G-Time

By Stacy VanceArts Books

G-Time episodes

December 31, 2022 Sleeping Beauty
Walt Disney's version of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault.
Illustrated by Ron Dias
10 min
December 29, 2022 Frosty The Snowman
Retold by Annie North Bedford
Illustrated by Jean Chandler
7 min
December 21, 2022 Merry Christmas Gus
Written by Chris Chatterton
6 min
December 19, 2022 Christmas Mouseling
Written by Dori Chaconas
Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung
9 min
December 17, 2022 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
By Dr. Seuss

15 min
December 13, 2022 A Firefly in a Fir Tree - A Carol for Mice
Written by Hilary Knight
This story was first published in 1963 as part of The Christmas Nutshell Library.
9 min
December 09, 2022Cookies for Santa - The story of how Santa's favorite cookie saved Christmas
By America's Test Kitchen
Pictures by Johanna Tarkela

Santa's Chocolate Krinkle Cookies (Makes 12 cookies)
Ingredients: 1/2 C All purpose flour, 1/4 C Dutch-processed cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 3/4 C packed brown sugar, 1 large egg, 1 large egg yolk, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, 1/4 C sugar, 1/4 C confectioners' (powdered) sugar
Baking Equipment: Rimmed baking sheet, parchment paper, 3 bowls (large, medium and small), whisk, large zipper-lock plastic bag, rolling pin, oven mitts, rubber spatula, 2 shallow dishes, 1 Tablespoon measuring spoon, cooling rack
Directions:
Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

In medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, whisk brown sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla until combined.

Place chocolate in a large zipper-lock plastic bag and seal, removing as much air as possible from the bag. Use rolling pin to gently pound chocolate into small pieces.

In small bowl, combine pounded chocolate and butter. Heat in microwave at 50 percent power until melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Use oven mitts to remove bowl from microwave. Use rubber spatula to stir until combined.

Add chocolate mixture to brown sugar mixture and use rubber spatula to stir and combine. Stir in flour mixture until no dry flour is visible. Let dough sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.

Place sugar in one shallow dish and confectioners' sugar in a second shallow dish.

Use your hands to roll dough into 12 balls (about 2 tablespoons each). Drop balls directly into the shallow dish with sugar and roll to coat. Transfer dough balls to shallow dish with confectioners' sugar and roll to evenly coat.

Place dough balls on parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between balls

Place baking sheet in oven. Bake cookies until puffed and cracked and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft (cookies will look raw in the cracks and seem underdone), about 11 minutes.

Use oven mitts to remove baking sheet from oven. Place baking sheet on cooling rack and let cookies cool completely on baking sheet, about 30 minutes. Serve.
21 min
November 29, 2022 Ratatouille
By Disney / Pixar
17 min
November 27, 2022 Cars
By Disney / Pixar
18 min
November 05, 2022 The Jungle Book
Walt Disney
13 min