Part baking project and part bonding activity, these sibling handprint cookies are absolutely adorable. I can think of no better way to spend these cozy days of social distancing than creating strong memories for the kids, despite the scary news in the outside world.

So first things first, we needed cookie dough! I knew the dough needed to chill for a while, so whipped up a batch first thing in the morning.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup Earth Balance butter
• 2 Ener-G eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla almond milk
• 2 and 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Cream together the sugar, butter, Ener-G eggs, and almond milk in a stand mixer. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, mixing at low speed just until combined.
2. Gather the dough into a ball and chill for at least 3 hours.

When it was time to make the cookies, I sat Veronika in her high chair with one portion of dough, and Travis stood at the counter to help me roll out the rest.

Press a child’s hand to the dough and trace with a butter knife.

Travis was able to hold his hand still for a realistic approximation on his cookie. I had to use a little more creative license with wiggly toddler Veronika, as expected! Then we gathered the scraps and re-rolled the dough for heart and star cookie cutter shapes.

As a sweet touch, they pressed their thumbprints into a few cookies.

Let the kids decorate them however they want!

I stepped back and let them choose, which meant our cookies had a cinnamon-sugar sprinkle and Dandies marshmallows in the center.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 8 minutes, until lightly browned.

Then half the fun is eating them of course!