Recipe for a Girl Scout

What a great way to kick off our first meeting and snack time together... creating our own Girl Scout gorp mix by sharing the qualities of what it takes to make a Girl Scout...

By Patricia Harlow (Click HERE for full size copy)

The girls seemed to enjoy their Girl Scout gorp snack.

CAMPING FUN... Zipper Bag Omelets!

Rise and shine... and time for Breakfast! For a fun treat, we had the girls make their own breakfast~ OMELETS! (see added note below)

MMM-MMM GOOD!

*It was brought to our attention by a fellow blogger, Susan, that cooking eggs in ziplock bags is NOT recommended. Susan provided a link with direct comments from Ziploc. See her complete comment in the comment section of this post. Thank you for the information, Susan!

http://camping.about.com/od/campingrecipes/a/ziplocbaggies.htm.

HOW TO MAKE ZIPPER BAG OMELETS:

• Have guests write their name on a quart-size Ziploc freezer bag with permanent marker.


• Crack 2 eggs (large or extra-large) into the bag (not more than 2) shake to combine them.


• Put out a variety of ingredients such as: cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, etc.


• Each guest adds prepared ingredients of choice to their bag.


• Make sure to get the air out of the bag, zip it up, then gently shake and squeeze until mixed.


• Place the bags into rolling, boiling water for 10-15 minutes.


• You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot. For more, make another pot of boiling water.


• When done, carefully remove bags from boiling water and let sit for a few minutes to cool.


• Open the bags and the omelet will roll out easily.


• Be prepared for everyone to be amazed. Nice to serve with fresh fruit and coffee cake; everyone gets involved in the process and a great conversation piece.

S'MORES... A Girl Scout Tradition

Girl Scouts simply can't hang out by a camp fire with out making S'Mores! Troop #9691 had a great time making and eating this treat during our end of year Camping Fun.

What is a S'More? Short for "Some More", it's a dessert consisting of a roasted marshmallow, sandwiched between a Graham Cracker, with a chunk of milk chocolate bar in the middle (which end up getting soft from the gooey hot roasted marshmallow). MMM-MMM Good!

FYI~ While the origin of the dessert is unclear, the first recorded version of the recipe can be found in the publication "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts" of 1927. It is unknown whether the Girl Scouts were the first to make and enjoy s'mores, but there appears to be no earlier claim to this snack. Although it is unknown when the name was shortened, recipes for "Some Mores" are in various Girl Scout publications until at least 1971.

London Troop #9691

making S'MORES!

The girls had help putting their yummy creation together.

Several of the girls didn't like marshmallows or chocolate, so they made their own treat with the ingredients we had on hand they liked.


For a variety of "S'More" recipes, CLICK HERE.

"Cup Cakes" in a Mug

These fun projects are basically making an individual size serving cake in a coffee mug. Each girl scout was given a Christmas mug for their project with verbal instructions on what to do and adult supervision at the microwave. After the girls made their cake, they got to eat it!

"Cup Cake" Instructions~

• 1/3 cup cake mix of your choice


• 4 tablespoons milk

Combine cake mix and milk. Stir 15 seconds. Microwave on High for 2 minutes.

Decorating Gingerbread Men!

This project table was "finger lick'in" good! Girl Scout Leader, Teri, made the cookies the morning of the troop meeting, so the girls would be set to dress them. Each girl scout had access to a variety of colored icing, sprinkles, and candy decoration.

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe~

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 cup molasses

1 egg

1 TBS vinegar

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

In a mixing bowl, beat shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in molasses, egg, and vinegar until combined. Beat in as much flour as you can with your mixer; then stir in remaining flour by hand. Wrap dough in wax paper, folding ends secure. Chill for 3 hours or until easy to handle. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheet; set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of the dough at a time to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into cookie using a 5" - 7 1/2" cookie cutter. (I used a copper one I bought from WalMart). Place 1" apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 5 " cookies for 6-8 minutes, 8 " cookies for 10-12 minutes. Let cool before decorating.

To decorate~ Our Girl Scout troop used all pre-made icing bought at the store, but if you want to make your own, here is a basic icing recipe:

Icing Recipe~

1 cup confectioner's sugar

2 teaspoons milk

2 teaspoons corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon vanilla flavoring (almond flavoring is also good)

Stir sugar and milk together in a bowl until icing mixture is smooth; beat in corn syrup and vanilla until icing mixture is smooth and glossy in appearance. Add food coloring to desired shade. To thicken add confectioner's sugar to desired thickness. To achieve a piping effect, use a cake decorating bag. Ice cookie and set aside for the icing to harden. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Fun with Food

After "Operation Christmas Child", we worked on a "Make It and Eat It" project to earn a patch in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. We made two yummy recipes~ Pilgrim Hats and Thanksgiving Cookie Turkeys. They are easy to make, & fun to "gobble, gobble" up!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE CO-LEADERS AND MOM'S WHO HELPED MAKE THIS TROOP MEETING A SUCCESS~ YOU ARE TRULY APPRECIATED!

Pilgrim Hats
Ingredients:
1 cup vanilla frosting
7 drops yellow food coloring
32 miniature peanut butter cups
1 package (11-1/2 ounces) fudge-striped cookies
32 pieces orange mini Chiclets gum (We didn't have chicklet gum; we used the center of cany corn cut into small squares)

Directions:
In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring. Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups.
Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting. Position over center hole on the bottom of cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of Chiclets gum. Repeat with remaining cups and cookies. Yield: 32 cookies.

Thanksgiving Cookie Turkeys
Ingredients:
2 Double Stuff Oreos (Halloween ones or regular white)
Candy corn
Raisinettes
Plate

Directions:
Open one Oreo. The half that has the filling will be the base for your turkey to stand on. Eat the other piece, if desired. Place the other Oreo on the filling standing upright. This is your turkey body. Carefully place five candy corns into the filling on the upright Oreo. These are the feathers. Place a Raisinette in front of the turkey body. This is the head. Place on your table as a decoration, or gobble it right up!

We closed our troop meeting with a recap of our activities. and discussed what we'll be doing at our next troop meeting. The girls gathered in their "friendship circle" by level to end the day...

GIRL SCOUTS ROCK!

Arm Pit Fudge!!!

In addition to our Girl Scout Beaded Bracelets (posted below), we finished our meeting making "Arm-Pit Fudge"! MMM-MMM GOOD!

All the girls getting their ingredients...
Thank you, moms, for all your help!

Arm-Pit Fudge Recipe

2 oz powdered sugar (1/2 cup)
1 Tbsp butter (softened)
2 tsp cream cheese (softened)
dash of vanilla
2 tsp cocoa

What to do: Place all ingredients in a sandwich zip lock style bag. Squeeze out all the air. Make sure the bag is tightly sealed. Squish and moosh the bag (UNDER THE ARM!) until all ingredients are mixed well and there is a creamy consistency. You may add any favorite flavors or other stuff to your fudge (raisins, M&M's, peanut butter, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, etc.) Take out a spoon and enjoy.

"Patrol-size" version:

1 lb. powdered sugar
1 stick (1/4 cup) butter (softened)
1- 3oz cream cheese (softened)
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup cocoa

What to do: Mix ingredients as above in gallon size zip lock style bag.
This recipe idea was submitted by Katie Baron to WAGGGS-L.

Arm Pit Fudge from Girl Scout Leader on Vimeo.

After about 5 minutes of arm-pit mixing and much excitement, most of the girls decided to finish their "mixing" a more effective way... with their hands!



Taste Testing Time from Girl Scout Leader on Vimeo.