Monkeys in my Kitchen
Yes, from the Princess to the Taster, to the apprentice(s), we had a kitchen full of monkeys. So, that makes me the zookeeper, I suppose. (grin)
Madi and Maci, the Apprentice Monkeys, spent the night last night while their parents attended a retirement party for one of the local corrections officers. Bud and Makayla came to see them and help make supper.
The Monkey Princess decided to make elephant ears because everyone loves them. She dug out my fancy deep fryer (grin) and started:
She sprinkled them with sugar and cinnamon and her brother acted as official Tasting Monkey:
Apprentice Monkey Maci rolled out pizza dough:
While her sister, Apprentice Monkey Madi watched the pizza so it didn't burn:
And showed off her own personal creation, LOL. All the kids made their own pizzas, hers had...well....cheese. Lots and lots of cheese.
Bud and Makayla had to go home, and it was bedtime, but I promised brownies the next day. So, up at 7:30 am and after macaroni and cheese and some bacon (yeah, really) for breakfast, we started on the brownies.
We baked them, then crumbled them up and rolled them into balls, which we froze. When they were good and cold, we dipped them into vanilla candy melts and made snowmen. A sprinkle of coarse sugar served as "snow".
And of course, the leftover black frosting had to be eaten.....
The Monkeys have all gone home and the zoo is quiet. For now.
Annie
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