Bon Appetit Friends

1 c. peanut butter (crunchy or creamy) 2 eggs 1/3 c. water 1 box devil's food cake mix 60 yellow M&M's for eyes 30 red M&M's for nose or mouth Preheat oven to 375. Combine peanut butter, eggs and water in a large bowl. Mix well, then gradually stir in cake mix. Pour sugar onto a plate or a shallow bowl. Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar (I just rolled the balls in sugar). Pinch out ears at top of each cookie. Place candies to form eyes and nose or mouth. Use a fork to draw whiskers in the dough. Bake 8-9 minutes. Cool on pan 1-2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 30 cookies. This is a good one to involve kids with. They like to roll the balls in the sugar, flatten them, pick out the right color of M&M's, etc.

4 eggs 1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pinch ground nutmeg 8 - 10 slices whole wheat bread butter Beat eggs, pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg together, dip bread in mixture, then cook on a hot buttered skillet. My kids are all about pumpkin this year. I haven't told them they're eating squash yet.

2 c. flour 1T. sugar 2T. baking powder 1/2t. salt 1T. cinnamon 1/2 t. nutmeg 4 eggs 1 c. canned pumpkin puree 3/4 c. melted margarine (I used butter) 1 1/2 c. milk 1T vanilla Separate eggs, beat whites until stiff, set aside. Mix other wet and dry ingredients separately, then combine. Fold in egg whites. Cook in hot waffle iron. Great with Kelli's buttermilk syrup .