Friday Favourites: Baking Cookies For Santa

Leaving a glass of milk and a plate of cookies is a cornerstone Christmas tradition for most families. Growing up, I always looked forward to putting the cookies out on Christmas Eve. I was always a little particular about what cookies Santa got. They had to be the tastiest, cutest cookies I could find.

And, of course, they had to be homemade.

Making the Christmas cookies became just as much of a tradition as putting them out on Christmas Eve.

This year, we got busy making some very special cookies for the Old Man in Red. We considered many recipes but finally decided on these Peanut Butter cookies with Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt. Dad was really adamant that these were one of Santa’s favourites. So, we got busy making them.

They turned out really good. They were easy enough to make with 2 little girls, but were special enough that they would make Santa feel extra special when he came to our house.

Baking has so many great educational components and aspects. We’re reading a recipe and directions, doing fractions and chemistry, and it’s really packed with hands-on (not to mention edible) lessons. Let’s not forget life skills! Kids need to learn these valuable skills and you can easily start them young.

I can assure you, Santa took a couple really big bites out of them on Christmas Eve!