Cooking Games – Peanut Butter and Chocolate

I’m convinced that nothing goes together better than peanut butter and chocolate. Fortunately, one of my very favorite holiday treats uses both of these items. Simple to make and even simpler to eat, peanut butter chocolate drops are truly yummy.

What You’ll Need:

• Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
• Hershey’s Kisses

Make perfectly round balls of cookie dough about an inch across. Place each one onto a cookie sheet. You’ll want to roll the balls by hand rather than just scooping them up. This is a time that neatness really does count, so stick to it (and wash your hands well, first.)

Put the cookies inside the oven according to the instructions on the cookie dough package. While you wait, you can peel the wrappers from the Hershey’s kisses. Place the open kisses in a bowl or on a plate.

When you pull the cookies out of the oven, you’ll have a collection of perfectly round peanut butter cookies. Place a kiss in the middle of each. The heat of the cookie will melt the chocolate holding it in place. Yum!

Cooking Games – Salt Dough Ornaments

A great Christmas time tradition are salt dough ornaments. You can make these ornaments using materials you likely have around the house already. Bake them until hard and then paint, color or use glitter to make them truly shine for small gifts and keepsakes on wrapped packages.

Combine ½ cup salt, 1 cup flour and ½ cup water in a bowl. Mix it well and then use a rolling pin to roll it out to ¼ inch thick. Use your favorite holiday and Christmas cookie cutters to make the ornaments and be sure to use a toothpick to widen a small hole at the top of each for a string or hanger. Place each finished ornament on a cookie sheet and when ready, bake all of them at 200 degrees for two hours.

When the ornaments are cooled off, you can use poster paints to create the ornaments. Use glitter and glaze to make them shine and then thread a festive ribbon through the tops so that friends and family can add the ornaments to their tree this holiday season.

Cooking Games – Are You a Master Chef?

There is only one place to go if you like cooking games, and that place is at the top of your game. If you play cooking games often enough online, you’ll notice your skills improving. Soon you can master level after level of burger flipping and pizza making. But the ultimate challenge can only be issued by another gamers – who among you wil be the Master Chef.

Here’s how to play.

Grab a friend or two and get set up to play the same game at the same time. You can set this up over the phone or over IM. IM is actually easier as you can send the link to the game to whomever you please. Once you have at least one competitor, start playing head-to-head. Go through level after level to see who comes out ahead each time.

It’s only a true contest if yu use different skills, however, so you should play at least three different games in this way. The best out of the three is the official winner and can be crowned the Master Chef. Good luck and keep practicing!

Cooking Games – Gingerbread Men

What could be yummier at Christmas time than a slew of gingerbread men? This cooking game is fun for younger brothers and sisters, too – especially if you cheat and use the ready to bake cookie dough.

To make gingerbread men, you’ll need:

Ready to bake gingerbread cookie dough (it comes in a tube)
Gingerbread men cookie cutters
Icing in tubes
Candies

Roll out the dough and cut out the gingerbread men. As you cut each, carefully place it on the cookie sheet. As each sheet fills, bake according to the dough’s instructions. Remove the men when still warm. You can’t put the icing on until the cookies are cool, but any candy that will be stuck on the gingerbread men should be done quickly after removing the sheet from the oven You can also use icing later to glue on gum drop buttons and the like.

Push in any candy pieces while the cookie is still hot and then allow the cookies to cool completely. When they are hardened and cool, use small tubes of icing to decorate each. Add faces, buttons, arm and leg decorations and anything else you can think of to make the gingerbread men fun for the holiday season.

Cooking Games – Wassail

A delicious holiday drink, Wassail (pronounced Wass-el) is a tradition in many countries already, and might become one of your favorite traditions this year. After all, cooking games aren’t just about foods – they can be about drinks, too.

To make wassail, you’ll need:

1 gallon apple cider
27 whole cloves
8 cinnamon sticks
1 quart pineapple juice
1 can (6 ounce) frozen orange juice concentrate

Grab a large cooking pot and start adding ingredients. There is no rhyme or reason to how you should add things, so just dump them all in. When you’ve added everything, set the pot on medium-low temperature over the stove. There is no need to cover it. You should stir occasionally to ensure all ingredients are blending smoothly.

Gradually the ingredients will all melt and start to mix. The rich smell of the wassail will be unbelievable, so indulge yourself in its rich smells all day as you let it simmer gently on the stove. So long as it is just resting on a warm burner, there is no overcooking the beverage. When it’s time to drink, stir well and pour into festive holiday glasses – enjoy!

What Comes From Cooking Games

Ever wonder why you play cooking games and what purpose they serve in your life? Of course they are entertainment and you play them because they are fun, but there is more to a simple cooking game than good times – it has other benefits, too.

Hand-Eye Coordination
One of the biggest skills in a rapid-fire cooking game exercise is how quickly you must move your hands after seeing an order come in or to keep all orders busy cooking. Who knows, you might be a surgeon someday operating via camera!

Processing Skills
Television will numb the brain, but cooking games will actually make your brain work faster. Having to react quickly to different orders and scenarios helps you to process information more quickly and to think of a strategy in a split second. Very useful life skill, indeed.

Real World Experience
When you play cooking games at home, you are working in the kitchen and actually gaining real world experience you can use on a job someday or as you grow older. The years you spent playing in the kitchen can ensure that you are fed well as an adult, too.

Three Reasons You Should Play Cooking Games

Like cooking games? You’re in very good company. Cooking games both online and in the kitchen are catching on in popularity with a wide range of people as more and more individuals start to focus on eating right and staying healthy. This is just one reason you might want to continue playing your cooking games.

Eating Right
Chances are, if you are making your own food in cooking games, you’re able to prepare food in a much healthier way than you’d get it from a fast food restaurant. Cooking games teach you how to use a wok and skillet and you can create your own yummy masterpieces that are actually good for you.

Learning New Things
The best way to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Playing cooking games is a great way to learn new things all the time and to try out new skills. The more you learn, the better you are in the kitchen.

Gain a Real Skill
Most games teach you hand-eye coordination and strategy, but cooking games can actually teach you a true skill. You can play cooking games online, then try your hand in the kitchen. When you’re done you’ve learned something you can use for a lifetime.