Ok, so Evie is home for the summer and the challenge has been how to keep this hyperactive child entertained without setting the house on fire, taking candy from strangers, or getting picked up by the police. Yesterday we baked cookies from the 1957 cookbook (which is in reprint) Betty Crocker’s Cookbook for Boys and Girls. Evie received the book from my mom for her birthday. The book has lots of cute ideas. My mom said she had the same book when she was growing up and she learned to cook from it. My mom is an awesome cook, so I thought this was a great idea. Teach this kid to give me a break in the kitchen!!!
We made Paintbrush Cookies. It’s a simple dough recipe you roll out and cut with your favorite cookie cutters. Then you take an egg yoke, mix it with 1/4 tsp water and divide it into separate cups and add desired food coloring. Paint the food coloring onto the cookies before they are baked, add sprinkles and pop into the oven! Ready in about 8-10 minutes. Picture time!
My offspring.
Artist at work.
Evie's cookies before baking.
Mine before baking.
Evie's cookies finished and cooling down.
Mine got a little too brown. Bummer. But they tasted good!
We had a great time. Come over and make some cookies with us sometime!
Dee Anna
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I remember these cookies! My mom learned to cook out of that cookbook too, and I remember making recipes from it when I was a kid. I also seem to recall making a really cool (?) salad shaped like a bunny rabbit…
What a beautiful girl you have there! (and beautiful cookies, too. I would like to eat some now…)
Do you have summer activities planned? I’m taking my kids to swimming lessons. They’re still very young, so I’m used to having them around all the time, but still…I remember swimming every summer when I was little and it totally wore me out. Not that you need advice from me.
omg, she is just gorgeous! That picture of her looks professional-like a stock pic in a cook book.
Is she a lefty? I’ve never heard of making the “frosting” from egg yoke? I must not bake cookies enough. 
Evie is too cute for words. The cookies look good too.
Emily-I will have to look at the salads! I haven’t made it past all the baking recipes yet. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the book as well.
Susan-Thank you! She’s rather sweet most of the time, but there are days…LIKE THIS MORNING. Yikes. I’m sure you know what that’s like. I wanted to enroll her in swimming this year, but will hold off until next summer. She had to have tubes put in her ears in January and is not supposed to submerge her head under water even with earplugs. Makes bath time a lot of fun…but it did stop the ear infections. I did enroll her in karate, but that doesn’t start until late July. I am making her walk with me every morning, which is about 2.25 miles. It does WONDERS for her mood and attitude. (Mine too!)
Lora-Thank you! She is a lefty! It’s been a struggle teaching her how to write, although she draws really well. To be honest, I think she’s ambidextrous, because she will switch hands, but her kindergarten teacher swore she was left handed. So, that’s what we’re sticking with for now. It’s not really frosting, not nearly as tasty, but it looks pretty! You should try it with your kids. It’s a lot of fun.
Dee Anna-Thank you too! You would love to eat one. They are good!
One? How about 12?
Or 12. Or 60! The recipe makes 60 cookies and I still have dough in the fridge!
Wow, I remember these cookies also. I’d love to have the recipe to make these with my own kids. Thanks for a fun post and great memories that it brought back. Your daughter looks like she has great painting skills so early. She’ll make a great artist!
Linda,
If you would like the recipe, feel free to email me @ me at loraenfield dot com. I would be happy to share with you! Thanks for your comment and glad you liked the post.