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Easy Bake Oven

Did you ever have one of these when you were a little kid?
I did -- I remember it well.
I remember the delicious cakes!
Some things have changed for the Easy-Bake Oven . . .
like they're plastic now!
But the Easy-Bake mixes are just about the same!  Wink, Wink!

My sweet little cherub (all decked out in her Summer look!) has had an
Easy-Bake Oven for a long time.
We did the pre-package "convenience" mixes 1 time.
And 1 time only!
If she was going to bake and I was going to have to eat it . . .
I wasn't eating that stuff!

Plus, those mixes aren't necessarily cheap!
So, this momma figured out how to use my recipe mixes in
my cherub's Easy-Bake Oven!
That's right -- real cake and cookie mixes that actually taste good after they've
been cooked with a light bulb!

Here's what we do!
First, she begs me to get her Easy-Bake Oven down off of the shelf
and asks me if I have any number of mixes ready.
Usually, my first comment is "No." 
As in "No" to both of those questions!
Then I feel like I should be a better mom and I acquiesce and make
a mix up for her . . .usually Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
However, we've used a cake mix, a brownie mix, and
refrigerated cookie dough.

While I'm doing that she pre-heated the light bulb . . .
a good 15 minutes! 
(Hey, whomever invented this gadget is a genius!)
Really!

She sprays the little baking pans with Pam
and drops about 2 tsp. (maybe 2 1/2) of dough into the pan
and gently smooshes it down.
Not necessarily smooshing it "down" -- just pressing it down a bit so that the
dough doesn't scrape on the oven "door" as she's pushing in the pan.

After 8-10 minutes in the oven, her cookies are cooked to perfection.
Really!
It's kind of amazing!
We let them cool about 3 minutes on the grid, then flip the pan over and the
cookie falls right out!

We repeat the steps . . . not 'til all the dough is gone . . .
that'd take FOREVER!
But after about 6 or 8 cookies, she's had her fill of using the
Easy-Bake Oven.

Then I turn on the ginormous oven and cook a dozen cookies at a time!
Modern invention is so wonderful!

At the end of the day -- we all have a delicious chocolate chip cookie
AND
we've had fun making them!

**It goes without saying, this is NOT endorsed or encouraged by the Easy-Bake Oven Company.
If you're going to engage in such behavior, you'll need to do so at your risk --
understanding the over-filling your pan can cause spillage on the light-bulb
as well as inside the Easy-Bake Oven.
That can prove to be a real mess; one that's not easily cleaned!


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