Cookie Slabs Something New Something British

 If you're looking forsomething new for your Halloween party, look to the British., They have a treat called a  cookie slab,It's a giantcookie topped with all sorts of candy.It's the perfect treat for the upcoming holiday.

I found out about this when I received the usual email from Party Pieces , the company owned b y the Middletons, Catherine, Princess of Wales' family.  They featured cookie slabs a sort of square sheet cookie topped wuth everything from chocolate covered pretzels to their version fo Heath Bars and Butterfingers. Smarties, the Brit version of M &M's are also strewn on top.  There is also a white chocolate version too. The question here is there a recipe for US audiences? There are some , ranging form blogs such as Lindsay Cameron Wilson who gives a chocolate chip one. You can easily swap out the chocolate chips for M&Ms and Reeses Pieces. Keep in mind that the orginal recipe is the basic chocolate chip one with brown sugar being used for that mellow cookie flavor,   The Meal Garden blog offers an oatmeal one. You could press dried cranberries and raisins into this one for a healthier spin.

You could try an American version which I think is a bit thicker in texture, The New York Times Food section has one for sugar cookie bars , adapted from an American Girl recipe. Theirs has cream cheese added in which makes for a chewier , moister bar. Cookie slabs shoudl have some kind of crispness to them. Another idea to create the perfect cookie slab is to buy Pillsbury, roll the dough out and then place on a small cookie sheet pan.Bake this and when the dough is stillhot from baking add candy.It's just gently pressing in different candies like candy corn, Mellowcreme pumpkins and anything you can think of. You can easily just put all M &Ms or small Reeses' peanut butter cups.Think soft melty candy as opposed to hard like Jolly Ranchers. Another idea is decoarating any of the cookie shaps with swirls of orange and black icing for Halloween. Think a chocolate slab cookie studded with broken candie canes and drizled with red and green icing for Christmas.

A slab cookie loaded with all sorts fo candies are a great holiday treat. This is the way to celebrate Halloween.It's as fun to make as it is to eat.