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3 large boxes orange flavored gelatin (8 servings size)
Lemon yellow icing color
Green jelly beans

Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich

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It’s football season, and we have a special cake pan and recipe to help you start the season off right!

This month our featured product is the First and Ten Football cake pan, I’m going to share a neat way to use the First and Ten Football pan besides baking a cake.

Whether you’re a football fan or have children who play pop warner, this pan can be used over and over again. As you might imagine, I’ve used this pan to make cakes for Father’s Day, birthday parties, Super Bowl parties and football Sundays.

One thing I love about this pan is that it’s very simple to frost and decorate as a football cake. All you need is a tub of chocolate cake frosting and small white frosting tube from the grocery store.

Yes, you can bake cute football shaped cakes with this PAN, but you can also get creative and create something new. In this newsletter, I’m going to show you how to do just that and share a favorite recipe utilizing the football pan in a new way you may never have thought of.

The Football Club Sandwich

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 pkg (16 ounces) hot roll mix
• 1 teaspoon dried pizza seasoning blend or Italian seasoning blend
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup hot water (120°F to 130°F)
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup Parmesan or Asiago cheese, shredded
• Mustard as desired
• Mayonnaise as desired
• Salad dressing as desired
• Assorted sliced turkey or ham, salami or other luncheon meats
• Cheeses Assorted sliced
• Lettuce leaves
• Tomatoes sliced
• Green, yellow or red bell peppers cut into rings

Makes a good sized sandwich that serves 8-10 people. Here are the instructions for this tasty sandwich:

1. Spray the First and Ten Football pan with vegetable pan spray.
2. In large bowl, combine hot roll mix, yeast packet and seasonings.
3. Stir in hot water, butter, egg and Parmesan cheese until dough sticks together in a ball.
4. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead 5 minutes or until smooth. Cover with a large bowl and let rest 5 minutes.
5. Shape into loaf; place in prepared pan. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

Here’s how you assemble the sandwich:

1. Cut bread in half horizontally.
2. Spread cut side of both bread halves with mustard, mayonnaise, or dressing, as desired.
3. Arrange luncheon meats, cheese, lettuce and tomato on bottom bread half; top with remaining half.

To serve, cut into 1-1 1/2 inch vertical slices.

It you’re ready to make this delicious and unique sandwich, start by getting your very own First and Ten Pan by clicking here…

I hope you enjoy the First and Ten Football pan and club sub recipe as much as I do.

Easter is fast approaching. Yes, it’s only March, but the weeks go by faster than you think, and before you know it, it’s here and you’re not ready.

That’s where thinking, and planning ahead comes in.

This Easter, you can surprise your family with cute little egg shaped cupcakes using the Decorate Egg Silicone Mold.

Cupcakes are so easy to make. All you do is use your favorite cake mix and pour them into the cupcake mold. The decoration part is where you really get to have fun. You can involve your family and just let them be as creative as they want to be.

Use white frosting to create traditional looking Easter egg cupcakes, and then add your favorite candy toppings like gum drops, m&m’s, skittles, and so on for a little extra flair.

Or, you can get really fancy and use decorating bags with different tips to add neat designs. It’s all up to you, and it all starts with the Decorate Egg Silicone Mold.

You’ve just baked a beautiful cake and watched it rise nicely in the oven. Now it’s time to take it out. You put it on the rack or counter and leave it to cool. You come back to decorate it and it doesn’t look the same. It fell! Why? Cakes can fall for a number of reasons or even just one.

Temperature is a key factor. Cakes may fall when the baking temperature is too low or high. Be sure to follow the baking instructions and bake your cake at the specified temperature and cooking time. Taking your cake out a few minutes early can also cause it to sink.

Ingredients are sometimes the culprit in the case of the fallen cake. Incorrect ingredient measurements or not using fresh ingredients has been blamed for making cakes fall. Using the incorrect amount of water, flour, sugar or oil can do your cake in, literally.

High altitude will make cake baking tricky. Measurement adjustments must be made, usually less sugar and/or more liquids. My advice is to consult a cookbook specifically for high altitude baking.

Lastly, over or under beaten cakes will also fall. Over beaten cakes usually have too much air trapped in the batter. Under beaten cakes will not rise because the batter is too thick.

So what else can you do?

You may still be able to save the cake thanks to frosting. If you strategically place a little extra frosting in the areas of the fallen cake, no one will ever notice.

It’s also been said that you can prevent a cake from falling by doing the following: After the batter is in the pan, raise the pan a few inches from your counter and then let it drop onto the counter. Doing this will release the air bubbles.

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