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• Baking on parchment paper makes sure that your cookies don't stick to your pan—it also makes cleanup easy. Just make sure you use parchment and not wax paper, as the wax paper will melt. • If you do a lot of baking, it's good to have 3 or 4 cookie sheets, so as you bake one sheet, you can get another one ready to go. • Using a cookie scoop helps you make equally sized cookies so that they bake evenly, and also helps you get them onto the baking sheet without a mess. • All good chefs learn to change recipes to suit their taste. If a recipe calls for nutmeg, you could also try substituting another spice like cinnamon in the same amount. Or, if you're baking for a special occasion that's associated with certain colors (like red and green at Christmas or your school's colors for a graduation party), you can use colored sugars to add to the fun! Find everything you need…measuring spoons and cups, cookie sheets, decorating supplies, baking ingredients and even ready-to-decorate cookies at your local Harp's grocery store! Baking tips for kids and kitchen helpers, brought to you by HARPS H O M E T O W N F R E S H Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 egg 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda Colored sugar or granulated sugar Directions 1. Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper; set aside. 2. Beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on low speed or with spoon until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, nutmeg and egg. Stir in flour and baking soda. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. 3. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. 4. Decorate! Kids in the cookies! Easy cookies you can make with just a little help from your adult! No-roll sugar cookies ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• seven layer bars •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• You can use different kinds of chips (vanilla or peanut butter) if you'd like. Ingredients • ½ cup unsalted butter • 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips • 1 cup butterscotch chips • 1 cup chopped walnuts • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk • 1 1/3 cups shredded coconut Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 2. Place butter in 13 x 9 inch pan and melt in oven. Swirl to coat bottom and sides with butter. 3. Spread graham cracker crumbs evenly over bottom of pan. Layer chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and nuts over crumbs. Pour condensed milk over nuts. Sprinkle coconut over condensed milk. 4. Bake until edges are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting into bars. Peanut butter Kiss cookies ••••••••••••• (The most popular cookies in the United States!) Ingredients • 1 cup white sugar • 1 cup peanut butter • 1 egg • 18 milk chocolate candy kisses, unwrapped Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Combine sugar, peanut butter, and egg. 3. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. NOTE: If dough is too sticky, refrigerate 1/2 hour or until easy to handle. 4. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove cookies from oven. Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each warm cookie. tessie c., 7, of Prairie Grove, Jaxon P., 6, of springdale and madyson r., 4, of springdale. 38 • December 2020 • OfficialKidsmag.com

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