Today I baked Christmas sugar cookies with my two girls. Well, mostly with my older daughter, Savannah. Matilda (my 5-month old) sat in her boppy chair and watched us – she was there for moral support.
I wasn’t quite sure how this was going to go. I liked the idea of doing something Christmasy with Savannah, but when I say she is my older daughter……she’s not that much older at only 21-months. Anyway, I thought we would give it a whirl – if things started to go south, I would just abort the mission – no harm done.
I made the sugar cookie dough while the girls napped and let it chill in the fridge for a couple hours. Then I rolled out the cookies and off we went. To my surprise, Savannah did AWESOME!! I showed her how to use the cookie cutters and she followed my instructions perfectly. Then I showed her how to use sprinkles which she thought was great fun! As each batch came out of the oven, she had to try a cookie to make sure we didn’t have any faulty batches – even more fun!!! All the while, shouting, “yay, yay”!! She had a blast and so did I. Here’s my little budding chef in the kitchen:
I had such a great time teaching her the ways in the kitchen and I can’t wait to do it again! I’m not sure if you have a great sugar cookie recipe, so if not, here is my Classic Sugar Cookie recipe (comes from The Chopping Block Cooking School in downtown Chicago):
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
