Kismet: Baking

December 15, 2008

Baking

I gathered up the local granddaughters last Saturday, told my daughter and her husband to go out and spend the day together and headed to my sister's house. Our plan was to decorate gingerbread cookies, build a gingerbread house with graham crackers and make Santa hat cookie bites.

I knew Mason wouldn't last long on the project, especially since his favorite 'big boy' cousin was there. Zoe is 16 and his room holds all kinds of mysterious wonders, including guitars, games for the Gamecube that are off limits at home, a computer, posters, a gaming chair, and lots more. So it was important to get started right away before he lost interest.

I should have made the frames at home to give them time to dry and harden. We never got back to them cause they wouldn't set up. Each child took home a flimsy skeleton.

On to the gingerbread. We decorated a whole family, including dogs, stars, trees, Santas, snowmen, and bells.

For the Santa hat cookie bites I did do the prep work at home. The kids had fun dipping them into colored chocolate and sprinkling on the glitter. We lost a few into the chocolate and had to taste test a few but it was worth the effort.

The colors ran a bit but don't they look almost professional? :)

I had brought along a box of Candy Cane Peppermint Joe-Joes thinking we might dip some of them also if we had time. My sister Tommi had a great idea and stuck one on a stick and dipped it and decorated it.

Looks just like her!

This is Katie and Yolanta's first Christmas with their new forever family and I hope this might become a new tradition for us. I would love to do this every year.