Recipe Jam: Super Easy Butter Cookies

These yummy cookies are a holiday favorite in my family.  My Meme used to make them every year when I was a little girl and their buttery goodness brings back such warm memories.  These super easy cookies are a perfect activity for you and your little one.  Sprinkle red and green sugar on top and make a cute holiday treat!

50 Butter Cookies

1 lb Butter

4 ½ c. Flour

2 c. confectioner sugar

2 Tsp Vanilla

Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 mins.

*add ins- walnuts, pecans, M&Ms, chocolate chips, butterscotch

Alphabet Jam: Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

U is for Udon Noodles!!!  Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. 
For PC:  Right click on the image below and select "Print Picture". 
For Mac: Right click on the image below and select "Open in New Window".  Click on the image to zoom out. Then print. 
Happy Hunting!!!!

Recipe Jam: Grandma Brown's Fruit Cookies

A couple of weeks ago, while I attended a NAEYC conference in Orlando, FL, my son had a much anticipated visit with Grandma.  Every time he goes to Grandma's house, they have daily baking or cooking activities.  On this last visit, they made fruit cookies, a sugar free, bite-sized cookie that my son fell in love with.

Earlier this week, I made a fresh batch of yummy peanut butter cookies (my husband's favorite).  I tried to give my son one of the delicious sugar-filled cookies and he tasted it and said, " No, I want Grandma's cookies."  Wow!!  I emailed Grandma, she sent the recipe, and last night we made these delightfully EASY fruit cookies.  He gobbled them up!!!

Grandma Brown's Fruit Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

11/2 CUPS APPLE SAUCE 

1 3/4 CUPS QUICK OATS

1 1/2 CUPS CHOPPED DRIED FRUIT

3/4 CUP CHOPPED NUTS

1/4 CUP WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR

1/2 TEASPOON SALT

1 TEASPOON VANILLA

DIRECTIONS:

MIX WET AND DRY INGREDIENTS SEPARATELY.THEN COMBINE,STIRRING ONLY ENOUGH TO MOISTEN OATS.

FORM INTO BITE-SIZED COOKIES AND PLACE ON OILED COOKIE SHEET.

BAKE 350 FOR 30-35 MINUTES.

YIELD 28 COOKIES.

ENJOY!

Alphabet Jam: Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

T is for Tomato!!!  Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

A Veterans Day Poem

Veterans Day

by Cheryl Dyson

On Veterans Day we honor all,

Who answered to a service call. 

Soldiers young, and soldiers old,

Fought for freedom, brave and bold.

Some have lived, while others died,

And all of them deserve our pride.

We’re proud of all the soldiers who,

Kept thinking of red, white and blue.

They fought for us and all our rights,

They fought through many days and nights.

And though we may not know each name,

We thank ALL veterans just the same.

Happy Veterans Day!!!!!

Request from the First Lady: Holiday Cards from Military Children!

This is a wonderful opportunity and a great activity for you and your little ones!!!!


The First Lady is asking military children from around the globe for some personal contributions to the finishing touches on the White House decorations this holiday season. The request is for military children to submit 5x8" handmade holiday cards with words of appreciation for their military parents, as well as pictures and drawings. The White House will display as many of the cards as possible.

Participants are asked to send holiday cards to the following address along with information from where they are sending it by November 16, 2011:

Reservation 1
Attn: Social Office
PO Box 8070
Washington DC, 20032

Recipe Jam: Chocolate & Peanut Butter Acorns

Chocolate & Peanut Butter Acorns

Looking for the perfect Fall activity for you and your little one?!?!?!  Chocolate and Peanut Butter!!!  Need I say more?  These are a perfect project for tiny fingers!

- Melt 1/2 bag of Mini-Chips {5 second interval in the microwave, stirring really good each time}
- Dip the flat end of the Hershey's Kiss into melted chocolate and top with a bite-size NutterButter.
- Dip the flat end of a Mini-Chip into the melted chocolate and stick it to the NutterButter.

If your child has a peanut allergy, substitute the NutterButter for a Ritz Bitz!

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