This is one of my favorite recipes! Your kids will have a great time making their own cookie creations with this Play-Doh like dough. The joy is that you make things out of it, cook it & eat it too. It doesn’t require flouring your counter tops like sugar cookies, so there is no mess. The dough is especially fun to play with but if that weren’t enough the cookies are really good! They taste like Cinnamon Teddy Grahams. The real added bonus is that if you use dehydrated eggs you don’t have to worry about salmanella because they are pastuerized. See, food storage fulfills so many things! Make sure to read all the way through this post since I have 10 Steps for Cooking with Kids at the bottom of this post.
Cookie Clay Dough enough for 3-4 children
(Like Play-Doh only you can cook it & eat it too!)
In Mixer:
Cream together: 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup butter (1 cube)
1 tsp vanilla
Add: 2 cup whole wheat flour
2 T dry egg powder (do not add water at this time) or 1 extra large egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
(if you used dehydrated eggs) Mix & Slowly Add: 2 to 4 T water till consistency of Play-Doh
Now all you need is CLEAN hands, table or counter top, & creativity
[THAT IS RIGHT–NO FLOUR NEEDED for forming—so no mess!]
Make letters & numbers out of Cookie Clay Dough ropes or balls, make animals, faces, turtles, cars, or what have you. You can also use clean Play-Doh accessaries.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes (depends on thickness so
keep your eye on it as some pieces may need to come out earlier than others)
(Note: The high oven temprature will kill germs so relax and enjoy.)
Cool 3 minutes
EAT Your Creations!
10 Steps for Cooking with Kids
Combined from the California Department of Health & Penn State Cooperative Extension
1. Decide on the area of the kitchen where you will be cooking.
2. Gather stools or chairs that will allow your child to stand or sit comfortably while working.
3. Wash hands and put on aprons.
4. Get out the recipe you will be using.
5. Read the recipe with your child. Explain that you will be following the steps in the recipe to prepare the food. Children get excited and forget. Repeat directions as often as needed.
6. Set out:
• the equipment and supplies that you will need (such as a mixer, blender, bowls, pans, measuring cups, knives, and spoons)
• the ingredients that you will be using
7. Children have short attention spans. Give them quick, simple jobs, and give instructions one at a time.
8. Expect spills and messes. Clean up with your child by giving them jobs to help with cleanup.
9. Eat what you have prepared.
10. HAVE FUN!
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GREAT idea! Thanks for sharing. Now I have something fun planned for tomorrow. 🙂
GREAT idea! Thanks for sharing. Now I have something fun planned for tomorrow. 🙂
Your blog is darling! We all need help with food storage! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your blog is darling! We all need help with food storage! Thanks for the inspiration!
That looks like fun…even for grown-ups! =) Thanks for being so creative and providing great ideas!
That looks like fun…even for grown-ups! =) Thanks for being so creative and providing great ideas!
The kids and I made these today! I think I did something wrong because the dough wasn’t really the consistenty of play dough, but we were still able to make letters out of it and they still tasted great! We will make them again! (Incidentally, I used 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 all purpose, but that shouldn’t have made a difference, right?)
The kids and I made these today! I think I did something wrong because the dough wasn’t really the consistenty of play dough, but we were still able to make letters out of it and they still tasted great! We will make them again! (Incidentally, I used 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 all purpose, but that shouldn’t have made a difference, right?)
I used this cookie recipe as a base for some s’more cookies I wanted to make. The dough alone was so delicious I was seriously contemplating not baking it just so I could eat all the uncooked dough! The baked finished product was fantastic. Thanks for this great recipe!
I used this cookie recipe as a base for some s’more cookies I wanted to make. The dough alone was so delicious I was seriously contemplating not baking it just so I could eat all the uncooked dough! The baked finished product was fantastic. Thanks for this great recipe!
Amy,
Using half whole wheat and half white flour shouldn’t effect the texture of the dough. If it was really sticky, then there was too much water in it. Make sure to add the water very slowly because it doesn’t take much to make it too much. Trust me! Glad you tried it and that your kids enjoyed it.
Crystal
Amy,Using half whole wheat and half white flour shouldn’t effect the texture of the dough. If it was really sticky, then there was too much water in it. Make sure to add the water very slowly because it doesn’t take much to make it too much. Trust me! Glad you tried it and that your kids enjoyed it.Crystal
Thanks for answering my question, Crystal! I will try it again. (Not that I wasn’t already planning on it, since they were so tasty the first time!) 🙂
Thanks
Thanks for answering my question, Crystal! I will try it again. (Not that I wasn’t already planning on it, since they were so tasty the first time!) 🙂 Thanks
I had the kids make these last week and invited a friend over to join us. It was a BIG hit. I was out of brown sugar (so terrible I know!) But I miraculously had molasses and made fake brwon sugar by adding molasses to the white sugar. The creations were VERY yummy!
I had the kids make these last week and invited a friend over to join us. It was a BIG hit. I was out of brown sugar (so terrible I know!) But I miraculously had molasses and made fake brwon sugar by adding molasses to the white sugar. The creations were VERY yummy!
These look so fun! I’m going to make them into music note shapes to give as a reward for my primary kids after their primary program tomorrow (I’m the chorister). Thanks for sharing such great recipes.
These look so fun! I’m going to make them into music note shapes to give as a reward for my primary kids after their primary program tomorrow (I’m the chorister). Thanks for sharing such great recipes.
Oh man…I just kept eating the dough myself!!
Oh man…I just kept eating the dough myself!!
I was feeling brave today, so we tried this (me and 8 children 🙂 ). It was a bit messy, but not nearly as messy as sugar cookies, and the kids had a ball! We shaped some of them and used cookie cutters for some of them. Years ago I tried a graham cracker recipe and this tastes more like the real thing. I may try on another day, spreading it in a thin layer in a cookie sheet, scoring it with a pizza cutter or knife, pricking it well with a fork and baking. I would take it out a little earlier and allow them to cool on the cookie sheet (and finish the last couple of minutes baking) and then break them on the scored lines. I think it would work great and you could probably dip them in milk like the store-bought kind and could definitely spread some frosting on them like my kids love! This was a great idea and very yummy. Thanks, Crystal!
I was feeling brave today, so we tried this (me and 8 children 🙂 ). It was a bit messy, but not nearly as messy as sugar cookies, and the kids had a ball! We shaped some of them and used cookie cutters for some of them. Years ago I tried a graham cracker recipe and this tastes more like the real thing. I may try on another day, spreading it in a thin layer in a cookie sheet, scoring it with a pizza cutter or knife, pricking it well with a fork and baking. I would take it out a little earlier and allow them to cool on the cookie sheet (and finish the last couple of minutes baking) and then break them on the scored lines. I think it would work great and you could probably dip them in milk like the store-bought kind and could definitely spread some frosting on them like my kids love! This was a great idea and very yummy. Thanks, Crystal!
If your not using powered eggs??
I made these today – and my dough never turned to “play dough” what did I do wrong? I mixed in my kitchen aid and it was just real crumbly like. I finally took the bowl out and start pressing balls together by hand and it 'stuck' are you suppose to use a mixer or do this by hand? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks (but the dough did taste great)
I would just add a bit more water (tiny amounts at a time) until you get the right consistency. Depending on humidity I find my baking can require a wide range of water to get the “right” consistency so just go slowly and it will be fine.
I would just add a bit more water (tiny amounts at a time) until you get the right consistency. Depending on humidity I find my baking can require a wide range of water to get the “right” consistency so just go slowly and it will be fine.