Cooking with Kids

Summer vacation leaves many school-age children with hours of nothing to do.

Summer vacation leaves many school-age children with hours of nothing to do. Why not bring them in the kitchen and enlist their help in making some tasty treats for the family?

Theresa Slemp of Afton, Tenn., sent us her recipe for Molasses Cookies. “I’ve always been fascinated with my family history and cooking, and combining the two just seemed natural. This is my great-grandmother’s recipe,” she says. “The cookies have an old-fashioned flavor that reminds me of sitting in my grandmother’s kitchen.”

Your kids can help you drop dough onto the baking sheets and slightly flatten the dough with the bottom of a glass before sliding the cookies into the oven.

Gwen Swanson of Pukwana, S.D., prepares her Nutty Apple Dip for her grandchildren. “This recipe makes a quick and healthful appetizer. It’s a fun change of pace,” she says. Kids will enjoy stirring peanuts into the cream cheese mixture, but most of all, they’ll love dunking apple slices into the nutty dip and tasting the results of their work.

As always, American Profile looks forward to receiving your recipes and sharing them with our millions of readers across the nation. To submit a recipe of your own, send it, along with the story behind it and a color photograph of yourself, to: Hometown Recipes, American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067. Please note that recipes and photos will not be returned.

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