Christmas
is a time for families and how they will be able to get the whole
family is involved in baking Christmas cookies, kids love helping in
the kitchen at Christmas time. If it's just for family or if you want to cook for guests or a party. Baking your own cookies for great fun for kids, guests or as an addition to any Christmas table plate.
It's a rare kid who doesn't at some point toddle into the kitchen and
start dragging pots and pans out of cabinets. While these are generally
used more for percussion practice than out of any interest in cooking,
kids not much beyond toddler age can start learning the basics of
cooking. Easy cookie recipes, salads, sandwiches and easy casserole
recipes can be starting points for early culinary explorations.
The best way to get children started in the kitchen is to help them do something they like to eat. What kid does not like cookies? Once
they have learned that they can be an integral part of the production
of their favorite treats, chances are you will struggle to get out of
the kitchen.
One of the first things every child learns to do is to decorate the cookies. You do not have to wait for the holidays ! On a rainy day, mix up a batch of sugar cookies and get out of your shopping basket cookie cutters. For small hands, and no plastic knives are semi silicone edges- which are in sharp metal blades . Let the kids choose the shapes, and help them cut out and place them on the baking sheet.
If you have a window in the door of your oven, keep children at a safe distance from the hot surface and turn the oven light . Let children see mass drops browned, delicious cookie goodness. Out of reach, of course, keep taking hot pans from the oven, but be sure to follow all safety rules, as will watch. Instead of her usual cloth actually use an oven mitt or hot to make cookie sheets from the oven pad.
Then it's time to decorate! Depending on the level of sophistication of their children, they can give her or supervise. Anyway, you have a good time, make some good memories and maybe find these
easy cookie recipes get a future leader began his path.
Cookies with kids is fun and it's fast and easy. So here is a recipe that is cooked you can do with your kids and keep them out of trouble for a short period.
Fun colorful Christmas cookies where you can let your kids do the work of an inch.
Thumbprint Cookies:ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened.
3/4 cup granulated sugar.
2 teaspoons vanilla essence.
1 teaspoon almond extract.
2 1/2 cups flour (more if dough seems too thin).
finely chopped walnuts, almonds, you can substitute other nuts or oatmeal jam.
To make:
Beat
the butter with an electric whisk at medium speed until smooth and
creamy. Add the sugar, vanilla flavoring, almond extract, and flour
blending well. Chill the resulting dough for 2 1/2 hours. Remove from
the refrigerator and roll the dough into small balls, then roll in the
chopped nuts; place on lightly greased cookie sheets.
Make an indention in the center of each cookie and fill with jam (substitute for a cherry as an alternative). Bake at 300°F for about 25 to 35 minutes, or until firm and lightly browned on the bottom.
The recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies.
If you can not complete the cookies in one sitting, you can always put the rest in a cookie jar. Remember that always taste better when they are fresh, because they tend to have different taste after a few days.Carefully
remove the cookies from the baking sheet, if you are struggling to
eliminate witnesses, be useful to have at hand a Spatul.
Have a Nice Day, And Merry Christmas Everyone, Everywhere
