Halloween Dinner

This fun Halloween dinner consists of soup in a decorated pumpkin, inside out apple pie, orange apple cider in a hollowed out orange peeling, and salty bone bread sticks. (All recipes included below.)

Salty Bone Bread Sticks
Ingredients:

Salt (I prefer Sea Salt)
Pillsbury Bread stick dough
Directions:

1. Unroll  a tube of refrigerated bread stick dough and separate the rectangular pieces
2. Working with one piece at a time, stretch the dough to lengthen it a bit and then use kitchen scissors or a knife to cut a 11/2-inch slit in the center of each end
3. Roll or shape the resulting four flaps of dough into knobs that look like the ends of a bone
4.Place the dough bones on an un-greased baking sheet, spacing them a few inches apart, and sprinkle on a little salt.
5. Bake the bones until they are golden brown, about 12 minutes

Taco Soup
Ingredients:

1 lb hamburger

1 med. onion

1 pkg. taco seasoning

16 oz. can corn

17 oz. can kidney beans

28 oz. stewed tomatoes

8 oz. can tomato sauce

Directions:

1. brown hamburger & onion

2. pour the corn, taco seasoning, kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, browned hamburger, and tomato sauce into a large pot and heat until at desired temperature

3. serve over tortilla chips, with sour cream & cheese on top
For serving bowl:
          hollow out a large pumpkin as best you can and try not to make any holes and NO carving it or you'll have a soupy mess. you can decorate it with markers or light carving that is not deep enough to make holes.


Inside Out Apple Pie (Serves 4)
Ingredients:

4 good sized apples
Pillsbury pie dough
Apple pie filling
Directions:

1. hollow out the large apples with a spoon or anything that you think would work, and leave an edge about 1/4 of an inch from the edge
2. fill the hollowed out apples with the pie filling
3. unroll the pie crust and flatten it out
4. cut into circles big enough to cover the top of the apple, you can use a cookie cutter or even just scissors
5. put some sugar on the top of the crust
6. bake at 350 for 30 min or until the filling is bubbly and crust is browned

Orange Apple Cider (Serves 4)
Ingredients:

Four large oranges

Apple cider mix

Enough water to fill all of the oranges plus extra

Directions:

1. mix the apple cider mix and the water together and heat up in a pot on the stove until desired temperature

2. hollow out the oranges leaving just the peel on the inside and out (be sure to no make any holes in or your cider will leak out.

3. when the cider is ready fill up your orange and enjoy!