October 19, 2012 Week of Cookies

October 19, 2012  Week of Cookies

Jacob and I spent the week making cookies, which was an adventure to say the very least. My kitchen may never be the same sugar and butter is a lot of fun for a little boy. First butter is fun to smash between our fingers and rub on the counter top and on our clothes, instead of putting it in the bowl. This mission is quickly aborted; he may be still too young for this part of the process.

I made the dough and helped him use the cookie cutters. Next we were going to put sugar on some of the cookies before we baked them. Here a picture is worth a thousand words.

He seems to miss the concept of baking the cookies before eating them. OK this didn't go well either; he may be still too young for this part of the process.

I baked the rest of the cookies and thought I would give it one more try with the decorating part. I made the Royal Icing add the color to the different bowls and show him the process of using a spoon to put icing on the cookie. Yahoo he gets this part, next I give him sprinkles to add, and I'm back on that slippery slope; he may be still too young for this part of the process. Do you think he recognizes the sweet sugary sprinkles as candy? The rest of the process we are just going to call quality testing. We are going to send his entire decorating endeavors home with him. Not sure how many cookies he licked.

 

 

We had a very good day and after it was all done he told me "fun" with a big grin on his face.