Procrastibaking: Dinosaurs Go RAWR!!

One of my dear friends is ever so lucky and has decided to become a teacher. This means that as part of her degree she has to learn how to teach kids things in a fun and entertaining manner. That's where I come in. Her assignment was to do with dinosaurs, something to do with activities that will engage and interest kids and teach them stuff at the same time. So she decided that as one of their tasks the kids were going to ice dinosaur shaped cookies. Now guess who was responsible for making those cookies, that's right... ME! I didn't go with a traditional cookie-cutter recipe, simply because they never taste any good. Instead I went with M&M cookies and decided to see what happens. We all know that kids love bright colours, so I thought this was a great idea at the time. I didn't really make any alterations to the original recipe but you should still check it out here.

Ingredients:
2 cups plain flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter (NOTE: I always use unsalted butter, it's better if you season to taste)
2/3 cup white sugar
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup M&M's

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180degrees C and line two baking trays with baking paper.

Step 2: Beat the butter and sugars with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (2-3mins). Add the egg and egg yolk, beat until well combined. Remember to scrape the sides of the bowl as you go. Beat in the vanilla extract.

The mess that is created when you add eggs.

Step 3: Next we add the flour and mix away until it is all incorporated, remembering to scrape the sides of

the bowl so it all comes together.

Check out how nicely it all mixes together, means we're up to the fun part. :)

Step 4: Spread out a heap on your tray, really just as big as your cookie cutter, press you cookie cutter firmly into the dough, remove the access and repeat. Repeat this basically until you're out of dough. You don't have to make this with cookie cutters. You can just place balls onto the tray and flatten them if you're going for the traditional approach. I did this as well and it really doesn't matter, they taster just as good.

Step 5: The most IMPORTANT part, basically the 'hero' of your dish. Your cookies should all be prepared on your trays and now you want to place the M&M's on them. You can make patterns, draw a face or just go with a random placement. It doesn't matter how you do this, it's really as you see fit.