We made cookies. Oh, the cookies we made! Probably at least 3 dozen.
It was to my surprise and elation that all the 7th graders in attendance were able to bake, do dishes, and clean up the kitchen with minimal help, creating nigh-perfect cookies and leaving no mess behind.
The day began with a note written on the classroom board, "Laßt eure Sachen hier und wir treffen uns in der Küche." What waited in the kitchen area was a table with a heavy-duty mixer, cookie sheets, my wife's mobile baking kit (spatulas, scales, cups, measuring spoons...) and a bunch of ingredients.
The kids divided up their labor: some read the recipe steps, some stirred dry ingredients or manned the mixer, divvied out the different chips into bowls, watched the oven and set timers, did dishes, swept the floors...
I'd brought a few different kinds of chips so they could choose what they wanted. We ended up having cookies with caramel-filled chocolate chips.
By the time it was done, we'd been eating fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies for over an hour and so felt generous (and full) enough to start giving them away to parent volunteers, teachers, and some fellow students who helped us clean.
We then had the play rehearsal and singing practice. I'm in the play as the Wirt (Innkeeper) if you're coming tomorrow, so be sure to cheer extremely loudly when I take the stage for all of 40 seconds.
Frohe Weihnachten, and see you in a few weeks.
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