Sometime this summer I decided that our cuisine lacked pizzazz. I decided to pick a cookbook a week and choose a recipe from it, somewhat randomly, find something new. Since I love to cook and bake I saw this as a great challenge for the summer. And it has been.
Today's challenge make cheddar crackers. I didn't even know you could make such a thing until I saw it on the Cooking Channel. The kids love gold fish crackers so I knew we had to try these. I looked up a recipe and whipped up the dough yesterday. The kids and I got out our tiny animal, tractor, house shaped cookie cutters and set about to make these yummy treats.
I had forgotten how much fun it is to bake with Deegan and Mazee. Summer's not exactly the time of year we spend heating up the house with the oven. They rolled out the dough with their little rolling pins and got cutting away, starting in the middle of their dough. Then they started creating their own fun shapes. All the time Miri spent giggling and banging her spoon and big cookie cutter on her high chair tray.
The first batch came out of the oven and luckily cooled quickly because none of us could wait to try them. They were yummy indeed, and the first batch was gone in an instant. Restraint had to kick in or they would all be gone!
Cooking with my big kids is a wonderful treat, but I can't wait for Miri to be old enough to dig into the flour and make a mess with us!
Check out the recipe at http://homecookinginmontana.blogspot.com/2010/02/cheddar-crackersreminiscent-of-goldfish.html
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