Fun Cooking Project with Kids: Halloween Cookies

Last year, we volunteered to make cookies to the kids. The girls helped me decorating with dried fruits & sunflower seeds



I made 3 different cookie doughs.
Lemony sugar cookie from Whole Foods recipe
Icebox cookies from Martha Stewart site
chocolate icebox cookies also from Martha Stewart

I rolled the dough into 2 inches diameter cylinder, and wrapped them in parchment paper, twist the end like candy.
When it was ready to bake, just slice the dough 1/4 inches thick, and lay them on parchment paper for the girls to decorate. It was a lot of fun and easy, faster than using cookie cuter.

We even made a princess cookie (shown in middle), and birthday cookie (she ate them before I could take a picture)

Holidays at Embarcadero Center

Coming up tomorrow Friday November 20, 2009 at Embarcadero Center in San Francisco... it's their annual Holiday lighting ceremony

Embarcadero Center
San Francisco
Friday, Nov 20, 2009
FREE

• Ice Show and Building Lighting
• Disney on Ice, ice skating performance at the largest skating rink in SF
  
• visit from Santa
  
• Winter Carnival
• (carnival games, interactive arts and crafts making booths, card making, balloon twisters, musical performances
• free food and live entertainment, and coupons from vendors
  
• PLUS four (4) hours of FREE parking from 4:00 PM. (that's right, FREE parking in San Francisco!)
  

While you're there, check out Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby area too for their tall Christmas tree , Snow village collection and lots of Christmas light decoration.