Love Showers: Betty Crocker: Hero of the Day

Laura's crazy table...where all the baking happens.

We have a few days of freedom. So far that has consisted of hanging out with each other all day, every day. A couple movies have been thrown in there as well as a couple games of Cribbage {card game}. It’s sweet and precious goodness that has been steadily growing as our team delves into knowing each other more and more. Today we decided to add peanut butter cookies, no-bake cookies, and {Valentines!!} funfetti cupcakes to the goodness that’s already happening in our community. [thanks for the cake mix, mom].

It’s no secret that our team likes to bake, and by “baking” I really mean “making cookies”. Particularly us women. China doesn’t do sugar like America does. Ask any person who has spent some time in China: their cakes and pastry shops are terribly deceiving for the taste buds of Americans. What appears a delicious delicacy on the outside is really a luscious croissant stuffed with pork filling. Great thing we have awesome supporters who send us dozens (and I mean dozens) of cookie mixes and cookie-making ingredients (as things such as vanilla and chocolate chips are nowhere to be found in China.)

I thought that today I’d show you a glimpse of our baking skills in action so you can see what lengths we go through to get these delicious cookies.

Our oven is a trooper, only able to handle 6-9 cookies at a time, it's served us well in our cookie making endeavors. For hours on end it has slaved away at warming and heating fresh cookie dough and aiding in the chemical processes that turn them into edible delights and [literally] "tastes of home".