A Christian Woman Thinks (And It's Dangerous)

Easy Does It

Last night I spent about 20 minutes making a new entry for the blog on the new Easy Bake Oven (the Real Meal Oven) my daughter Natalie got for Christmas. Then my hand rolled over the little roller at the top of my Mac mouse, and away my entry went (this back spaces your web pages, and when you come back to where you were the entry is gone). Yikes! I didn't have the heart to start over. So tonight I think I'll type it all up first, then add my photos, as I have many to share and that's what took so long. Here goes!

DD2, Natalie, had "Essy Bake" on her Christmas wish list (spelled just like that, too). Imagine my groanings to find it on her list. We just got rid of two of those light-bulb ovens from DD1, one of which was never opened because we had two of them. Imagine my delight, then, to find the new Real Meal Oven at the toy store. This oven boasts "no more light bulb" and is run by electricity. It also features some neat packets of food stuffs besides the usual cake: mac & cheese, pretzels, nachos & cheese dip, pizza... take your pick.

Since Natalie was craving a pretzel from the mall (you know, those big, buttery ones at the stands in the mall), we decided to crack open the new Real Meal Oven and the pretzel mix that came with it. It came with three packets, one the pretzel dough, one with some kind of glaze that makes the dough bake up dark brown, and one with the salt. We plugged the oven in (it takes 15 minutes to heat up!). Then Natalie got to work making her teeny, tiny pretzels, and put each in a teeny, tiny circular pan (the ones you use for the little cakes). We baked them for 18 minutes... and out they came. On the way out Natalie learned an important lesson: you don't touch hot pans with your bare hands! You'll see a photo of her dousing her finger in cold water in the faucet. We also learned another lesson: you need to put the glaze everywhere, or they come out a light doughy color.

Were they good? Natalie served them up for herself and DD1, Joy. Joy proclaimed them a thumbs up. Daddy and gramma? Well, they kind of screwed up their eyes and tried the pretzel. Both had the same reaction. Not your mall-style pretzel, but it still made someone really happy to bake them herself. What shall we try next?



In they go....



Ouch! But still smiling...



Looking good....



Serving up a feast....



Thumbs up from critic #1....



Daddy gives them a "two eyebrows scrunched up..."



Gramma gives 'em the same....



But someone was very happy. How do you like that smile?

The pictures are great!

{ 12:08, Sunday, December 31, 2006 } { Posted by Pattisea }

I miss the days when my DD liked her easy bake.

I was just curious: Why "A Christian woman thinks and it's dangerous? I feel like I am missing out on a good joke LOL

Love your blog pages!

Patti

PS: I used to love David Bowie (Major Tom reminded me of the days...).

How do you like that smile?

{ 12:35, Sunday, December 31, 2006 } { Posted by Musketman }

That is a million dollar smile if I ever seen one...

Those easy bake ovens sure came a long way from the "boxed shaped" toy ovens of the '60's, didn't they?
They almost look like modern microwaves, the only thing that resembles my sister's is the push/lift utensil and the pans...

Easy Bake Oven History
http://www.hasbro.com/easybake/pl/page.timeline/dn/default.cfm