My children are constantly asking to help me when I'm in the kitchen and I'm generally too frazzled and in a rush to let them help. I'm sure all you moms and dads can understand, trying to get dinner prepared in a hurry. So, I did some thinking today while the boys were at school and I started feeling really guilty. Here they are asking to help and I'm during down a great learning experience. So I researched some easy kid friendly recipes and decided on the No Bake Cookies from the Kulinary Kidz only because I had the ingredients on hand. I've already been to the grocery store for the week and didn't want to make another trip.
So here is my experience with making these!
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
3 cups Quick Oats
I pre-measured most of the ingredients before hand, Charles and Dawson are four and trying to pour and measure is usually disastrous, and this made it easier to just dump and stir for them.
Combine the sugar, butter, cocoa, and mile in a large saucepan...
(Charles is popping the bubbles that were created when pouring the milk in, children just can't resist sometimes)
Bring to a boil for two minutes, stir continuously...
Once combined line a cookie sheet with wax paper and drop the mixture with spoons...the recipe didn't call for this, but I went ahead and put my in the fridge until they were set.
(While Dawson was working on his, he realized he was making the letter P so of course I had to take the picture)
AND ENJOY!
Because I feel it is important for children to take ownership in what they eat, it is my hope to try and do this more often and blog about it to provide other kid friendly recipes. I think the next recipe I try out I will let Charles and Dawson make the decision between the two and try to find a lunch dish they will enjoy.
Thanks for reading :) And if you have any ideas please share!
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