Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #32: Baby Jesus Haystacks

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These past two weeks we have been enjoying trying out the lessons over at schoolhouseteachers.com. (Check out the review)

In the PreK Activities we have been focusing on Luke 1 and 2 in preparation for Christmas. One of the suggestions is to make Baby Jesus Haystacks. These are so similar to the nests we made during our last Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen. However, I made a substitution that I feel makes them look a lot more like haystacks.

Baby Jesus Haystacks

This recipe actually comes from dtlk.com. They call for:

1 bag of chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
4 cups chow mein noodles
mini marshmallows

As you can see, I substituted white morsels for the chocolate chips because I felt once they were melted with the peanut butter they would look a lot more like hay.

 3 girls not quite as excited as they usually are for time in the kitchen.

I decided to only do 1/2 a batch so we needed to divide the bag of chips into two bowls so I could show the girls what half a bag equaled. 

Then we added 1/4 of peanut butter. 

We stirred it after 1 1/2 minutes in the microwave.

It still needed a little bit longer (which was mentioned on the recipe). We warmed it in 30 second increments to make sure we weren't over heating it. It took another 1 1/2 minutes to get nice and smooth.

They took turns adding some chow mein noodles.

And then they tossed it with 2 wooden spoons to get the noodles evenly coated.

A little marshmallow on each one to represent baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes.

They hardened nicely overnight.

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