baked for 6 minutes. Meanwhile I took a bar of white chocolate, ran it through the food processor to shred it, and set it aside.
When the cookies came out of the oven, they were lightly brown on the edges, and looked very much like mini pizza crusts. While the cookies were still hot, I took some of my homemade strawberry jam, and put about a teaspoon and a half into each center. Then I topped that with the shredded white chocolate, and then topped them with the fruit leather cutouts. They were a bit sweet for me, but the kids loved them.
Ive always wanted to "play with my food" when it came to april fools, or any other time. But I cant ever seem to find the right idea. This was perfect. How fun!
ReplyDeleteI get most of my ideas from Family fun magazine. They have their april fools food online as well. I think I mentioned that I got this idea from a cupcake magazine.
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