🎄🎄🎄~A Few Words From Susan~🎄🎄🎄 Even the smallest family members can begin to share in the holiday baking traditions of your family. I find the best recipes to use with
toddlers have no egg, like the Candy Cane Cookie Recipe I include in this week's newsletter. That way, you don't need to worry about them putting dough in their mouths. The Candy Cane Cookie Recipe I share below is one that I made as a child, and that my eldest granddaughter first started "helping" with at 7 months
old. Her first Christmas, she pulled little pieces of dough off that we rolled into balls - at 19 months, she actually rolled out strips of dough and helped form the cookies, and this year she made them all by herself - including using a bench knife to measure and cut them. She used the Cestari straight edge bench knife, which I'm providing a 50% off coupon for below.. The other job she had last year was in sorting mini M&Ms by color to use for gingerbread men's buttons. She actually really enjoyed it - and it is a task that I hate, so it was a win win all around. My youngest granddaughter (not quite 2 yet) did a great job this year transferring the Pecan Cookies (recipe in last week's newsletter) from the cutting board to the cookie sheets, carefully spacing them out. I have included some tips about baking with toddlers in this week's video. Best, Susan
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13 Secrets to Holiday Baking With Toddlers
Discover the joy and challenges of baking with toddlers! This video provides practical tips to make your baking experience enjoyable and educational for both you and your little one. From setting up a safe baking environment to involving your toddler in the process,
you'll learn how to create memorable kitchen moments.
Tip of the Week: Keep your ingredients at room temperature before baking. This ensures that the ingredients mix better mix better, resulting in a smoother and fluffier batter.
So, take out the butter and eggs from the fridge a couple of hours before starting your Christmas baking extravaganza! Note - if you need to separate your eggs, do that as soon as you
take them out of the refrigerator as the yolks separate from the whites easier when they are cold. If you purchased the Cestari Multitool with the code last week, you got a great deal, and a great tool to separate eggs! Just turn the juice reamer upside down in the measuring cup and break the eggs into the basket.
Candy Cane Cookies Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups butter 3/4
cup sugar 3 Tablespoons milk 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour Red food coloring Description: Cream butter and sugar Add milk and almond extract Add flour, and beat until smooth Remove half the dough, wrap and refrigerate Add a few drops red food coloring to the rest of the dough and mix until color is even. Wrap and refrigerate the red dough Refrigerate at least 2 hours Heat oven to 350 Roll a rounded teaspoon of each dough into a strip 1/4 inch wide and 6 inches long Lay the strips next to each other on a floured board, and twist around each other. Curve the top of each twisted into a hook, so the cookie has the shape of a candy cane. Repeat until all dough is used Bake 10-12 minutes on a lightly greased baking sheet
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Reader's Holiday Food Memories
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Emily from Oregon shares, "Every Christmas, my children and I bake gingerbread cookies. We have a tradition of decorating them with colorful icings and candies. My youngest always tries to sneak in extra candies while my oldest loves drawing intricate designs with icing. It's a messy but joyful affair, and our kitchen becomes a canvas of creativity and laughter." David from Texas recalls, "My fondest holiday memory is making tamales with my daughter. We would spend hours in the kitchen, her tiny hands trying to spread
masa on the corn husks. She was more interested in playing with the dough than making tamales, but those moments of pure joy and togetherness are unforgettable." Sara from New York reminisces, "Hanukkah was always special in our house. I remember my son, barely four, standing on a stool beside me, his eyes wide with excitement as we made latkes. He loved grating the potatoes, even though they were almost as big as him! We'd laugh, fry, and enjoy these golden treats together. Those
simple moments of connection mean the world to me." Mark from Florida tells us, "Baking fruitcake with my twin daughters is a holiday ritual I cherish. They would compete to see who could stir the thick batter the fastest. It was a
playful yet tender moment, watching them learn the family recipe passed down through generations. Their giggles still echo in my mind every holiday season." |
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