Lately I have been trying to include Hannah in a lot of baking and cooking. She LOVES to be a helper. She even has her own little apron (thanks, Grandma!). If I forget it, she says, "WAIT! I forgot to get my apron!" and quickly runs to her room to grab it. These pictures are our latest creation-- no bake chocolate cookies. YUM. I let her do the mixing- she chose her own spoon- a whisk. Then I mix a little. She loves to add the milk- she always says, "And now the milk?" We stir and stir and stir together. She has a blast. This particular type of cookie requires melting ingredients over the stove, so we mixed most of it in a bowl first. Then while I was melting it and stirring over the stove, she "washed" the dishes. Somehow she always manages to rip the sponge off of the handle and get lots of bubbly water everywhere. Oh well. She has fun.
I'm sure you can guess the hardest part of all?? WAITING for them to be ready! She asks if they are ready just about every other minute. We try to do something distracting- like have a dance party chanting "the cookies are cooling, the cookies are cooling" while we wait. Sometimes it works. :) After all the stirring, melting, cleaning, and waiting... she didn't like the cookies!! Luckily I keep a stash of chocolate cookies handy at all times in the cupboard and she was ok with eating one of those. Good thing my family loves chocolate... it's definitely in the genes!!
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