Alisha here.
We’re back in business!
WAHOO!! We missed all of you.
We have lots of fun ideas coming your way in the next few weeks, so I hope you keep coming back to check out what is new in our kitchens lately.
MY COOKING STYLE THESE DAYS
When I have enough time and energy, I really do like cooking a lot!! I enjoy trying new recipes. In between my tried-and-true, go-to-in-a-pinch, recipes, I like to try to surprise my husband and my kids with new recipes that I think will taste good. I used to sell Pampered Chef, and I think that maybe I still have a little of that in me. I am not a fan of really expensive recipes that take a long time to cook, but I am willing to take a little longer to make a recipe if I know it is going to impress the people I am serving. It is for this reason that I find myself always on the hunt for new recipe ideas, “borrowing” recipes from cookbooks, magazines, other sites, friends, etc. I hope to bring you recipes that are easy and fun to make, and impressive to serve.
The recipe I am posting today is straight out of my Family Fun magazine. I am also including some of my own personal comments in red. This is an easy recipe that is fun to make with your kid’s help! My daughter LOVED helping me measure ingredients, mix the dough, and cut out these adorable little bite-size cookies. In fact, as we were using the cookie cutters she asked me, “Mommy, can we make these everyday?” 🙂
“… Uhhhhhhh.. no.. 🙂 … but I am glad you are having fun.” 🙂
Serve these cookies with milk to make a fun after-school snack.
THE RECIPE
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 tablespoon salt
4. Form the dough into shapes using mini animal-cookie cutters. (We did not have animal shaped cutters, so we just used what we had: letters and shapes. This actually worked better for our family because it provided another learning opportunity for our preschooler and kindergartener)
Place the cookies on the baking sheets, spacing them a half inch apart. Bake until the edges of the cookies begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Let them cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
That’s all there is to it.
OH! And make sure you make a plate for yourself, you super mom, you! 🙂
Blessings from my kitchen to yours,
Alisha Hughes,
A.KA. Out of the Box Mommy
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