We've been doing quite a bit of it lately. See, we hosted a Cookies and Milk party for a bunch of our friends the day before Valentine's day. Was it just an excuse so I could bake an absolute TON of cookies? Who can say?
Of course there will be a post on the whole party forthcoming soon, but here's a little behind-the-scenes look at the baking. First, yes we made plenty of delicious cookies like these:
Those are Double Butterscotch. Yum.
And every time I tried to bake all week, the kiddos happily offered to "help". Theo's repeated phrase was: "It's all about I want to taste it". But one evening to give me a little break from all the tasting, I had the brilliant idea to let them go all out playing in the flour.
Messy, but cars racing through flour were a perfect distraction. :)
And here's a little peek at the pretty pictures from the party. Those Chocolate Chip cookies make my mouth water just looking at the pic. Sigh. Why can't someone discover that eating an almost entirely cookie diet is good for your health and weight? I can attest: it is not.
JT
Yay for flour play! My 2.5 year old is obsessed with her apron and "baking," ie playing with flour. Like you said, a huge mess, but SO worth the 30 minutes of peace!!
Posted by: amanda | February 23, 2010 at 12:19 AM
Evil woman! They look delicious. I was all set to NOT have dessert tonight...now I need something sweet to eat...can you send some cookies my way?
Posted by: Rosie | February 23, 2010 at 02:30 AM
This is a perfect thing For Baby...I hope they all Love it...
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Posted by: Baby Stuffs | February 24, 2010 at 12:50 AM
We have so much fun baking with our kiddos but I love the car in the flour...brilliant! My son will dig that! I just did a post on my blog about our favorite thing to bake.
Happy Wednesday!
Posted by: Alicia | February 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM
those look mighty tastey
Posted by: olivia | February 24, 2010 at 07:25 PM
Oooo...I remember my mom letting us play in flour while she was trying to work in the kitchen! We would eat it. Not very tasty, but I was 4, what can I tell ya. LOL
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Posted by: College Term Papers | February 25, 2010 at 01:36 AM
YUM! I bet that was an AMAZING party!
Posted by: Rae | February 28, 2010 at 03:05 PM
Yum you are making me want to bake and eat em' all up too!
Posted by: Gina | March 01, 2010 at 04:09 PM
Hi, great idea for the cookie party. I must have one soon for my grandkids. I get a lot of inspiration from your blog. Could you share the Double Butterscotch recipe?
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