My Family Of Nine » cooking http://www.myfamilyofnine.com Homeschooling, Cooking, and Fun Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:19:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Eggless Sugar Cookies http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/2009/12/eggless-sugar-cookies/ http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/2009/12/eggless-sugar-cookies/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:22:52 +0000 Diane http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/?p=77 Yes, you read that right! There is a recipe around that you can use to make eggless sugar cookies. Now, it is NOT low-fat like some of my other family recipes. I only use this at Christmas time. I am super careful about the handling of raw ingredients, especially eggs. So for a long time [...]]]> Yes, you read that right! There is a recipe around that you can use to make eggless sugar cookies. Now, it is NOT low-fat like some of my other family recipes. I only use this at Christmas time. I am super careful about the handling of raw ingredients, especially eggs. So for a long time I wouldn’t let the children help me make sugar cookies at Christmas because I feared them sticking their hands in the mouths and getting sick. (I know – I’m paranoid!)

So when I found this recipe I was so excited:

Eggless Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar (yes – powdered!)
  • 1 cup butter (softened)
  • 1/4 c. skim milk
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 t. cream of tartar
  • 2.5 c. self rising flour

Directions:

Mix ingredients together until well blended. Refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours. Roll out cookies, decorate, and bake for about 10 – 12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Here’s what it looked like when we made them:

Sugar Cookie Dough

The mixed dough was just like regular sugar cookie dough. Yummy and no eggs!

Cutting Out Sugar Cookies

The oldest and youngest boy helped me cut out the shapes.

Decorating Sugar Cookies

The other five kids decorated the cookies.

Sugar Cookies

Here’s the finished product – don’t you wish this was “tasteable” right through the computer screen? They really are good. They freeze well, and make great gifts if you can part with them. You will notice that some of the cookies are a little strange looking. That’s what happens when a four year old has free reign with the sprinkles!

Enjoy!  Diane

 

]]> http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/2009/12/eggless-sugar-cookies/feed/ 7 It’s Not Only For Girls http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/2009/11/its-not-only-for-girls/ http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/2009/11/its-not-only-for-girls/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:03:43 +0000 Diane http://www.myfamilyofnine.com/?p=37 I thought this was too funny when both of my littlest boys woke up with really bad hair. I always assumed that bad hair was only for girls but apparently not. Here’s the smallest one. 

And here’s his bigger brother!

This is why girls rarely go to sleep with damp hair. The morning result [...]]]> I thought this was too funny when both of my littlest boys woke up with really bad hair. I always assumed that bad hair was only for girls but apparently not. Here’s the smallest one. Bad boy hair

And here’s his bigger brother!

bad boy hair 2

This is why girls rarely go to sleep with damp hair. The morning result isn’t pretty.

This is also what happens when you tell little guys to smile! It’s not always a pretty picture is it? Just now our nine year old can smile without looking totally strange.  Diane

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