Cooking With Grandma

We may be onto something... a Saturday morning show for kid's, 

"Cooking With Grandma" ~ starring Sharon Hendrickson.

While Sharon was here visiting us Labor Day weekend, she mentioned to Sarah cooking a dessert food with her, (Chocolate Sheet Cake - one of my faves).  Sarah did not forget about cooking with Grandma, but she did pick out a different recipe that she and Phoebe like even better than chocolate sheet cake... Angel Kiss Cookies.  (These are the peanut butter cookies that have a Hershey's Kiss on the top.)

First we all went to the grocery store.  Sarah had a list of the ingredients that they needed.  She, Phoebe, and Grandma walked around the store and found them together... along with a few other items that the girls "talked" Grandma into... ice cream sandwiches, string cheese, new kinds of yogurt, and new boxes of cereal.

When we all got back home Grandma helped them each get an apron on and then they got to work in the kitchen... measuring, stirring, mixing, and tasting, and baking.

Phoebe thought that the mixer was too loud and covered her ears the whole time.  Sarah thought it was great to get to help use the mixer.

Both girls really liked licking off the beaters, and taking many samples of the dough right out of the mixing bowl!  Sarah kept saying... "Just one more taste".

Both girls also helped roll the dough balls in the sugar before putting them on the cookie sheet to bake.  Each time Phoebe rolled her dough ball in the sugar, she also flattened it out.

The girls also ate a lot of plain Hershey's Kisses.  (So did I.)  We wouldn't have wanted all the extras to go to waste.

The cookies were delicious and it was a great thing for Grandma and her granddaughters to do together!

Angel Kiss Cookies

1/2 C. softened butter      

1/2 C. peanut butter

3/4 C. packed brown sugar

1/4 C. sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp. salt

1 3/4 C. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

Beat first seven ingredients until light and fluffy. Add flour and soda; thoroughly blend.  Shape into balls.   Roll balls in sugar.  Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.  Immediately top each cookie with a Hershey's Kiss upon taking them out of the oven, carefully pressing down firming.