I divided the dough in roughly 1/4 and 3/4 and added cocoa to the smaller portion. I then added the needed flour, as she suggests, 1 Tablespoon at a time and ended up adding 2 1/2 Tablespoons or a rounded 1/8 cup to the smaller cocoa portion. I then added red coloring to the larger portion of dough and began adding flour, 1 Tablespoon at a time. I ended adding 6 Tablespoons or 3/8 of a cup.
If you are not making the ladybug cookies and making the whole batch instead of dividing it, I would add 2 1/2 cups of flour instead of 2 cups.
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| Adding Ladybugs to the Garden Mural January 2008 |
We had already learned all about ladybugs when we made our garden mural a few years ago, including their life cycle, symmetrical bodies and their feeding on aphids.
originally posted 6/16/11


Oh, I must make some of these. Amazing what children can learn whilst eating cookies!
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ReplyDeleteI love the cookies!
ReplyDeleteCute cookies! I've heard Leah's recipe is wonderful. I love to bake and wish my cookies looked remotely like what I intended them to look like...
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to the Summertime Fun Party!
oooh! Colton, my little guy, is soooo into lady bug toys! (no idea why?!) I bet he would love this! I know he's practically a baby, but this looks like fun! :)
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