Chocolate, cheese, cookies, crackers, cars, campfire.
Did you notice all those words started with the letter c?  I’m sure you did…you are so smart.  It just so happens to be “C” week during our Alphabet Summer Series and I have seen my share of each one the things mentioned above during the last couple of days.
We just got back from “camping” in a beautiful cabin at Bear Lake known as the Caribbean of the Rockies.  How’s that for a cool vacation!?  And, while I’d like to say I totally planned “c week” all around our vacation, I have to be honest and say I just got lucky.
Lucky or not, I could go for some more vacation. Â But alas, all good things must come to an end but the “C” celebration doesn’t have to!
And now that we don’t have Grandma or Grandpa or cousins or aunts or uncles to entertain our children while we lay back in a lounge chair to veg it’s up to me. Â Again.
Cookies, or crackers as the case may be, are always a surefire way to beat the post vacation blues. Â Even for Mommy.
Last week we celebrated Letter T with Thunder Cake and be sure to visit Alphabet Summer Kits for a great guide on how to beat the summertime blues!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- In a medium bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg yolk and stir until combined.
- In a small bowl sift together the cocoa powder, cinnamon, salt, and flour.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until it forms a smooth dough.
- Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and on a floured surface roll the dough out to 1/4" thick.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out animals or shapes. Bake on a cookie sheet for 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely and decorate or eat plain.
Notes
Total time includes chilling time. Adapted from Mom and Me Cookbook by Annabel Karmel
Cute! I’ll have to make these with my kids – with school ending, we’re going to have plenty of time on our hands for baking projects!
Thanks Dara! Our summer is filling up fast so any free time we have is in the kitchen lately!
These are too cute! I love this whole Alphabet Summer thing!
Thanks Shawn! I’m loving the whole Summer Kid Lunches thing!
adorable!
Darn I miss you. And your cookies. Come see me in Utah.
So cute Krista!
Thanks Cassie! I want to find some cute little cookie cutters to make them really small next time. Any excuse to buy more cookie cutters!
So adorable! Do I have to be a kid to enjoy these?
Oh my heck…no way! The only requirement is you are a kid at heart!
These are just delightful! Sounds like a great vacation
It was such a great vacation! Thank you so much!
Your chocolate animal cracker are so much fun, love the sweet photo with the little hand;-)
Thanks Patty! After I got that photo they all swarmed like a herd of ravenous wolves. The cookies didn’t stand a chance!
These are such cute crackers! Perfect for kids or adults!
Thanks Laura! I still have some dough in the fridge and I can’t wait to roll them out again. And this time they are just for me!
I’m now singing “C is for cookie, and that is good for me!” My kids will love this (and I will too!).
And now I’m singing “C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me!” Ha! As long as that means I get a cookie I’ll sing that song all day long!
My kids will be thrilled if I ask them if they want to make this with me.
What a great recipe, Krista! This will be one of the summer projects! Pinned!
Thanks so much Nami! Enjoy!
You are so cute. I feel like I am in an episode of sesame street! Yummy crackers!
Sesame Street…exactly! It may need to be c week all summer!
What a cute idea! And they are chocolate, so can you really go wrong?!
Thanks Erin! And yes. Chocolate, you really can’t go wrong!
I thought those C’s were monkey tails!
now I need a monkey cookie cutter…
I love this recipe – next time I want cut out cookies I am making this one.
Hilarious! Now I want a monkey cookie cutter. I loved this recipe. I can’t wait to play around with it and try some different flours.
hee : http://www.amazon.com/MONKEY-Cookie-Cutter-B1254X/dp/B0054YPXXQ/ref=pd_sim_sbs_k_2
Oh my goodness…totally love!!!!
What a great idea! Love these and even though I don’t have kids, I would make a “grown up version”. Nicely done!
Cool! We have one more thing to add to our summer baking project! Have a good weekend, K!
great post and recipe, love that you are doing the letters with your kiddos!
This will be a nice starter project with my kids this summer. Delicious!
Tiffany would have so much fun helping me make these crackers. They are so cute!
How fun! Such a great idea for the summer with the kids.