The other day I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies to help warm up the house (and maybe because I have a little bit of a sweet tooth!) But seriously, the house was super chilly and instead of cranking up the heater I figured we could just do some baking. So, I got things set up and Little L started helping. Unfortunately, as I was in the process of measuring everything out I realized I was 1/4 cup short of brown sugar. I figured, well, maybe they just won't be as sweet...I'll just keep chugging along and hope everything works out ok. Searching for the brown sugar had gotten me a little frazzled though so I wasn't thinking and before I beat the sugar, butter, and vanilla I added the eggs. You know, the eggs you are supposed to add one at a time, slowly mixing them into the already beaten butter/sugar/vanilla mixture! Needless to say, I ended up beating those eggs up and pretty much beat the snot out of the functioning proteins...(that's a little food science for all you just to show that I actually do know at least a little about what I am doing at work!) I figured at that point though, I might as well just bake them to see what happens. At least the batter tasted good!
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| YUM! |
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| Mommy's Helper! |
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| Reaching for a whole spoonful of batter! |
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| And just in case you were wondering...this is what cookies look like if you have beat down eggs that can't function! |
Then on Sunday, the hubby's mom and dad were coming over to see Little L, grill some burgers and hot dogs and watch the Vikings. I had gotten some great deals on Betty Crocker Dessert Bars so I figured we could make up a batch of
Mississippi Mud Brownies for our dessert (and once again warm up the house without turning on the heater). Little L was quite the helper and I must say that just making boxed brownies went much smoother than the chocolate chip cookies from a few days before (and they turned out just like they were supposed too...super yummy!) Although I think Little L thought the batter tasted pretty good this time too!
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Oh my goodness! I seriously love these pictures of her helping you bake :) I love to bake, and it's always fun to have a little helper!
A gal after my own heart. I can't believe how old she is looking - I love the long hair! If it makes you feel any better, I burned the tops of my banana nut muffins today! Just got to get rid of the evidence :~)
Look at Little L with her cute apron and everything!! M would LOVE baking time... we may need to set that up some time soon. Looks like you had the perfect time -- unfunctionable eggs and all! ; )
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