m&ms!

Tonight is boys night, so the guys are over.  One of Keith's friends brought his 5-year old daughter, Gracie, with him until his wife was able to pick her up.  By the time I got home, they had already had dinner (there was a leftover pork chop for me - yeah!) and they were watching Megamind.  When it was over, I thought it would be nice to do something fun with her and I have had this bag of m&ms sitting around for a few days, so made some cookies and had Gracie help decorate them.  They're pretty good!  I used an m&m cookie recipe I found online.  I made a couple of changes:

• I was low on brown sugar, so used 1/2 c. brown sugar and about 3/4 c. white sugar
• Since I wasn't mixing in the m&ms, I mixed in some mini chocolate chips and let Gracie put the m&ms on top

She did a great job!

At the end, I just made the last of it into two big cookies - and she wanted to take them home, but they weren't baked yet... so I told her I'd send at least one of them home with her dad.  Maybe I'll send both.  Maybe I'll keep one for me. :)

What are some fun things you like to make with kids?

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