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SNACKS: GREAT BEFORE, WITH, OR AFTER A TEACHING Here are some ideas to try together.

PAINTED TOAST

TO MAKE THIS YOU'LL NEED:
Bread
Food Coloring
Milk
A Toaster
Clean, unused Paintbrushes
Cups
A Measuring Cup

"Color me happy because I'm a son of God."

Place a few drops of each food color into separate cups. Add 1/4 cup of milk to each color and stir. Use paintbrushes to decorate bread with appropriate pictures and words. Toast bread and serve alone or as the top slice of a sandwich.

HONEY APPLE SQUARES

TO MAKE THIS YOU'LL NEED
(FOR EACH SERVING):
Graham cracker
Peanut butter
Honey
Small apple chunks

Spread peanut butter on a cracker. Drizzle honey on the peanut butter. Sprinkle apple chunks on top.

GOD'S WORD WRITTEN IN COOKIES

YOU'LL NEED:
3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. almond extract
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Milk and 2 to 4 T. sugar or colored sugar

In a large bowl beat butter with electric mixer until soft and add 3/4 cup sugar until fluffy. Add egg and extract. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture. Divide in half, wrap in each half in plastic wrap, and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°. For each cookie use 2 tablespoons dough. On a lightly-floured surface roll each piece of dough into a 10-inch rope. On ungreased cookie sheet shape ropes into letters. Brush lightly with milk and sprinkle with sugar or colored sugar. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden. With pancake turner lift cookies into cooling rack. Makes about 24 cookies.

You can make a game of finding cookies that spell out S-I-T, G-O-D, other important words, and scripture references.

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