In my house, food was love.\u00a0We were raised baking and cooking alongside my mother and grandma. I knew I wanted to expose my daughter to the same warm memories and carry on traditions from our kitchen. My daughter was 18 months old the first time we baked together. It was the holiday season and I was beyond excited to bake Christmas cookies with her. I gathered the ingredients, laid out the measuring cups, and propped her up on the countertop.\u00a0Fast-forward about seven months later, I invested in a \u201cHelper Ladder,\u201d which I highly recommend. The measurements were not accurate, as I allowed my little Joy to explore scooping and pouring. I did my best to eyeball the corrections but the truth is, I can\u2019t remember how the cookies tasted! What I do remember is the sound of her laughing, Christmas music playing in the background, and her face when she tasted flour thinking it was the sugar.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We tried many recipes for sugar cookies, but waiting for the dough to chill always seemed to put a damper in the activity. Teaching patience is a wonderful virtue to instill in little ones, but waiting can be really hard\u2014especially when it comes to cookies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I highly recommend this NO CHILL recipe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my house, food was love.\u00a0We were raised baking and cooking alongside my mother and grandma. I knew I wanted to expose my daughter to the same warm memories and carry on traditions from our kitchen. My daughter was 18 months old the first time we baked together. It was the holiday season and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8829,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"category_diy":[36,97],"letter":[63],"class_list":["post-8828","do-it-yourself","type-do-it-yourself","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category_diy-seasons","category_diy-summer","letter-k"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n