Cooking With Kids

I found this VERY simple recipe and Had some Fun Cooking With My Kids this morning:

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup Peanut Butter (Creamy)
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg

Mix together ... Drop on cookie sheet in 1 inch balls

Bake at 250 degrees until brown.

Some thoughts: Super easy for the kids! Ingredients on hand! They seemed to bake realllly slow to me. Maybe too low temp??? I was afraid to change it since it was the 1st time we baked them. I wish I would have timed them....but I didn't. Super yummy--my little girl LOVED them!

EVEN BETTER THAN THE COOKIES
was the teaching moments-- we discussed words like recipe, ingredients, oven, degrees, vanilla, cup, ounces,etc.
the process--the kids could handle measuring, mixing, etc. since it was only 4 ingredients
the prep time -- it was a short process--so they didn't get bored with it.

Do you have a great recipe that is good for getting the kids in the kitchen with you and opening up those teaching moments?? Share it with me. Email me and I'll post it and link to you!

Happy Day with the Kids! Yay for Saturdays!!! Can you tell I have my first in school this year? :)

JMBMOMMY