July is always full of fun, patriotic celebrations—and whether you’re at a picnic, BBQ, or casual get-together, there is always guaranteed to be great food and fun games for the whole family.
Here are four of our best festive recipe and activity ideas to put a spark in your Independence Day get-together!
Patriotic Pretzel Rods
Celebrate the American spirit with these patriotic pretzel rods.
Instructions:
Melt the candy melts in the microwave according to package directions, all in separate bowls.- Dip two thirds of the pretzel rod in the white chocolate. Lay out on parchment paper or cooling rack with wax paper underneath.
- Dip the top third of the white section in the blue chocolate. While it is still wet, sprinkle with the white sprinkles. Allow to dry.
- Pour melted red candy into a plastic baggie. Cut the corner of the baggie and drizzle over the white section.
The ideal refreshment for your backyard Fourth of July BBQ.
Instructions:
- Add a few ice cubes to the glass. Pour in red syrup, then measure in about ½ cup of club soda.
- Add in half-and-half, followed by the blue syrup.
- Top with whipped cream and a cherry.
These are the most patriotic hot dogs around!
Instructions:
Stick a skewer all the way through each of your hot dogs, leaving about an inch and a half exposed out of the top of each hot dog.Take a piece of breadstick dough, and carefully wrap it around the hot dog until you get to the top. Place the wrapped dogs on a non-stick baking liner or parchment paper, and bake according to the package directions for the breadstick dough (about 20 minutes at 350ºF).Using a small star cookie cutter, cut out your stars out of the cheese. (Note: depending on how big or small your cookie cutter is will determine how many stars you get out of each slice of cheese).After your hot dogs have cooled for 2-3 minutes, stick the star through the skewer at the top.
Celebrate America with the country’s quintessential dish—pie!
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
- Take one half of your pie crust, roll it out, and lay it in a pie pan. Make a dam/divider by tearing off a piece of aluminum foil and folding it over several times until it’s about 2 inches high. Then fold the foil in half, creating a sharp crease in the middle. Before you lay it in the pie plate, trim the ends to fit.
- Open your foil dam/divider to a 90-degree angle, and place it in your pie plate.
- Carefully spoon the cherry filling against the foil divider, and the same for the blueberry.
- Use the entire can of cherry filling to fill up the cherry side of the pie, then finish filling the blueberry side to match. Once full, carefully lift up the foil divider to reveal a sharp boundary of cherry and blueberry.
- Trim any excess pie crust to slightly outside the outer edge of the pie plate, then roll out the remainder of the piecrust. With a pizza cutter or knife, cut 6 strips of crust approximately 1-inch high and long enough to touch the sides of the pie pan.
- Lay one pastry strip at the bottom of the blue filling to create a clean line. For the stripes next to the blueberry filling, carefully cut one edge at a perfect right angle to place at the dividing edge of the red and blue pie filling and lay across the cherry pie filling. Trim and press the edges of the strip laying on the pie crust edges into the crust. Continue until all 6 strips have been positioned.
- Using a star cookie cutter, cut your stars out of the pastry. Lay stars all over the blueberry section of the pie. Fold the pastry to the inside, and crimp with your fingertips.
- Place in the oven for 35 minutes, or until light golden brown. For a browner crust, brush the pastry with egg-whites.
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