Baking Nights

One night a week, while Daddy and my oldest son head to AWANAs, the two youngest and I have a baking night.

After getting the dinner dishes washed up, I pre-measure our ingredients into kid-friendly containers. On this particular night we are making breakfast cookies.

My daughter takes her turn adding ingredients to the mixing bowl. She also loves to try her hand at mixing the batter.

And I can't forget to give my two-year old a turn, he wants to do it all by himself :)

Once the batter is ready for the oven, I give the kids a small taste of their favorite ingredient, chocolate chips - they usually have a bit of fun before actually eating them.

While they're enjoying their little treat, I pop the cookies into the oven.

When the first batch is finished, my taste-testers enjoy the fruits of their labors (actually, on this night they also got to finish up some left-over birthday cake along with taste-testing our fresh-baked breakfast cookies).


And of course, we always leave some samples on the the counter for Daddy and big bro to snack on when they return.

A fun, productive evening with my kiddos. A yummy breakfast treat for the morning (and some for the freezer). A cute little guy in a too-big apron. Definitely a finer thing.

There's lots more finer things over at Amy's blog.