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Baking up a tradition with children
Tips to make time in the kitchen fun and easy
1211Almond-shortbread-cookie
Using the shortbread cookie dough recipe, home cooks can bake up a variety of cookies including, from top, almond shortbread drop cookies, raspberry almond shortbread thumbprints and chocolate thumbprints.
As you read this, I’m most likely happily immersed in a world of flour spills, sprinkle dumps and misplaced frosting smears. Translation: baking Christmas cookies with a 3-year-old. My daughter and I started this three-generation tradition last year; and yes, 2-year-olds really can “help” bake cookies.