Katie's Baked Special

My cousin's daughter, Katie loves to bake. She learned to do it at school. But I couldn't quite figure out what she was baking...

me: Wow Katie, what are ya doing? Katie: I'm bakin'! me: Bakin'? What are you bakin'? Katie: I'm bakin' bakin! me: Bacon? Katie: yeah, bakin'! me: ? But what are you bakin'? Katie: I'm bakin' bakin'!! Me: You're baking bakin'? Katie: Yeah! Me: Ohh. (Katie rolls out the dough with her pint-sized rolling pin) Me: Well you seem very good at that. It looks hard. Katie: No... but sometimes, sommmeetimes, (as she pushes the rolling pin harder) It's a little... bit hard. But it's pretty easy. Me: I wish I could bake so well. Katie: You can!

Then Katie took some cookie cutters and made shapes of a lion, a monkey, chicks, a butterfly, ornaments, a snowman, and stars. She made the little ones for her baby cousin Peyton.

This is little baby Peyton. What a cutie!

Then Katie carefully poured little sprinkles over each one. Then her mom put it in the oven, and they came out nice and golden in just a few minutes. Then she sorted out the ones for Peyton and put them in a paper bag, and handed it to her.

Katie made a purple monkey for me. This "baking" sorta tasted like a sugared cracker. Not bad, for a 4-year old.