Posted in Parenting, baking, cake, cookies, humor, kids, tagged art, Bainbridge Island, baking, book, charity, contest, cookie, cookies, family, fun, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, humor, kids, library, mom advice, Parenting, public library, Seattle on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, My Kids’ Cookies is participating in Bainbridge Island Public Library’s first annual Edible Book Festival.
We’re baking up our version of “If You Give A Mouse A My Kids’ Cookie“. We had loads of fun trying out this cake and a friend’s 3 little boys were my taste testers. Who got the ear, who [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Schools Foundation, baking, baking cookies, budget cuts, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, education, family, fun, helping others, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, teachers, Washington State budget cuts on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Kids’ Cookies is happy to support the Bainbridge Schools Foundation at their “Save OUR Teachers Rally” to help the Bainbridge Island school district fund salaries of the 17 teachers that have had their positions eliminated due to state budget cuts.
My Kids’ Cookies is donating 25% of all proceeds from the event to the Foundation.
When: [...]
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Posted in baking, cookies, tagged art, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island television, baking, BITV, chocolate chip cookies, event planning, family, fun, helping others, Helpline House, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, Seattle, soup kitchen, volunteer on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, a group of 10 women baked close to 300 corn muffins for the Soup Kitchen which was offered in downtown Winslow the following evening. Within minutes, the assembly line was organized and on a roll as everyone picked a task then got to work. With the local television station, BITV, recording our evening, [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, charity, corn bread, desserts, event planning, family, fun, fund raiser, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, soup kitchen, volunteer, volunteering on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sun is shining and it looks like Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound area are going to be enjoying a spectacularly lovely Memorial Day weekend. I’m starting it off on a great note by hosting at my cookie shop a Corn Bread Baking Party for a dozen volunteers. Our busy busy hands, mixing bowls [...]
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Posted in Parenting, cookies, gifts, humor, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, Blue Heron Jewelry, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, desserts, donations, event planning, fun, gift, gold, gold party, helping others, Helpline House, jewelry, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, philantrophy, retail shop, Seattle, sell gold jewelry, Victor Alexandery Winery, wine, wine party on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I had a gold party at my cookie shop. About 2 dozen people showed up with their baggies of tangled gold chains, lonely earrings that didn’t have a partner, and out of style pieces. A local jeweler, Blue Heron Jewelry, set up their tools of the trade and weighed and valued everyone’s gold [...]
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Posted in Parenting, humor, kids, tagged babies, Bainbridge Island, budget, dancing, dating, dinner, economy, errands, family, fun, garage sale, how to raise great kids, humor, kids, married, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, movie, Parenting, rummage sale, Saturday morning, Saturday Night date on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back when I was single, the Saturday Night Date was something to look forward to. Sleep late on Saturday morning, get your errands done, maybe exercise, relax for a bit. Then a long shower and time to primp and preen so you look your best. Dinner out, maybe a movie, or dancing. [...]
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Posted in baking, cookies, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, contest, cookie gifts, cookie history, cookie lover, cookie monster, cookies, fun, Google, how many cookies are eaten each year, Massachusetts state cookie, MSN, Ruth Wakefield, search engine, Sesame Street, Tollhouse cookies, Yahoo on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the number of cookies that are baked and consumed each year (see Fact #2 below) there has to be tons of interesting information/history/facts out there. I’m looking for those things. If you have any interesting tidbit about cookies, please let me know. If we wind up putting it on our website, My Kids’ Cookies [...]
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Yesterday, Netflix delivered a documentary called ‘Young@ Heart‘ about a Massachusetts based chorus made up of seniors (the average age is 80).
The zest for life, the dedication to the group and continuing to look at life as an adventure to be explored, despite the infirmities brought on by age, was inspiring.
During the course of the [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, humor, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, cakespy, chocolate chip cookies, contest, cookie, cookie gifts, cookies, crisp chewy yum soft warm undercooked underbaked butter salt crunchy milk dough nuts cakey brown sugar moist gooey, desserts, family, fun, humor, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, retail, retail shop, Seattle, shopping on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recently, www.cakespy.com was having one of their regular giveaways with the lucky winner receiving a My Kids’ Cookies gift box. The question to be answered to enter the contest was “What, in your opinion, makes up the ideal chocolate chip cookie?”
There were quite a few opinions provided so get yourself a cookie and a [...]
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Posted in baking, cake, cookies, cupcakes, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookie gifts, cookies, cupcakes, desserts, family, fun, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Rolo candies on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you love both these sweets, try them together. They’re easy:
1) Start with your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.
2) Fill each muffin tin with about a tablespoon of dough.
3) Bake for about half the recipe time and remove from the oven.
4) Push a Rolo candy into the center so the tops are even and finish [...]
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