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Friday, September 14, 2012

cooking with kids

Any time they come to visit, my grandkids love to cook with me.  Yes it's much slower, messier and I have to repeat myself over and over but they learn so much.  KT lvoes to cook so this time she helped make pancakes, she fliped them herself and learned that when the bubbles pop it's time to turn.  They were yummy even though they were from a mix.  After breakfast we made black forest cup cakes with butter cream icing.  They little girl learned why you don't lick a spoon and put it back in what you are fixing for other people.  A good lesson on germs, sanitation and delayed gratification.  Kids learn a lot more than you think when they cook with you.

Black forest cup cakes

1 box dark chocolate cake mix
1 can cherry pie filling
Mix the cake per the directions on the package except cut the amount of water in half.  Dump in the pie filling and bake according to the directions.

When they are cool frost with your favorite butter cream recipe.

Butter cream
1 stick softened butter
1# powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla and almond extract

Blend togeter and beat for at least 5 minutes

Frost cooled cup cakes





Happy birthday to my wonderful sons Nathan and Rich.  I couldn't ask for better kids.  You have grown to be such wonderful men, fathers and husbands.  We must have done something right.

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