A quick blog about my 2 little helpers.... They love to HELP me in the kitchen... esp. when it comes to baking. Isaac wants to eat the frosting and lick the batter bowl the most and Trevor just wants to make a mess. AND the messier the BETTER?!Here is our all morning project of making Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies... We started in PJs and by the time we finished they went right into the wash machine (the PJs not the kids!!)
Trevor and I made the dough and turned it all GREEN. Trevor was calling it mint ice cream... that is when Isaac finally decided to HELP out. He was being that little stinker of... I want to know what is going on, but I don't feel like helping... But MOM... what are you doing next? As Trevor admired.. I rolled out the green dough and cut into random sized triangles -- the sizes didn't matter at all! So, that was an easy part (not worrying about the sticking to the cookie cutters! Then, after the green triangles cooled... we began making them into Christmas trees... AND what a mess WE made...
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| Isaac enjoying making a different batch of Christmas Cookies ...made easy with an ice cream scoop - He loves to use it! |
I "stringed" the trees with yellow frosting from a decorating bag. I used frosting that was a little bit watered down (compared to the frosting I use for a cake) that way the "decorations" would have somethingmore to stick to. (And more time for the decorating to get done!)
Once the boys started they really got into it! I placed a piece of waxed paper under a cooling sheet so the excess would go through and we could easily use it again. They boys were quite concerned that the "sugars" were then mixed together, but they got over it pretty quickly... (do they have a bit of OCD too?? HA!)
They made ALOT of cookies (Note to self though -- 1 batch would be plenty...both for the entertainment of creating cookies and serving them at Christmas!) That would have saved me some time too! ... I enjoyed every minute spent with them being creative! I hope they did too! Can't wait until next year's Christmas baking, although my gut is glad it is over!!
