Alaska – Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. https://peachtree-online.com A trade publisher creating children's books that educate, entertain, encourage, and endure. Tue, 29 May 2018 14:56:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Storytime Snack: A Recipe for GOLD! https://peachtree-online.com/2014/11/story-time-snack-a-recipe-for-gold/ https://peachtree-online.com/2014/11/story-time-snack-a-recipe-for-gold/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:33:00 +0000 http://peachtree-online.com/story-time-snack-a-recipe-for-gold/ You’ve heard the expression, “put your money where your mouth is.” But what if we literally did that?
Check it out:
 
This…
 
 
Looks a little like this…

 

 

Right?!  And who doesn’t love caramel popcorn?
 
Here’s a recipe for edible gold to snack on while reading about the Alaskan Gold Rush in Alison Hart’s Murphy, Gold Rush Dog! 
 
Ingredients:
  •       1 cup butter
  •       2 cups brown sugar
  •       ½ cup corn syrup
  •       1 teaspoon salt
  •       ½ teaspoon baking soda
  •       1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •       5 quarts popped popcorn (microwave or stove-top is fine!)

 
Directions:

 
1.  Preheat oven to 250°F
 
2.  Put popped popcorn in a large bowl.
 
3.  In medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
 


4.  Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt.

 

5.  Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.  Then, boil without stirring for 4 minutes.

 

6.  Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla.


7.  Pour in a thin stream over popcorn, stirring to coat.




8.  Place in two large shallow baking dishes and bake in a preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour.
 
9.  Remove from oven and let cool completely. 






Just try to only eat a serving size. I double-Murphy-Gold-Rush-Dog-dare you. 
 
Ha. See what I did there?
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An action-packed and heartwarming story of a dog in gold rush-era Alaska
All Murphy wants is a home and a loving family. After escaping from his brutal, merciless owner, he is taken in by a young girl named Sally. She and her mother have just arrived in Nome, Alaska, intent on joining the other gold seekers and making a new life for themselves, free from their wealthy but oppressive family in Seattle.
Yet, even with Murphy at their side, Sally and Mama find living in the mining town harsh and forbidding. When it seems they may have to give up and return to Seattle, Sally and Murphy decide to strike out on their own, hoping to find gold and make a permanent home. But dangers await them – not only blizzards and grizzly bears, but also Murphy’s original owner, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, whether it is an ill-gotten fortune or a valuable dog.
 
Alison Hart is the author of more than forty books for young readers, including Emma’s River, Anna’s Blizzard, and the Racing to Freedom trilogy. Hart is a teacher at Blue Ridge Community College and lives in Virginia. You can visit Alison Hart’s website here.
Michael G. Montgomery has illustrated numerous children’s books. He attended Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia. Montgomery lives in Georgia. You can visit Michael G. Montgomery’s website here.
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