Baking with a one year old is difficult but I somehow assembled my Christmas cookie boxes

These are perfect!

These look like right out of a magazine.

Ha ha. I have given up the last 2 years with a two-year-old and cheated. I have only admiration and respect for your beautiful cookie box. Now stop bragging lol.

The one-year-old is a GREAT teacher!!! These look wonderful!!

So many talented bakers in this sub!!! Those look festive and delicious!

Cute!

Your Santa cookies are perfect!!! :heart: Love them! Almost too cute to eat…almost.

Everything looks amazing!

Wow you and that kiddo have talent!!!

What are those sugary balls?

Mali said:
What are those sugary balls?

Pfeffernusse.

Yan said:

Mali said:
What are those sugary balls?

Pfeffernusse.

They look like something I would betray my family for and I WILL be baking them for my upcoming Christmas gathering. Ty :slight_smile: If you have any recipe to recommend please do let me know!

@Mali
I used Preppy kitchen recipe, but to be honest it’s the only one I tried and liked right away, so I don’t know maybe there are better ones out there.

The flavor is really nice. I also like that you don’t need a lot of butter or kneading!

As a fellow parent of a 1-year-old… I’m astonished at what you accomplished! Amazing job! These are so beautiful!

How did you manage to bake with a 1-year-old? I have a 12-month-old and she demands all my attention. I only can attempt to bake when my hubby has a day off from work and she is in the mood to get entertained by him. Kitchen utensils keep her occupied for maybe 5 minutes. XD

Your cookies look absolutely heavenly. I am a bit jealous.

@Avery
Thank you!

To be honest, I did 80% of the baking while the little one was either napping, sleeping, or playing with dad. That meant I had to sacrifice some of my night sleep and free time in general.

The remaining 20% of work was a mix of baby playing with kitchen utensils (I also gave him ‘new’ things, like cookie cutters or sprinkle jars), putting him in the carrier (he LOVED watching the stand mixer work), or simply trying to finish stuff while he’s trying to get my attention. Let me tell you, trying to pipe straight lines of icing when someone is pulling your pants and screaming is a bit stressful :sweat_smile:

I hope next Christmas will be different and he can actually participate and make some cute ugly cookies :blush:

You are a gifted baker.

Your one-year-old has some mad baking skills! Looks awesome.

They look amazing!!! :heart_eyes::yum:

This is art! That I want to eat :yum: