Kids in the Kitchen: Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

How often do your kids help in the kitchen? It was always loved including my kids in kitchen projects. The kitchen is my happy place – and that’s something I want to share with them!

Kitchen skills are learned skills – from how to mix things properly to how to measure – it’s never to early to introduce kids to them!

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Fruit Cake Cookie Bars #ChristmasCookies

This post is sponsored in conjunction with Christmas Cookies Week. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the Christmas Cookies Week recipes. All opinions are mine alone.

I grew up with my Grandfather’s stollen as a Christmas tradition, so it took me years to realize that most of the world doesn’t love fruit cake.

Fruit Cake Bars 2

Honestly, I think the rest of the world is wrong, it’s delicious. I think too many people’s first encounter was a questionably-made, mass produced dessert no one would like. If you’d tried Opa’s, I’m sure you would solidly be in my corner.

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