Welcome back to our holiday kitchen!
A few days before Christmas the kids and I spent an afternoon in the kitchen baking up our holiday cookies. Check out these photos from our fun:
A few days before Christmas the kids and I spent an afternoon in the kitchen baking up our holiday cookies. Check out these photos from our fun:
Supplies
This baking adventure started out with several cookie mixes (the gingerbread failed 😖), a cake mix for Mamaw's birthday (dark chocolate & Andes mints 😊), a gigantic pile of sprinkles, M&Ms, icing, color gels and the crock pot.
I included the crock pot in the photo because after four hours of baking, there was no way that I was cooking dinner. I can't remember what I had in the crock pot, but I was glad it was there! 😁
I included the crock pot in the photo because after four hours of baking, there was no way that I was cooking dinner. I can't remember what I had in the crock pot, but I was glad it was there! 😁
Sprinkles!
I love having a large variety of sprinkles for decorating my baked goods, but they can get expensive really fast. My strategy is to wait until right after a holiday and buy them when they are 75% (or more) off.
Tip: Check the 'sell by' dates to be sure, but usually they are good for a year or two after purchase. Store them in a cool, dry place and you are good to go 😉
Tip: Check the 'sell by' dates to be sure, but usually they are good for a year or two after purchase. Store them in a cool, dry place and you are good to go 😉
Little Hands
My Baby Girl and my Little Man had different 'techniques' when it came to
rolling out dough, but both had a lot of fun 😀
Sugar Cookies
Tip: We cut and baked our sugar cookies first so that
they would have time to cool before decorating. I highly recommend having a set of cooling racks on hand if you are going to be baking a lot of anything at once. It doesn't take long to run out of work space and stackable racks are a life saver!
Sprinkle Tray
In the past I've set all of the sprinkles out on the table and let the kids shake them out as they wished. It worked but a whole lot were wasted on the floor 😏
This year I decided to take a couple of mini muffin tins and use them to create sprinkle palettes. Each of the kids got their own tin and spoon and had a much easier time.....Well, my girl did. The Little Man just sat there eating sprinkles with the spoon, but that's ok 😀
This year I decided to take a couple of mini muffin tins and use them to create sprinkle palettes. Each of the kids got their own tin and spoon and had a much easier time.....Well, my girl did. The Little Man just sat there eating sprinkles with the spoon, but that's ok 😀
Santa Cookies
Each of the kids made a special cookie to be left out for Santa on Christmas Eve. The rest they divided between themselves and Daddy 😉
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Here are the rest of the cookies we made that day:
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Here are the rest of the cookies we made that day:
Chocolate chip with red sprinkles
Double chocolate chip with Andes mints and green sprinkles
Chocolate chip with M&Ms
Snicker doodles with red, white and green sprinkles
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Those were our holiday cookies this year.
I hope you enjoyed the baking post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
I hope you enjoyed the baking post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2018
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