Healthy Halloween Treats And Recipes

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Directions:
Beat eggs, canned pumpkin and brown sugar in bowl. Add almonds. In a different bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir flour mixture with ingredients in other bowl and mix well. Divide dough into three balls and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours or until dough is firm enough to roll out. Roll out each ball to a 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface and press with Halloween cookie cutters. Place cookies on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 12 minutes or until firm.

Sweet Potato Bread Sandwiches with Peanut Butter and Banana
Ingredients for bread:
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups flour
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups mashed, baked sweet potatoes (cooled)
Cooking spray

Ingredients for filling:
Peanut butter
Honey
2 to 3 ripe bananas (1/2 banana per sandwich)

Directions:
Beat the sugar and the eggs with an electric mixer and then add oil and the mashed sweet potato. Beat. Sift together the dry ingredients, add to the batter and mix.

Coat a standard-sized loaf pan with cooking spray and pour the batter in to it. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F or until an inserted toothpick emerges clean. Allow bread to cool completely and then refrigerate for at least an hour before slicing.

To prepare the sandwiches, spread peanut butter on one slice of bread and top it with sliced banana. Spread honey on the other slice. Place the slices together and cut into small finger sandwiches.

Quick Pumpkin Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 box regular yellow or vanilla cake mix, 2-layer-size
2 eggs
1 tablespoon oil
2/3 cup canned pumpkin
1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup water or apple juice
1 can vanilla frosting
Candy corn
Black or orange jelly beans
Black licorice

Directions:
Line two muffin tins with paper cupcake liners. Blend the cake mix, eggs, oil, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and the water or juice until moistened and beat with a cake mixer for 2 minutes on medium speed. Spoon batter into tin and bake at 350 degrees F for 18 minutes or until done. Cool in pan before frosting and add candy to decorate the frosting.