"Mom, can I PLEASE????"

After church and my required Sunday nap (oh, I love naps!), Kendra begged me to let her make a cake.  I told her we didn't have frosting.  She said, "Oh, I have an idea how to make some."  Um.  No.  I don't think so.

She disappears into the kitchen, where I thought she was getting me a Diet Coke (my required after-nap beverage).  She comes back several minutes later with a recipe card.  "Can I please, please, please make peanut butter cookies all by myself?  I know I can do it!"  Still wondering where is my Diet Coke, I asked several "are you sure" type questions and decided to let her go ahead and try it.  (My Diet Coke appeared in a few moments, for those of you worried for me).





She did a great job---just had to ask a few questions about how many sticks of butter and making sure she measured sugar correctly.  I was the first to try a cookie.  There was a good lesson learned today---be sure to check your recipe carefully.  These are sort of "diet" cookies.  The recipe called for both white and brown sugar, but Kendra didn't see the brown sugar part.  So they are a little less sweet than a normal peanut butter cookie, but they still taste ok.   She is going to try again next Sunday when her dad is in town--he loves peanut butter cookies.  Trial runs can be a good thing!  :-)