Christmas Cooking with the Girls

This past Sunday I declared family day, and we spent the day making some Christmas goodies, doing a little cleaning together (because, let's face it, we all made the mess in this house), and ending the day with some family game time. It was a great day. I've declared lazy Sunday mornings the best perk to going to a church that has Saturday night services.

I love to worship me some Jesus, but I love it best when I don't have to set the alarm to do it.

Amen.

This cooking endeavor shall be called, "So easy, your kids can do it". Where it says 'your kids', insert the name of any person you know that cannot cook a bit.

Oreo Bark. Falalallaala. Break up most of a package of oreos. You can use plain oreos, but the seasonal ones with red or green filling make the bark look pretty. We actually used the peppermint oreos this time around, which made for pretty, and mildly minty. Don't pulverize the oreos, chunks are good.

Melt some white almond bark. Dump in crushed oreos. Stir. Spread on cookie sheet covered with waxed paper. Let dry/harden. Break up. Eat. Yum.

See. So easy, the kids did it. Check out the pictures:

after the crushing of the oreos:

Stirring into melted bark (I think I did about 12 ounces):

Poured into the pan:

Cooking with the girls also included peanut clusters. Very easy as well, albeit messy when involving a two year old and a six year old. 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, 6 ounces chocolate bark, 6 ounces peanut butter chips and 24 ounces dry roasted peanuts. Melt the melty stuff, stir in the peanuts. (or you can just do 12 ounces bark and skip the pb chips but i like it best with those).

Evidence of the mess:

And this little pile of goodness was something I did yesterday for Brooke's class. It should be called "why would you do this to yourself when you are already doing 3 dozen cupcakes and 8 pans of cinnamon rolls" but really it's called Santa Hat mix.

Because if you're busy....busy...busy....why would you take caramel bugles, dip them in red candy melts, let them dry, dip the ends in candy melts again and then in white sprinkles, and then dip the tip and put a marshmallow on it?

To throw into baggies for your daughter's class, that's why. With some rice chex and pretzels that have been tosed with almond bark. allowed to dry, and tossed more with chocolate chips and mms.

Because it might be the only way you may possibly get a nomination for mother of the year. I mean, hello. I made santa hats.

They're cute after all:

mix up some fun with your kiddos today. They'll love you for it.

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off to bake some mini rum cakes. I was calling them baby rum cakes but that just sounds wrong.