Making Cookies

The week before Christmas I kept asking the kids to make cookies with me.  I showed them the picture in the cookbook for Christmas cookies and tried to hype it up that we could decorate them with icing and sprinkles, but Trey kept insisting that we only make cookies with brown things in them (translation: chocolate chips).  Finally 2 days before Christmas I decided we were going to make Christmas cookies, even if I was the only one who did it.  Charlotte was interested once I started pulling out all the ingredients. 

Trey was content playing with the measuring tape instead of baking with us girls. He did not want any part in making cookies without chocolate chips.   Can you see the toy explosion behind him that happened every day over Christmas break? 

Finally Trey decided to scoop out the last few ingredients. 

After a couple of hours in the fridge, the dough was firm enough to roll out. 

 

Charlotte and Trey both liked making lots of different shapes.  

 Waiting for the cookies to cook and cool was taking a little too long so the kids enjoyed candy canes for the first time!

On Christmas Eve we decorated the cookies to have some to leave out for Santa. 

 Of course we had to taste test a few too.