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First Time Baking Cookies

Thought of the Day…There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles. ~Author Unknown

The Offspring’s good friend Sarah, whom I affectionately call My Sarah, came over for a visit not too long ago. I had promised her that whenever she came over next we would make cookies. My Sarah said that she doesn’t do much baking, so I decided it was a good opportunity for the girls to make them on their own… I was nearby in case they ran into problems.

I remembered that a few weeks ago, Nicole over at That’s Life wrote about making Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies. My Sarah loves oatmeal cookies and can’t, like me, can’t have chocolate, so I modified the recipe (sorry, Nicole) and they made it with white chocolate chips instead.

I explained to the girls that it is important to make sure they have all the ingredients as well as the correct amounts. I suggested they get prep bowls out and pre-measure everything. They did and then started following the recipe.

I forgot one thing… The Offspring hadn’t used my KitchenAid mixer. I forgot to explain turning it on slowly with dry ingredients and also to put on the pouring shield. Both of which are ā€œsecond natureā€ (sort of) for me, but to the novice… not so much…

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…As you can see, the dry mixture got everywhere, including The Offspring’s face.

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My Sarah thought the powder looked like the Hawaiian Islands on The Offspring’s face.

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At this point, I suggested putting the pouring shield and as she turned around…

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… I got a smile from My Sarah!

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I had the girls use my round Pampered Chef stone (as you suspect from the dark ring, yes, I use this for pizza).

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You tell by the smiles they were having a lot of fun…

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The cookies were soooo good!

…Just look at these proud smiles…

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OK, now I’m hungry for cookies… too bad they’re all gone!