I am an adult who takes piano lesson. I play one of the pieces that I have been working on all year at the end of term recital. I am also the person in the family who is responsible for providing a dozen cookies to share with fellow students and members of the audience. I like to cook and this year I was especially happy for an excuse to make cookies. For my contribution to refreshments, I made miniature cookies using the instructions in a book called tiny treats by American Girl.

I followed the book’s directions for peanut butter kiss cookies. The chocolate in the middle of the cookie is a chocolate chip rather than a chocolate kiss. I invented two other types of cookies. I followed the peanut butter cookie directions for cookie size, cooking time, and oven temperature. I used a different cookie dough and got a slightly larger cookie.

Here is another picture of the cookies. I have added a tea cup to help show the scale of the cookies.

I added Florabunda and her tea cup to the last picture. The cookies are a good size for eighteen inch dolls, but a little large for Florabunda.

Tiny treats is a delightful book. It has plenty of ideas for miniaturizing food. A child can make some of the things in the book without help. Sometimes an adult will need to help make the treats. Occasionally an adult (like me) can even make something in the book without a child around. Someday I hope to make the book’s tiny Oreo cake, but I will probably need a child’s help to do that.

sherralyn New Things Accessories for eighteen inch dolls