Zoë has been talking for months about getting the Easy Bake ULTIMATE oven. When that “parents nightmare” aka the Toys R Us catalog came, she showed me the ULTIMATE OVEN (as Zoë says–she can’t be bothered to say Easy Bake)!! Five thousands times a day.  And I heard daily this refrain, “If I don’t get one for my birthday can I buy it with my own money?”  The Easy Bake ULTIMATE oven was the only thing she really asked for CONSTANTLY.

So, since my children aren’t at all spoiled, Zoë of course got the ULTIMATE oven from her Grandma and Grandpa.  She was super excited and of course wanted to make dessert in it last night for her family birthday dinner.   Well that wasn’t going to happen, I spent money on amazing, gourmet cupcakes.

So this morning for an appetizer before breakfast, we made pink sugar cookies with lemon icing.  I couldn’t bring myself to read the ingredients on the box (and they print them so small, so you can’t read them). So, imagine my surprise when I opened up the box and pour out the mixes–a bright pink and a neon yellow that do not occur in nature.

Each package gets mixed with either a teaspoon or a 1/2 teaspoon of water and mix.  Mix is used loosely here, considering how little there is to actually mix and the color just gets brighter as you “mix” it with the water.

After you “mix” the dough you have to roll it into little balls–the package makes 12 cookies.  Just as you might guess they are tiny, tiny, tiny cookies–smaller than a quarter it turns out.

The kids were super excited as we prepared to put the cookies in the oven.  I was still scared by their bright pink color–but a little artificial flavoring and coloring won’t kill the kids.  At least not today.

They watched the timer count down from 9:00 to zero in eager anticipation of the 12 bite-sized delights.  They agreed that they could each have 6 cookies each.  When the timer sounded, they squealed (as though they have never had cookies before).

Noah was lucky to have the job of taking the cookies out of the oven (which “it isn’t like a real oven mom–it doesn’t open).

We decided to put the weird yellowish lemon icing between 2 cookies to make little sandwiches. That was a big hit.

The kids consumed all of the cookies in a matter of seconds. Both kids quickly determining that they would need to also eat eggs for breakfast.

I have a feeling we’ll be doing a lot more baking in the Ultimate Oven. (Thanks Grandma Lori and Grandpa Mike).