Storytime Snack: A Recipe for GOLD!

Peachtree Publishers — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:33:00 +0000

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?

Blog Tour for Fall 2014!

Peachtree Publishers — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Blog Tour for our Fall Titles! We have an exciting list of titles for this season that we’re happy to share with you, thanks to the help of our dedicated volunteers of librarians, children’s literature specialists, and educators. They have received advanced reading copies of this season’s titles and will be the guides on this literary tour. They will provide honest reviews, sneak peaks, author interviews, and giveaways!

Blog Tour Schedule

About Parrots August 4- August 8

Double Reverse August 11 – August 13

Stanley the Builder September 1- September 5

Stanley’s Garage September 8- September 12

Pig and Small September 15- September 19

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull September 22- September 26

Can I Come Too? October 6- October 10

Claude on the Slopes October 13- October 17

Murphy, Gold Rush Dog October 20-October 24

Stay tuned!

Gold Rush Dog – Peachtree Publishing Company Inc.

Storytime Snack: A Recipe for GOLD!

Blog Tour for Fall 2014!