[For Seniors] Snack Recipes We Want to Make in the October Recreation Activity
Autumn is known as the season of hearty appetites, and there are so many delicious foods to enjoy.
The classics include Pacific saury, matsutake mushrooms, and sweet potatoes, but we mustn’t forget the fruits that are in season in autumn! In addition to persimmons, chestnuts, grapes, and apples, there are plenty of other fruits you can enjoy this time of year.
In this article, we’re introducing snack recipes recommended for October.
We’ve gathered recipes that use autumn flavors like the fruits mentioned above, so give them a try and savor the season!
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[For Seniors] Snack Recipes We Want to Make for October Activities (11–20)
Purple sweet potato and chestnut pie
Let’s make a pie using purple sweet potatoes.
First, slice the purple sweet potatoes into rounds and steam them.
Then put them in a pot, add water and sugar, and simmer.
Next, add lemon juice and candied chestnuts and mix well.
After that, sandwich the filling between pie sheets, brush the top with egg yolk, and bake in the oven.
For the bottom pie sheet, pre-bake it in the oven for about 5 minutes before placing the purple sweet potato mixture on it.
If you cut slits in the top pie sheet, it will look nicer and let steam escape.
You can also press the edges with a fork to seal the pie sheets together.
Rich and moist pumpkin pudding
Let’s try making a rich, homemade pumpkin pudding.
First, simmer sugar and water to make a caramel sauce.
Once it’s ready, quickly pour it into the mold and spread it around.
Remove the pumpkin seeds and heat the pumpkin until tender, then blend it with milk into a smooth paste.
Mix eggs and sugar together, then add the pumpkin paste and combine.
Strain the mixture as you pour it into the mold, and bake at 150°C (300°F) for 40 minutes.
Let it rest in the refrigerator overnight, and it’s ready.
Look forward to enjoying it the next day—and be sure to try making it at your next recreation activity!
Pumpkin pound cake
Moist pound cake is so delicious, isn’t it? This is a recommended Halloween treat: pound cake with pumpkin.
Mix powdered pumpkin into the pound cake batter and bake it in the oven.
Using pumpkin powder is less work than using fresh pumpkin.
Vegetable powders are great for making simple snacks together with older adults.
Add little ghosts drawn with a white chocolate pen to the sliced pound cake, and you’ve got a lovely Halloween cake.
Tea time with a cake you made yourselves is sure to be enjoyable for older adults as well.
Caterpillar Monster Cookie
Cookies in Halloween colors like orange, purple, and black.
Halloween brings out witches and ghosts, so it can feel a bit spooky, right? But cute caterpillar-shaped cookies would likely delight older adults as well.
Divide the cookie dough into three portions and color them with food coloring or black cocoa.
Put the dough into a piping bag and pipe it into caterpillar shapes.
Add the eyes and you’re done.
With their round, adorable eyes, these cookies are perfect for Halloween.
Oreo cat
We’re going to make the black cat you often see accompanying witches out of Oreos.
Since Oreos are cocoa cookies and have a dark color, they’re perfect for transforming into black cats.
Add marble chocolate for the eyes and chocolate chips for the ears, and your Oreo cat is complete.
This cute treat is likely to spark conversation among older adults, too.
It can be made while seated, so many seniors should be able to participate.
Besides black cats, you can also make bats and spiders with Oreos.
Let’s enjoy Halloween with a delicious snack activity.
Skull Macaron
Mix 30 g egg whites, 60 g powdered sugar, and 30 g almond flour to make the batter, then pipe it into rounds and let them dry.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C (320°F) for 3 minutes, cover with aluminum foil, and bake a further 10 minutes at 130°C (266°F).
Once cooled, the macarons are ready.
Melt chocolate and milk over a hot water bath, chill in the refrigerator until set, and sandwich it between the macarons.
Draw skull faces on the macarons with a food pen to finish! Food pens come in various colors, so you can make colorful skulls if you like.
[For Seniors] Snack Recipes We Want to Make for October Activities (21–30)
sweet pumpkin
There are probably many seniors who enjoy sweet, fluffy pumpkin.
Here’s a sweet pumpkin treat made with just that.
Cut the pumpkin into moderate pieces, microwave until soft, and remove the skin.
Mix it with ingredients like maple syrup and butter, then roll it into balls.
Use a toothpick to score lines on the surface so they look like tiny pumpkins.
Bake them in the oven, and top with bits of pumpkin skin to finish—adorable, pumpkin-shaped sweet treats.
While they’re baking, the sweet aroma of maple syrup fills the air, making this a dish you’ll look forward to eating.