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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
We want to let you know we will not be transferring the existing discussions to the new enhanced message boards so if there are discussions that you would like to save please make sure to either print them or copy and paste into a document that you can save to your personal files.
We will remind you again before the transition occurs but wanted to let you in on the exciting news!!
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Moderator_Sky
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Re: RE: Frosting that shipps well
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Apr 10, 2009 9:26 PM
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> Have you thought about maybe putting a "tub" of the
> frosting in with the cookies and letting him frost
> the cookies when he gets them? I know it isn't the as
> great a feeling as them being ready to eat out of the
> box, but it is an idea. Hope it helps.
Welcome to the community! That is a really great tip! Also, if you're shipping cookies and separate frosting to maybe... grown children with kids of their own... they can enjoy your special cookies and their kids can enjoy decorating them!
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RE: Frosting that shipps well
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Apr 10, 2009 7:17 PM
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Have you thought about maybe putting a "tub" of the frosting in with the cookies and letting him frost the cookies when he gets them? I know it isn't the as great a feeling as them being ready to eat out of the box, but it is an idea. Hope it helps.
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Moderator_Deanne
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Mar 31, 2009 8:40 PM
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> Hey cookie folks!
> Does anyone have a really (easy) good cookie frosting
> recipe that they would share with me. I have a nephew
> serving n Irag and wanted to send him some special
> Easter cookies. I need a frosting thats not too
> sticky and that will with stand shipping. Any help
> would be appreciated!
Aww bless. I haven't had much luck with shipping frosted items, but this group tends to be creative. Hopefully someone has some ideas.
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Mar 31, 2009 1:37 PM
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Hey cookie folks!
Does anyone have a really (easy) good cookie frosting recipe that they would share with me. I have a nephew serving n Irag and wanted to send him some special Easter cookies. I need a frosting thats not too sticky and that will with stand shipping. Any help would be appreciated!
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Moderator_Deanne
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Mar 28, 2009 8:50 PM
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> That's a good idea i home school my kindergartner and
> she is wanting to talk cooking classes like her older
> sister is!This is an idea i will try out!
Aww, what fun! A long time back I found some fridge magnets with messuring conversions. My kids actually liked doing the math to figure out which was what using them. I bet if you looked around you could find some.
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Mar 28, 2009 12:42 PM
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That's a good idea i home school my kindergartner and she is wanting to talk cooking classes like her older sister is!This is an idea i will try out!
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Moderator_Deanne
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Mar 24, 2009 9:12 PM
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> I have eager helpers at my house, and sometimes I
> just feel like cooking on my own! But I try to find
> something they can do - carve out a step that they
> can manage. I also try to make it educational - like
> writing the ingredients on pieces of paper, have them
> pick one out of the bowl, and then try to read what
> it is. Then they can put that ingredient into the
> mix! It is like a game that way! I have 4 kids and
> it seems like a lot of work, but any time you can get
> them involved is valuable time spent with them.
I like that bowl idea. My kids are older now, but I'm friends with the local kindergarten teacher, I'm going to share this idea with her.
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Mar 24, 2009 1:50 PM
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I have eager helpers at my house, and sometimes I just feel like cooking on my own! But I try to find something they can do - carve out a step that they can manage. I also try to make it educational - like writing the ingredients on pieces of paper, have them pick one out of the bowl, and then try to read what it is. Then they can put that ingredient into the mix! It is like a game that way! I have 4 kids and it seems like a lot of work, but any time you can get them involved is valuable time spent with them.
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Feb 4, 2009 10:30 AM
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That's hilarious! My 9-year-old asked for an Easy Bake Oven a couple of years ago. My husband had a fit about it, but I told him he could be the next Emeril or Bobby Flay! I encourage my boys to cook, or at least be comfortable in the kitchen, but I won't force them.
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Posted:
Feb 2, 2009 1:32 PM
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that was too cute. i swear that was my brother when he was younger!
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Moderator_Jane
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Feb 2, 2009 8:49 AM
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>  i think a cookie is a nice warm melting
> round(cookie) thingee
LOL. agreed. 
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Jan 31, 2009 1:43 PM
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i think a cookie is a nice warm melting round(cookie) thingee
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Moderator_Deanne
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Jan 20, 2009 8:50 PM
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I always had mine at the table helping me when they were real little, and it usually made a big mess, but with little fingers that's to be expected.
What I found as they got older was to leave the kitchen. Help them get everything they need, the right sizes, then leave the room. If they had a question I went back in, or they came in to ask, and I let them have run of the table and mixing. Yeah, it made a mess, but they learned to be confident about trying.
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Jan 20, 2009 3:44 PM
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I cook with both my kids and they love it, especially my little guy who is six. He has been cooking with me since he was probably 4. I started him off with just adding the last ingredients or putting on the sprinkles on the cookies. I built him up then, same with my daughter. Now they both help measure and mix and add ingredients. I always cooked with my grandparents and loved it and I want them to too! My little guy finishes all holiday cookies for me now.
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Moderator_Sky
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Jan 20, 2009 8:17 AM
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I couldn't watch it all. >.<
If my son grows to hate cooking, I won't force him to help me, but he will need to learn skills of his own so his future wife doesn't come to the Kraft forums with "I'm married to this guy that's super picky and doesn't know how to cook..." lol This might mean him cooking dinner one or two nights a week.
I think part of it is a feeling of ownership and pride. So if your child hates cooking WITH you, but is old enough (I know an 8 year old that has cooked dinner for her family) and adept enough to cook a meal, then leave him alone in the kitchen and tell him he's making dinner, or dessert, tonight. Then make sure to compliment him for the effort!
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