Disaster Averted

Last Thursday the middle kidlets came home from school.  It was a teaching day for me, and the choices for snacking around here were not great.  The Banana asked if she could make cookies.  I said that I wouldn’t be able to help her because I was about to start teaching students.  She adamantly protested that she would be able to do it on her own.  I asked if she had a recipe in mind.  She did.  She also mentioned that if she started right away most of the mixing would be done before my students even got started.  I said, “OK!” She zipped off to the kitchen.

After a few minutes she came into the piano room carrying a measuring cup.  “Mom, how do you measure 21 fourth cups?”

“Are you actually using a recipe?”  I asked suspiciously.

“Yes!” She declared irritably.

“Can I SEE your recipe?”

She brought the recipe in.  “See, right here on the top.  21 fourth cups of flour, right here on the chocolate chip bag.”

Oh!  2 1/4 cups!  That made a lot more sense.  I steered her in the right direction and a cookie disaster was averted.  She had a great time making the cookies on her own, and shared them with her siblings.  She also took a few plates of cookies to school to give to her teachers.