Adventures in cookie making

During the weekend I try to do something interesting with the kid and this weekend was her first adventure in cookie making with my Mom at her house.I really wanted to make Halloween cookies so she could take with her to 'school' (daycare but its actually more structured then your average daycare) this week for her class' Halloween party in addition to the fruit tray I'm providing. Anyways, after much  sampling of cookie dough and the kid practicing her cookie cutter abilities we ended up with almost 2 dozen cookies. It was a pretty good haul for a toddler's first foray into cookie making. My mom and I can't wait for the winter holidays to start to do it again with her. 

Nerdy Cooking with Hello Kitty

 I bought this microwave Hello Kitty Chiffon Cake mold at the Goodwill last month for only $2 and finally got around to making it this week. I have to say I was completely surprised on how well it came out! The directions were fairly simple and it took me less then 15 minutes to throw the batter together in the mold and microwave it for 3 minutes. The recipe fairly simple to alter as well and I think with the simplicity of it I think I will be making cakes more often.

Now if they made a Darth Vader one in the same style I would be set..