Blog Posts by Disney Spoonful

The sweet taste of freedom!Summer is synonymous with popsicles and there's nothing like a sweet and cold treat to refresh you on a humid day. When the temperatures heat up it's a common sight to see my daughter and dog sitting outside on the porch covered in melted popsicles. These red, white, and blue popsicles are the best of them all. Made with pure fruit and healthy yogurt, this tempting treat is the perfect summer and Fourth of July dessert!

Ingredients:
1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 pint blueberries
1/2 pound strawberries, hulled

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Directions:

1. In a bowl, stir to combine yogurt and honey. Spoon two spoonfuls of yogurt and honey mixture in the bottom of a 10 count (3 ounce each) popsicle mold.

2. Place blueberries in a food processor or high powered blender. Process on high until a smooth puree forms, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour the blueberry puree into the popsicle molds, leaving about 2 inches from the

Thank Mr. Naxon for slow-cooked perfection.Slow-cookers are convenient and produce consistently delicious results - it's no wonder they found their way into millions of American kitchens. But have you ever wondered how the slow-cooker came to be? The inventor's name was Irving Naxon, and it turns out that the beloved device was inspired by stories his mother used to tell.

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Tamara Kaslovski Nachumsohn grew up in Lithuania. Unable to work in the kitchen during the Sabbath, the family had a clever method for ensuring a hot Saturday dinner. Tamara's mother would have her drop-off uncooked cholent, a hearty stew, at the bakery on Friday afternoons. The oven wasn't used over the Sabbath, but it was hot enough to cook the meal while it slowly cooled. At sundown on Saturday, Tamara would return and pick up the warm stew.

Irving had a knack for engineering, helping to design an oxygen flow indicator for aircraft during World War II. He set about

Surf's up!!Tuesday marked National Surf Day, and that inspired us to look for the perfect treat to celebrate the iconic sport. These cookie-topped cupcakes are based off of an episode of Phineas and Ferb, but you can use them for any occasion. They're sure to make a big splash with kids!

Supplies:
Template for Phineas's Surfboard Cupcakes
Scissors
Plastic kitchen gloves (for kneading food coloring into the dough)
Batch of sugar cookie dough (homemade or store bought)
Food coloring
Rolling pin
Flour
Wax paper
Kitchen knife
Spatula
Wire rack
Baked cupcakes
Frosting
Crushed peanuts or plain cookie crumbs

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Directions:

1. Print and cut out the template.

2. Wearing plastic kitchen gloves, knead orange food coloring into half of the cookie dough and purple food coloring into the rest. This is a fun job for kids. Wrap the dough in plastic and keep it chilled until you're

Healthy and delicious! There's nothing better than a perfectly cooked ear of corn slathered with salty butter at a summertime party. My family waits all year long for corn season and when it hits we have corn on the cob at least once a week. My favorite way to cook corn is to grill it. Grilling it in the husk steams the corn and creates a delicious bite that bursts with sweetness. Top that warm ear of corn with a salty bright herb butter such as cilantro lime and you have the ultimate easy summer cookout side dish!

Ingredients:
4 ears of corn in their husks
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Zest of 1 lime, grated
1 teaspoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt

Related: 22 summer sides perfect for your next barbecue

Directions

1. In a large bowl or the sink, soak the corn in water for 20 minutes.

2. Preheat an electric grill to medium-high heat or a charcoal grill to a medium heat.

3. Create the butter my mixing to combine, butter, cilantro, lime zest, lime

Delish!!I love Texas Sheet Cake, and not just because I live in Texas. I love that it serves a big crowd, and I really love that you don't have to wait for the cake to cool to frost it. I can't be the only person who feels too busy to wait for my cake to cool before I frost and run out the door to whatever event I'm bringing dessert to. If you're like me, this is your cake! Also, while a recipe that includes plenty of sugar and butter is never going to be considered health food, this version does use applesauce or yogurt instead of the shortening or extra stick of butter that many recipes include. Pat yourself on the back!

Ingredients:
Cake
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce or plain yogurt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2

Cute AND delicious!Your Club Penguin-loving kid will enjoy celebrating their victories with these super-cute Puffle-cakes. In just a few steps, you can turn regular vanilla cupcakes into cute Club Penguin Puffles. All it takes is colorful cookie icing, candy eyes and a black candy writer to add some fun to these tasty treats. My son had so much fun helping decorate that this can easily turn into an ice-your-own-cupcake party activity.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup cold milk
colored cookie icing
white cake frosting
tube black candy writer

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Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 °F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. (Note: If you are working with a batch of prepared cupcakes, you can start at step 6.)

2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder

Show your colors.Here's an easy craft for the kids: fashionable flag cuffs. While I give a general design below, you can encourage kids to design their cuffs however they like using red, white and blue felt. And kids don't have to reserve these for patriotic holidays. They'd also make great super hero accessories, don't you think?

Supplies:
red, white and blue felt
glue (hot glue gun optional)
scissors
button
thread

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Directions:

1. Cut a strip of white felt for the base of the cuff. You can make it as wide or thin as you'd like. Just make sure it's longer than the wrist to accommodate a button. Then cut two to three narrow strips of red for stripes, a small square out of the blue felt and a small square out of the white.

2. Glue red strips to the cuff base. I've found hot glue works best, but fabric glue will work too.

3. Glue the blue square to the center of the cuff. Then, cut a star out of the small white square of felt.

The perfect summer snack!When it comes to snack time, I always have to put my thinking cap on and present snacks in different forms to entice my 4-year-old. One of the most popular presentations is serving food on sticks. Skewers and toothpicks with the pointy tips cut off are a great way to get the kids excited about a snack. This time, I decided to surprise my son by making Mickey peanut butter pinwheel skewers with appetizer picks and adhesive-backed dimensional stickers. The snack was such a hit that I will definitely be using this presentation to serve fruit and vegetable snacks.

Ingredients:
4 sandwich bread slices.
4 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons strawberry jelly
4 appetizer picks
4 assorted dimensional stickers

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Directions:

1. Decorate appetizer picks with dimensional stickers. Set aside.

2. With a rolling pin, flatten bread slices as much as you can. Cut off crusts.

3. Spread one tablespoon of peanut