Baptism Bonanza

"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." -Don Corleone, The Godfather. My brother was made the Godfather of our daughter on Sunday. With our families gathered together for the 4th of July holiday it becomes a great time for a baptism. I made the food for the baptism, which was a variety of meatballs or meatless balls. A local grocery store made a tiered cake, and the boys helped make a special dessert.

I wanted to make whoopie pies, but that seemed very involved. I came up with my own version that would fit with a little girls baptism and the boys could make easily. I took 2 Chips Ahoy chewy cookies and spread them each with pink frosting. I mushed the two cookies together so the frosting oozed out. Then it was rolled in pink sprinkles. I made the first one and showed the boys how to do it.

I gave each boy a plate with pink frosting on it, a plate with sprinkles, a butter knife, and two cookies. After washing their hands I explained that they couldn't lick or eat anything until everything was finished. They frosted the cookies and added sprinkles anywhere there was frosting. After the pink cookies were made they made their own designs with triple decker cookies, different colored sprinkles, and frosting on the top of the pies. They also got to have their cookie treat after the hard work was done.