After reading about Blest’s version of CJ’s cookies, I decided to bake some yesterday. I had all the ingredients plus 2 bananas too ripe to eat raw, but not too ripe to toss.
The kids always say, “Yuck!” when I present them with a healthy version of their faves. But after reading Lady Laura’s mention of mindless eating, I decided that maybe the kids should help me make them so I could explain the ingedients and why I used them.
I announced we’re baking cookies, and you know they are game. Hands are washed, aprons donned, and we begin.
“Mom, where’s the eggs?”
“Mom, aren’t cha gonna put some sugar in there?”
I explained why those were out and what goes in their place. I even let them feel the difference between regular white flour and wheat and told why one was healthier than the other. I explained how the bananas sweeten the dough and make it stick together. They tasted each ingredient (even the baking soda - yuck!) before it went in. They decided we should put in both the cinnamon and the vanilla and chose walnuts instead of pecans. Finally, they pressed one chocolate morsel on top of each cookie.
The two littlest pulled up a stool and sat about a foot from the oven and counted to 720 (approximately 12 minutes 
) and giggled.
“These are going to be the best cookies ever!”
I moved the cookies to a cooling rack as the kids began to count to 600 for the cookies to cool.
We finally tried one. I bit into mine and loved it, but thought, “Uh-oh, they won’t like this, it’s not sweet enough!”
Then I heard, “Mmmmm! These ARE the best cookies ever!”
This is great! Think it would work on my husband? Can’t you picture this whole experiance with a grown man? How funny. I can win the kids over pretty easy with this kind of stuff, but not my sweet hubby. Oh well, I guess you can’t always win!!!
Comment by Nikki — June 15, 2007 @ 7:51 am
I am stilll amazed how nice these are as they have no sugar. Obviously the bananas have natural sugar whcih is why they work. so glad your kids enjoyed them.
Comment by Elly — June 15, 2007 @ 7:58 am
Nikki, I have other methods of mind control with my husband!
Mostly guilt.
Shame on me.
Comment by Missy — June 15, 2007 @ 8:21 am
Oh that is funny! My poor hubby has to learn to eat healthier. He is 28 and just had to go on high blood preasure meds. Poor baby. He isn’t even too over weight. I’ll have to try guilt.
Comment by Nikki — June 15, 2007 @ 2:04 pm