Teacher Treats: Gourmet Pretzels

I know most of the teachers personally in our small school and the countless, thankless hours they put in every year, as do many teachers.

If I have time, I love giving our grade school teachers, and principal and staff, "Back to School" Treats. But you could also easily do them for Christmas treats. 

These were so easy and quick and SOOOO good. These also doubled as thank you gifts for the Hospital Staff after I had Julia. 

                                      Melt. Dip. Roll. Done. Who can't do that? 

1. Melt 

2. Dip

3. Roll

                                     

4. Done, Cool. 

It makes a big batch good for gifting in bigger quantities, or for keeping a stash for personal indulging ;)

I then bagged and ribboned. The gift tag line: "Here's to starting off  the school year on the sweet side"  Love from, _______

In these tags I cut 8x10 size paper from brown paper roll and fed it through my printer. I just made a circle text in Word and printed off about 10 at a time. It would be easier with a circle punch, but didn't have so used good ole fashioned scissors. 

Cellophane bags and raffia purchased here. 

                       

Recipe: 
1 (14 oz) package of caramels
1 Tbs. Water 
1 Bag Pretzel Rods 
1/2 pack of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
1/2 pack of toffee pieces 

Directions: 
Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper. 

Pour and mix chocolate chips and toffee pieces into a shallow baking pan.

Microwave caramels in a bowl with water for 1 minute. Take out and stir. Heat another minute. Stir. 

Dip pretzels into caramel and roll into chocolate chip mixture. 

Cool on baking sheets and chill in fridge or let cool on counter. 

They look gourmet and taste amazing!

Back to School Teacher Gifts: Mini Apple Pies

Since we love to bake in our house it's always fun to do back to school teacher gifts! 


These are super easy and make a dozen little mini apple pies so we gave all our grade school staff some :) to thank them in advance for all the hard work they will do. 

Mini Apple Pie Recipe

Makes 14 Mini Apple Pies

1 Ready Made Pie Crust or pie crust from scratch
2 Granny Smith Apples, peeled and cut into about 8 slices each 
1/2 c. sugar 
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
2 Tablespoons of butter, melted 

- Preheat Oven to 425 and line baking sheet with parchment paper. 

- Mix sugar and cinnamon, leaving aside about a 1 Tablespoon. 

- Toss apple slices into mixture. 

- Unroll pastry and brush with 1 Tablespoon of butter and sprinkle      with 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon and sugar mixture. 

- Cut the pastry into strips, about 1 inch wide and 6 inches long. 

- Wrap one strip around each apple slice, sugared side against the apple. 

- Place mini pies on parchment paper lined baking sheet. 

- Brush on the remaining butter and cinnamon and sugar left over. 

- Bake at 425 for 10-13 minutes or until golden brown. 



Supplies I used for Gifting:
Wax Paper
Tape
Ribbon or twine 
Brown Paper Bag Cutouts