Halloween Snack: Apple Pumpkin Buttered Bread with Olive Spiders!

October 11, 2011

The Apple Pumpkin butter and olives are certainly not an expected culinary combination. I’ve found that kids who like black olives are happy to eat them anytime, with most foods. My seven year old, for example, will eat them with anything, as long as I allow him to top each finger with them, and when they’re in the form of a spider,…

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