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Friday, April 11, 2008

How to Buy Cookie Dough from Preschool

So much learning happens in preschool and that's just for the parents. If I look back at my older son's (OS) almost two years of preschool, I realize that I've come a long way, learning appropriate parental attire for the open house, how to spy on my child from the parking lot, appropriate birthday party etiquette, what gifts to give teachers, and of course the rules around preschool Valentine's Day parties. Forgot knowing letters, numbers and colors, learning the whole social system of preschool is education in and of itself!

Yesterday I learned the most important lesson of all. This is really big so you might want to get a pen and paper. Way important, right? Don't worry, I will explain why it is so important.

When OS was a baby, one of the playgroup hostesses bought a tub of cookie dough from a neighbor's kid as part of a school fundraiser. The cookies were pretty good. Based on that recollection, I decided to participate this year when OS's preschool did the cookie dough fundraiser. We really haven't done very much with fundraisers, and, if it's a choice between buying wrapping paper or cookie dough...well...that's not a hard choice for me. The order form had a list of different types of cookie dough., but the most important choice was whether to get break away cookies or a tub of cookie dough. I chose the tub of cookie dough of course. This was my type of baking. I immediately conjured images of my boys lovingly scooping out balls of dough together. I would ruffle their hair and the three of us would laugh just because we were all so happy. I even had images of us using cookie cutters to cut the cookies into fun shapes. Yeah, I don't know where I was going with that one; Reese's Peanut Butter Cup cookies probably don't mold into elephants too well. Frequent readers will be surprised to learn that there was no fireplace in this vision; it is April after all!

I was surprised when I picked OS up from school because there were boxes and boxes of break away cookie dough but only a few scattered boxes of the tubs. That should have been a sign right there. We picked up our cookie dough and, since I have been trying to eat better, particularly since my first triathlon is around the corner, I did the reasonable thing and suggested bringing the cookie dough to a playdate that had been planned for the next day. The kids were excited to make cookies. However, as soon as we let them start scooping out the dough, we realized the break away cookies would have been better.

First of all, one metal spoon snapped, even though I could have sworn the dough was completely defrosted. Second, the kids all wanted to scoop at the same time. Third, the older kids were better at scooping the dough than the little kids. As a result, my younger son's cookies were tiny. Of course, he got bent out of shape when I tried to make them bigger. It seemed like a no win situation. No one would have wanted the microscopic cookies when they burned, and OS would have been the first one to want one of the bigger cookies...made by one of the older kids. In fact, once the cookies were baked, the kids all argued over who got the bigger cookies. Break away cookies are all the same size. The other mom and I looked at each other and at the same time said "break away cookies." Then we prepared several cookies for ourselves on a separate cookie sheet. Hey, I saw how the kids cookies were handled!

The cookies were still delicious. Like anything else, with YS I'll be better prepared.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Buy break-away-cookies for the school fundraiser not the tubs of cookie dough.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 8:37 PM   4 comments
4 Comments:

  • At 4/12/2008 2:20 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Oh, I love tubs of cookie dough. When my sister was the director of a child care program, Husband and I bought at least two tubs per sale season. Then Dana would drive them to my parents' house in Chicago from where she lives in Iowa, and the next time I was in town, I'd bring them back to NYC on the plane with me. By the time I got home, the dough usually defrosted, but we'd re-freeze it, and the cookies baked weird. Still, they were super delicious to eat!

     

  • At 4/12/2008 5:53 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    Breakaway. Totally.

     

  • At 4/13/2008 12:38 PM, Blogger Goofball said…

    breakaway cookie dough?
    tubs of cookie dough?

    I have no clue what you're talking about. I don't live in a cookie baking culture I think.

     

  • At 4/15/2008 8:14 AM, Blogger All Things BD said…

    I once bought a tub of cookie dough from my daughter's school, and when we opened it, they were in individual discs. I was actually disappointed not to be able to scoop, but I guess I should count myself lucky.

    Found your blog through New England Mamas, btw.

     
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