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Makes
4 Servings In a medium mixing bowl, add the food coloring to the potatoes
a few drops at a time, stirring to combine. Add more coloring to achieve the desired
shade of purple. Scoop about 2 tablespoons of the potatoes onto the center
of each of 4 microwave-safe plates. With clean, damp fingers, shape each scoop
of potatoes into a vertical rectangle about 1 1/2 X 3 1/2-inches, forming the
bodies of the bats. Spoon remaining potatoes into a plastic, zip-top sandwich
bag; press out the air and zip it closed. Snip one-half inch off of one corner
at the bottom of the bag. By squeezing the potatoes out of the hole in the bag,
pipe a 5-inch wide, shallow, inverted "V" on each side of the rectangle bat body
to form the top of the bat's wings. Then pipe a wide "W" to form the underside
of the wings. Squeeze some potatoes in the center of the wing and spread with
a small spatula to fill them in. To finish, create ears on the top of the
body with two corn kernels; use a small piece of red pimiento for the bat's mouth.
Repeat with the remaining potatoes on three additional plates to make a total
of four bats. Reheat the bats in the microwave and serve. Approximate
nutritional analysis per serving: 238 calories, 29 mg cholesterol, 697 mg
sodium, 4 g protein, 12 g fat, 32 g carbohydrates, 5 g dietary fiber. |
