Monster Toes Breakfast Brunch Version Recipes

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER'S TOES

Steps:

• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, melted butter, egg, almond extract and green food color until soft dough forms. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, place almonds and red food color in resealable food-storage plastic bag; shake bag until almonds are evenly coated with food color. Place on paper plate or waxed paper to dry. Set aside.
• Heat oven to 375°F. For each cookie, roll heaping teaspoonful of dough into 2 1/2-inch finger shape. On ungreased cookie sheets, place shapes 2 inches apart.
• Press almond, colored side up, into one end of each "toe" to look like toenail. About 1 inch from each end of each "toe," squeeze dough slightly; with knife, gently make lines in dough to look like knuckles.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set. (Cookies should not brown along edges.) Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

GRUESOME MONSTER TOES

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Tint green.
• Dip one cookie into candy coating. Let excess drip off and place on waxed paper.
• Immediately place candy half, cut side down, on the cookie. Repeat. Let stand for 15 minutes or until set.

MONSTER TOES (BREAKFAST/BRUNCH VERSION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare the sausage according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, cut each flour tortilla into 10 thin strips.
• Halve the sausage links when they are done cooking.
• Leaving the rounded edge of the sausage link visible, begin wrapping about 1/3 of the way down from this edge with a tortilla strip. Wrap "messily," not all on top of itself, so that it looks like a mummy bandage.
• Pin the tortilla strip in place using a toothpick through the tortilla and sausage.
• Bake about 5 minutes.
• Remove "toes" from oven and immediately stick an almond into the top of the rounded edge of the sausage link, as though it was a creepy, broken toenail.
• Enjoy! They are good plain or with some maple syrup for dipping!

MONSTER TOES (AKA PIGS IN A BLANKET)

Steps:

• In a bowl add pancake mix, milk and food coloring (to desired color). Knead together on a floured surface and roll out dough to form a 12 inch square. Cut to fit cocktail sausages.
• Center sausages in dough squares, roll and pinch the ends, forming them into the shape of toes. Place olive halves on the end for the "toenails". Brush on melted butter and place in oven.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 325 degrees.

MONSTER BREAKFAST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 4 baking sheets.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended. Add second egg with vanilla extract; continue beating. Continue beating while adding vegetable oil, honey, oats, whole wheat flour, ground flax seed, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, flax seeds, baking soda, and ground cinnamon, respectively. Fold raisins into the dough.
• Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to create monster cookie size and drop onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are just browning, about 20 minutes.