The Country Crock® “So Much Good Happens When We Bake” campaign celebrates family togetherness in the kitchen and around the dinner table. We actually do a lot of baking as a family- every Saturday morning, we make pancakes “from scrap” as the kids say. The kids love to bake- breads, biscuits, cookies, muffins, cakes… they love helping and they love creating. We consider ourselves pretty lucky that they do enjoy being part of the cooking and baking process- and it truly is a wonderful way to bond and connect with one another. Time spent in the kitchen is more about than just making cookies (or anything), it’s about the time we get as a family and the values we can share – such as patience, togetherness and sharing. These are values inherent to the Country Crock® brand.
One of the best things we’ve ever been blessed to receive since I started this blog was this bunny head cookie cutter. It may look like just a cookie cutter to you, but our friends at Country Crock sent a bunny drawing my 5 year old did off to a 3d printer and included this amazing little cookie cutter from her drawing. I can’t even tell you how much I want to make these for friends and family with kids’ artwork. Not even just my own. Her little face when she saw that cutter was simply amazing.
She is over the moon. When I was away for work this weekend, my husband sent me this photo of her cookie creations with her cutter!
You can make your favorite family recipes – and discover new ones – with Country Crock®.
Country Crock® is a versatile buttery spread that makes home-baked cookies chewy and delicious, and can be used in the kitchen whether you’re cooking, baking, sautéing or topping your favorite dishes. Visit www.CountryCrock.com/recipes for recipes and meal inspiration. Country Crock® has less saturated fat than butter and contain 0g trans fat per serving, no cholesterol and no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHVO).
Country Crock® knows so much good happens when families bake together, and that’s why they brought a unique, family-fun opportunity to the NYC Tri-State area to surprise moms just in time for Mother’s Day with special cookie cutters created by their special kitchen helpers … their kids! The cookie cutters were created on-site by a 3-D printer, and inspired by the drawings kids created while at the store. The families were able to take their one-of-a-kind cookie cutter home to create even more special memories together.(http://www.unileversweepsrules.com/countrycrockbaking)
With the help of a friendly grocery store, Country Crock was able to share with unsuspecting families the good that happens, when we bake. All that was needed were a few colored pencils, the modern magic of a 3D printer, and the reminder that watching a child’s imagination come to life is one of the special joys of baking together. Don’t miss the original film in the #WhenWeBake series at WhenWeBake.com.
One reader will win a Country Crock #WhenWeBake prize pack valued at $200 to enjoy some baking time with their own family!
This post has been sponsored by Country Crock®, but all thoughts are our own.
Sand says
I remember baking. Cookies as a child and we put in way too much salt. They were terrible!
Vikki Billings says
My fondest memory was baking pies for with my grandmother for Thanksgiving dinner, I miss her and baking with her.
Trisha McKee says
I love when my kids have friends over and i can cook for everyone and the girls bake later. The kitchen always smells of great food and is full of love and memories.
Beverly Metcalf says
I remember cooking with my mother when I was little. She was a wonderful cook and baked something almost every day. We had homemade donuts or rolls or cake or pies and they were all delicious. I still love to cook and now my granddaughter is 9 and learning to cook, too. Thanks for having this contest.
Susan Smith says
My kids and I bake goodies for our neighbors and family members every holiday season
Breanne says
When I was younger I liked baking sugar cookies with my grandma.
Kathryn Mcneal says
I learned how to bake apple pies when I little with my dad, he made sure i never cut my thumb off
Laura Emerson says
I loved cooking with my grandmother growing up. She had a old wood stove and I loved the smell of baking bread and cookies mixed with the smell of the wood.
Lauren says
We bake for our neighbors during the holidays.
Kayte CookWatts says
I remember my Gram teaching me how to make her famous orange muffins. Even though I follow the instructions exactly, something magical happens when she makes them.
Tina Reynolds says
I remember as a kid going to stay at my grandparents and my brother cousins and I helping grandpa makea huge breakfast on saturday morning
Annette says
Every year during blackberry season, my neighbor and I would pick buckets and buckets of berries; were around 9 or 10 years old. Then my mother would help us make pies. We did all the mixing, but mom rolled out the dough. Those were the best pies and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Oh and we’re still good friends almost 40 years later.
Stephanie Galbraith says
We love baking together as a family. We made some amazing peppermint cheesecakes the last time we baked.
Peggy Rydzewski says
My 3 year old grand daughter just started liking to help. She is so cute when she pulls her stool over and asks to help.
Mary Cloud says
I’d always help my Grandma with her baking and cooking when I was younger – she’d always have something special for me to do like mixing the batter
laurie murley says
I use to bake cookies with my mom and loved it so much
Shay says
One year my sister and I were baking oatmeal cookies to send to a friend for the holidays. We followed a previously tested recipe, but this time when we pulled them out they had turned into what looked like thin oatmeal cookie pancakes. They spread way too much. We were confused until I noticed that on the packaging of one of the products we used they had recently changed their formula. I went online and found that a ton of people had the same issue when using that newly formulated product so we didn’t feel bad about our fail. At least they still tasted fine. #WhenWeBake
Susan Chester says
When me and my sister were little my mom would explain how to cook in the voice of Julia Child. Such fun memories!
Stephanie Larison says
I remember baking Christmas cookies with my mom growing up, I loved it! I’m now carrying on the tradition with my own girls. #WhenWeBake
nannypanpan says
one of my ffavorite memories was of my son making brownies with me for the first time, and then him being so proud to serve them
Rachel Travis says
My husband is the cook in our family, and it really is an act of love!!
Lisa Garner says
My grandma was an amazing cook and I remember holidays filled with so many of her delicious foods. When she passed away my mother inherited her beloved recipe tin. Each year my mother and I would go through that tin every holiday picking out our favorite recipes written in my grandma’s handwriting and my mother taught me how to make each one. Now that I am grown I have inherited the treasured recipe tin and each holiday I spend special time with my children teaching them how to bake those special recipes. We share memories old and new and the recipes never fail to taste wonderful, almost as great as I remember my grandma making them. #WhenWeBake
Rebecca Lock says
My teenagers decorate cookies with me every year during the week before Christmas.
Brittney House says
My mother and I like to have baking competitions and have our family members try out our experiments.
Lisa V. says
For as long as I can remember, me and my mom used to make Christmas cookies together.
Laura J says
One memory we have, is last year we did our first container garden! We had so much fun, and my grandson loved to come out every day and help me pick vegetables and water them. When our peppers were ready, we went out and I had him pick our peppers, we went inside and cleaned them out and made spaghetti rice in them. We had so much fun after growing them ourselves….and it tasted so good! We are so excited to start our garden up again soon!
Roblyn Honeysucker says
My kids bake goodies for the neighborhood every holiday season.
Jackie says
When my daughters were little, they use to like to help me bake chocolate chip cookies. Of course, once the bag of chips was open, half the chips went into the cookies, and half right into their mouths.
Theresa Smith says
My five year old granddaughter and I bake together all the time. She loves being in the kitchen and baking stuff. She likes making chocolate chip cookies and brownies very much.
Rosanne says
just baked chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with my grandson with belated Easter egg paper cups
D Schmidt says
My favorite was definitely my Mother passing on the recipe for a German friendship cake and sharing her own childhood baking recipes.
Cheryl Larimer says
When I was a pre-teen, I learned to bake kolaches with my grandmother on her old wood stove. Now in my mid-50’s, my mother passed the family poppy seed grinder on to me. I took a local baking class and am making them kolaches again and it brings back memories of our time together.
Erica B. says
I like baking holiday cookies.
Michelle Plummer says
I remember baking with my grandma as a child.
Kim Keithline says
I loved making pizelli’s with my grandfather he taught me how to make them and now I still have his pizelli maker and every time I make them I think of him
sandra davis says
I remember baking for special holidays with my Mom. It was such a great bonding time. My Mom is not longer with me but I will always have those special memories.
Amanda Alvarado says
I remember baking sugar press cookies with my sister and dad for Christmas. I loved picking out which shape to make next and adding the sprinkles on them when they came out of the oven!
Jessamine D. says
My mom took cooking and baking lessons when she was younger so when we’re growing up, we used to help her bake these delicious brownies, banana pies, homemade chocolate chip cookies, etc. during weekends. 🙂
Debbi Wellenstein says
My favorite baking memory is my sister and I trailing behind our grandmother when she made her wonderful apple pie, to see if we could figure out how she did it!
Paol Trenny says
Growing up in a family of fifteen, everyone had to learn how to bake and cook in my family. When I was younger I use to beg my mother to help her in the kitchen. So she asked me to pour her one cup of flour to make a cake. I accidentally poured the cup of flour all over the floor. That was my first baking memory.
nickie says
My son and I cook chocolate chip cookies sometimes on the weekend. He loves to flatten the dough.
Ashley C says
At christmas time my mom and I used to always bake cookies/sweet treats for friends/family/neighbors. I cherish that time I spent with my mom! #whenwebake
Jody says
My favorite baking memories always include my kids, even if it is lopsided cupcakes, or cookies with burnt edges. There is nothing like being in the kitchen with the littles.
Christie L says
My mom and I love to bake at Christmas time. We have many different cookie recipes that we have been making since I was little. They are recipes that have been passed down from my grandma and great grandma. It does not seem like Christmas to me until we have our day of baking.
Cynthia C says
I remember being upset with my brother for putting too many sprinkles on holiday cookies and making them “ugly.”
Renee says
A favorite memory is decorating Christmas cookies with my 3 kids. My daughter was covered in flour and frosting, but still proudly held up a cookie when I wanted to take a picture.
Trisha Burgess says
My favorite baking memory was when I was little every Friday night we would have homemade pizza. We were allowed to pick our own toppings and we each made our own. I loved being in the kitchen whenever I was allowed!
Peggy Johnson says
My favorite baking memory was the first time my 3 year daughter helped me mix, bake and decorate cookies…we had so much fun!
Jennifer W says
I was one of five kids, so holiday baking time was always a flurry of activity! Prize jobs were things like unwrapping the kisses for peanutbutter blossoms 🙂
shelly peterson says
I remember when I was younger always looking forward to Holiday baking at my aunts house. I still bake some of the same cookies we did back then with my kids, they have become a family tradition
Katherine says
My girls and I bake lots of cookies at Christmas and then deliver to family friends and neighbors
Denise S says
My kids love making sugar cookie cutouts for Christmas and Halloween just like I did as a kid.
Sara Zielinski says
I love baking christmas cookies for the holiday season, we do it every year as a family and its so much fun.
Rust says
Some of my best memories are of teaching my kids to cook when they were in kindergarten and younger, letting them decorate cupcakes or eating chocolate chip cookie dough or licking the bowl of frosting. Fun times!
Christine Sarkausaks says
Every christmas we have a cookie exchange and I spend days in the kitchen making up to 20 dozen cookies for the exchange. It’s full of laughter, life and joy
Linda Stewart says
A couple of years ago on Thanksgiving my three grandsons, ages 2, 4, & 6 were on the verge of driving me totally and completely insane. It was Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and it was my year to host dinner. I had my menu planned and more cooking to do than I cared about actually doing. The boys wanted to help and I honestly wasn’t feeling it … I just wanted everyone out of my kitchen, i wanted peace, quiet, and time to work alone. I got louder than I should have and yelled for everyone to leave my kitchen immediately and to leave me to my tasks at hand. All three of the boys dropped their little heads and slowly started to leave the kitchen. My heart regretted immediately what I had done. I stopped what I was working on and walked out of the kitchen myself. I went to the living room and sat down with them. Totally forgot about the preparing that needed to be done for Thanksgiving dinner. We just sat together quietly at first then slowly conversation started. The oldest told me he was sorry I was upset with them. The middle said he was sorry he wanted to help … I’m sure you see where this is going … they felt guilty because I had allowed myself to become overwhelmed with what needed to be done and failed to make time for them. It was in that moment I realized it was the perfect time for all of us to learn a lesson. I needed to learn patience and they needed to learn how to cook 🙂 We had a brief discussion about what all needed to be done and how they could help … but also what is required to work in “Nanny’s Kitchen”. Next thing I knew were are singing and having a ball. Each of them decided exactly what they wanted to do based on what kitchen utensils were being used. Amazingly neither of them wanted to do the same thing. The oldest made pumpkin pies. I help measure everything out, but the mixing and pouring into the pie crusts was all his doing. The 4yo wanted to help make the stuffing and stuff the turkey because he could work with his hands. We had stuffing ALL OVER the place but it was worth every minute to see the thrill and excitement on his little face as he stuffed all the dressing into the turkey. The 2yo wanted to make the rolls. 🙂 Seeing that little boy with the biggest, flour covered smile was the highlight of my night. They were super excited to tell everyone the next day how they had helped in “Nanny’s Kitchen” and how they made Thanksgiving dinner with love. #WhenWeBake
Dawn Monroe says
I use to love making Christmas cookies with my mom and her friends. They had a ball!
deana says
My best family time baking story is baking hand shaped cookie ornaments for our Christmas tree. The kids loved it!
Allison says
So cute! I love the time whenever I’m able to do a little baking with my son, its such a bonding experience!
Jeannette says
I love baking with my boys and it helps to create such special memories! Your bunny cookies are too cute and I’ll be trying Country Crock in my baking!
Katherine says
Every Christmas my girls and I bake and bake and then deliver to family and friends
kelly tupick says
I learned alot of baking from my mother. She was a baker for 18 years at a nice restraunt in town. One day she brought me in to help her with the pies for Thanksgiving. I was amazed at how much work she had to put into it. She had to make over 30 pies. We had lots of fun making them and ill never forget that ti spent together with her.
Barb Stenby says
Our daily lives are so busy that I love cooking a great meal, sitting at the table together every night talking about our day. It’s always followed up by coffee & tea having a piece of cake or cookies that I whipped up. I have always enjoyed baking and my family loves when I do. For me it says I LOVE you so I made this for you to show I care. Growing up we always had dinner together, I did the dishes with my Mom then had dessert with my parents. I carry that over into my family now. It’s important. My son is getting ready to dorm at college this fall and I will miss it. But I am sure I will still bake him good things for when he comes home.
Aaron says
In my family, mostly poor bakers, only my grandmother was good at baking.
Seyma Shabbir says
My sons always help me when I make cookies! They decide which chocolate and nuts!
John says
My kids and I like to roast hot dogs and make s’mores in our backyard.
DEBIJOT says
Spending all day baking Christmas cookies with the grandkids. They did all the decorating and made up a cookie plate for their parents.
Ellie Wright says
I baked cakes with my mom when I was little. A fun memory is we baked a chocolate cake once only to find we had no icing and not enough ingredients to make some. We didn’t have much money so we decided to ice it with peanut butter. It was delicious!
Shelley Zurek says
I didn’t know you could bake with Country crock! Your bunnies are the cutest.
Natalie Lyons says
I remember my mom always making homemade play dough for us when we were little
Jenn says
How precious! You will have that cookie cutter forever. Love some Country Crock on fresh corn on the cob!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
Most of my favorite memories revolve around eating. I like baking, but I prefer eating.
Betty N says
I learned to bake from my Grandma. She had so many great recipes and it was so much fun to get to go to her house and bake with her.
shirley says
I helped my grandmother bake biscuits and cornbread on her old wood cookstove, thinking back it was the best, and we never burned anything (except me), just keep wood in it.
Stephanie Phelps says
My personal baking time story is getting together with my Mom and My grandmother and learning all their baking tips and let me tell you I have never laughed so much in my life as when my Mom dropped a bag of open flour and it went all over her!
ken ohl says
My favorite memory is baking christmas cookies with my grandmother and we would have the whole kitchen table covered in cut out cookies for us to decorate and frost.
Crystal says
My kids would adore this! We spend a lot of time in the kitchen creating and experimenting.
Kim says
What a fun way to get kids involved in the kitchen more. Who wouldn’t love baking up some art work inspired fun?
jasmine says
So cute! My boys are always asking me to bake more this would be fun to try
Raijean says
That’s so cute, I need to work on baking more with the boychld. He would love this.
Elizabeth P. says
I remember baking cookies with my mom during the holidays. Now I bake with my kids 😉
Liz Mays says
I love that they brought the 3D printer on site and did that for people. Country Crock is good, good, good!
lesley says
my grandmother was australian and was such a good good and baker. i loved christmas time because she would let me help her make cookies to give out to neighbors. i still remember the taste of her lace cookies and have never tasted any as good since she died.
David says
When I was a kid we would go to our grandmothers house every Sunday for dinner. We would always “help” her in the kitchen, which was mostly just snacking on the ingredients. I can remember her constantly getting onto us for being rowdy because we were “going to make the rolls fall”, which were always rising on the table when we arrived. #WhenWeBake
Fari says
My kids and I like to bake blueberry muffins and cookies. We don’t make them from scratch but we like spending that time together to make them.
Nancy says
A family member was starting to be an independent baker. She wanted to do things ” all by herself” and she was old enough to do so. She was going to bake brownies from a mix. After she finished baking , we realized she used garlic flavor non-stick spray on the brownie pan. We didn’t notice any garlic taste in the brownies!
Christina says
My love for baking came from my grandma, every Chrsitmas she’d get all the girls together – aunts, cousins, grandma’s for a day of baking for our Christmas Eve and Day gatherings, so many great memories.. fun times, lots of laughs, good food. Its a day I look forward to still every year. My daughter now has a love of baking and she likes to experiment, so fun to watch her create something yummy.
Michelle S. says
The one that comes to mind was something I baked as a kid. It was cherry cobbler and my mom had told me that I could add food coloring if I wanted to make it look “pretty” I did so I added blue! LOL The cobbler tasted ok but it sure didn’t look “pretty” LOL
Jeanna says
My family and I make our own gingerbread man/kids cookies every year at Christmas! We try to decorate one for each member of the family that will be at Christmas Day dinner! The kids have fun & our family adores them!
Nikki Fahey says
watching my grandma bake!!
Julie Wood says
Every Christmas when I was little I would bake cookies with my Mom and sister, and we would have so much fun making the cookies together, that I started the tradition in my own family with my daughter and son and we make Christmas cookies together every year, even if they are adults! It is a fun thing we do together every year.