Kitchen Krafts

Meringue Snowmen

By Julie Wardell

3 egg whites

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

3/4 cup sugar

small, red cinnamon candies

pretzel sticks

1. Cover cookie sheet with heavy brown paper.

2. Place egg whites in bowl, add cream of tartar, and beat at high speed until foamy.

3. Gradually beat in sugar a tablespoonful at a time. Turn off mixer occasionally and scrape sides of bowl. Continue beating at high speed until stiff and glossy—about 6–7 minutes.

4. For each snowman, drop two rounded tablespoonfuls of meringue, just touching each other, onto brown paper; then add rounded teaspoonful of meringue at top for head. Place pretzel-stick arms and cinnamon-candy eyes, mouth, and buttons on each snowman.

5. Bake at 275° F (135° C) for 45 minutes. Turn off heat and leave snowmen in oven for one hour.

Broiled Valentine Sandwich

By Julie Wardell

For each sandwich, you will need: slice dark brown bread, paper heart pattern cut smaller than slice of bread, and grated parmesan cheese.

1. Place bread on broiler pan.

2. Center heart pattern on bread.

3. Generously sprinkle parmesan cheese evenly on bread not covered by heart pattern.

4. Lift edge of heart pattern with table knife and carefully remove.

5. Bake under broiler until golden brown.

Eatable Valentine Cards

By Margaret Bunel Edwards

graham crackers

canned vanilla frosting

small red cinnamon candies

1. Using table knife, cover each graham cracker with frosting.

2. Decorate, write friend’s name or initials, or write a greeting by pressing candies firmly into icing.

Illustrated by Shauna Mooney; Photo by Jed Clark