Wow, it’s been a few weeks now– I actually made these the weekend of October 20th. Been too bust to post much.
Anyway I made the usual rats on a stick for my Mom’s Halloween party, although this year I made the rats from just crushed cannellini beans (aka white beans) and Gimme Lean — no bread crumbs, no egg. In this case 2 packages of Gimme Lean ‘sausage’ and one can of beans, with some spices added. But first I reserved a couple dozen beans for rat eyes. Otherwise just follow the usual recipe. The white eyes worked OK.
The other thing I made was a load of bread, with eyes. I meant for it to look like a mummy, but it looks just as much like a ghost or even a snake, according to my daughter. Fresh baked bread is too tempting though and it didn’t make it to the party.
Here is is ready for the oven — I twisted the dough and smushed the shoulders and head into shape.
Baked, it hardly looked any different., although he must have been uncomfortable as he settled on his side.
