C is for cook the damn cookie.... and that's good enough for me!

Well if you're reading this post, go back and read other ones.

Today I shift from politics to cookies. A short rant, yes rant, on cookie ads and what they represent.

I keep seeing these Nestle ads where a mom and her child are "cooking" these ready to bake cookies. The mom unwraps the package, and the kid takes out the prepared pre-cut cookie piece and places it on the baking pan. Then its put in the oven and they're ready to eat!

I have no problem with the quick cookies myself, if you need that fresh cookie fix, you can do no better. But I do think the way they are presented in the ads is stupid.

The mom and child are doing something together, like the old days, baking cookies, the simple joys of life! Too bad it requires about 1 minute of work and then you just wait to get the delicious yet unhealthy cookies to eat. If you want to use cookie baking as a time to bond with your child and teach them something, make them from as close to scratch as possible. Sure we won't be churning butter and grinding flour anytime soon, but at least lets get messy and mix it all in a bowl. Then put lopsided dough balls onto the pan, and then use the rest to make one giant cookie.

Making them is half the fun, make that kid work for the cookie! Let them come up with new ingredients to add, and just remember to doublecheck you're not eating some sort of ketchup-chocolate chip- walnut cookie. old man rant ehh...