MMMMM M&M Cookies

Here is another post I put together long ago- remember I told you about the cookies we made- we have since made a few more batches that have turned out much better but we have no photos to prove it so I guess we will be the only ones to know that.

I know I told our attempt to make some good old American cookies and have decided to show you our little experiment. Being that few of the kids have taken many pictures with the camera (though they absolutely LOVE to) you'll have to forgive our photographer- practice makes perfect.

Bindu and I after we had mixed all the ingredients- you might not be able to see it but at this point everything looks right- and tasted great too. (I think I've always enjoyed the dough more than the baked cookie)

Our first attempt to make an oven. These ones turned out a little more fried than baked as you can see from the pictures below, but with all that sugar and chocolate you can't really go wrong unless you burn it to a crisp.

We came up with a few ideas that worked a bit better but we have since come up with a much better plan so we are all waiting to try again soon. As I mentioned we had to divide the cookies up so much we each ended up with only a bite, but that bite was worth all the excitement and time spent working together. There's nothing like time spent in the kitchen baking together- even if it is an outdoor kitchen using an open fire in Africa.