Monday, December 22, 2014

Betty Crocker Holiday Baking Review and Giveaway #GetYourBettyOn

This review and giveaway is sponsored by Betty Crocker.


I love to bake, especially during the holiday season. I, however; don't like being stuck in the kitchen all day cooking, baking and cleaning when I could be spending time with my family. This is why I enjoy spending time in the kitchen with my kids and the extra help is much appreciated.

Besides my kids, Betty Crocker™ is also giving me a hand with all of my holiday baking needs. They sent me a lovely gift basket filled with wonderful items to help me Get My Betty On. They also are providing me with another gift basket to give away, so keep reading to get your chance at entering.

Get Your Betty On and start baking something with your kids this holiday season to make some memories, help them develop their skills, and create a love of cooking/baking together. Betty Crocker has pulled together a helpful online Kid's Christmas Cookie Corner featuring their Top 10 cookies for kids and short, inspirational/how-to videos on each. They also have a whole cooking/baking section to help get your kids in the kitchen and excited to help.

Jaedan mixing up some ingredients in the kitchen.

My kids have lots of fun in the kitchen as you can tell. They love to help with cooking, baking, and the preparation of food. I feel this is an essential thing to learn and keep building upon so that they can eventually make healthy meals and desserts all on their own for themselves and their own families when they are older. This is a skill that will follow them over to when they are older and have a place of their own.

Teela licking the batter bowl clean.

My favorite thing to bake with my kids are cookies. Even though baking/cooking with kids can become messy it is also fun and rewarding. When kids cook or bake in the kitchen they learn valuable skills like how to: read and follow directions, measure and count ingredients, be creative, have time management, and problem solve. They also gain visual perceptual and spatial perceptual skills (pouring, fitting cookies on a tray, sprinkling, flouring, etc.), and lots of coordination skills (washing, mixing, kneading, sieving, rolling, shaping, mashing, tearing, squashing, spreading, cutting, etc.).

Teela helping in my mom's kitchen.

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Betty Crocker Holiday Baking gift basket contents.


The Betty Crocker Holiday Baking gift basket includes:

  • Kitchen tablet stand: This is a sturdy red plastic stand for using with your tablet computers. It makes it easy to take your tablet into the kitchen with you if you have a recipe to look at while you are cooking or baking. Since it is made of plastic it is easily cleaned if any ingredients get on it. It has nonskid rubber feet that helps it not slide or tip on your counter-top. You can also easily recharge your device on the dock slot because it has a hole where your chord goes through to the back.
  • Betty Crocker™ Mixing Spoon: This is a sturdy red plastic mixing spoon with the nostalgic Betty Crocker logo on it.
  • Betty Crocker™ Oven Mitt: This is a very nice red oven mitt with the Betty Crocker logo on it. It has some grippers on it to help hold onto your hot pots and pans better and a loop to hang it.
  • “Get Your Betty On” Apron: This is a very attractive red apron that reads “Get Your Betty On” and has the Betty Crocker logo on the front of it.
  • Gingerbread Cookie Cutter: This Wilton cookie cutter is a metal gingerbread man and is the perfect size for yummy cookies made by little hands.
  • Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix: This sugar cookie mix is great for cutout sugar cookies. 17.5 oz bag makes 36 two inch cookies in about 20 minutes. Just add one stick of real butter and one egg. Collect box tops off of the packaging for your school.
  • Betty Crocker™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix: This mix makes delicious moist chocolate chip cookies. 17.5 oz bag makes 36 two inch cookies in about 20 minutes. Just add one stick of real butter and one egg. Collect box tops off of the packaging for your school.
  • Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting: I am not much of a frosting fan, but this frosting is pretty good. If you love vanilla frosting this is yummy. You can use this 16 oz tub of frosting for 13x9 inch cake 8-inch or 9-inch 2-layer cake or 24-32 cupcakes. Collect box tops off of the packaging for your school.
  • Betty Crocker™ Holiday Recipe Booklet 2014 – feat. The Top 10 Cookie Decorating Ideas of 2014: This little booklet cookbook has some very cute recipes to get your holiday baking started.


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    DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I received products for free to facilitate my review and an opportunity to giveaway products for free to a lucky reader. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review and giveaway.

    22 comments:

    Linda Kish said...

    We made gingerbread cookies and fruitcake.

    Ashley said...

    We made lots and lots of cookies, oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, sugar cookies, snicker doodles!

    Jaime S said...

    I made sugar cookies, coco-Lopez, & Fudge

    Unknown said...

    We made sugar cookies with sprinkles. We have made fudge. My son wanted date roll so I made it also.

    JJ said...

    Well, I hope to bake a cheesecake and chocolate chip cookies. February us a huge birthday month in our family. And, there's Valentines....

    Jennifer T. said...

    I baked a derby pie which is basically a chocolate chip pecan pie. It was a hit. We made a pouch of Betty Crocker Eggnog cookies thinking we wouldn't like them much but all of us liked the.

    andrea v said...

    We Iove making brownies and cookies together. My daughter is a very good little baker.

    tawndam said...

    I baked cookies & rolls... I've been slacking off the past few years...

    Anonymous said...

    We made potato candy

    Karin said...

    Have a weakness for sugar cookies so we always have them around at Christmas!

    Sam Buck said...

    We baked Chocolate Crinkle cookies. It's a family tradition between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day!

    Mom Knows Best said...

    I made lemon rosemary sugar cookies this holiday season. They were awesome.

    Erin said...

    I made gingerbread cookies and soon to bake cupcakes for Birthday celebrations.

    shawneemom said...

    first time i ever made a homemade pecan pie this holiday season. Came out so good!!!

    Kelly g said...

    We will be baking sugar cookies and brownies

    Toystory said...

    I am always baking bread -- and then cookies, sour cream cake, and dinners... bake a lot in the winter months.

    latanya t said...

    We made sugar cookies

    1froglegs said...

    We make cookies for our close relatives every year. This year we made some mint chocolate chip, some oatmeal scotchies, some lemon bars and some puppy chow.

    Anonymous said...

    I baked chocolate chip cookies and some banana breads for baskets.

    Vera Wilson
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    Unknown said...

    my mom and i make cookies and candies for christmas every year

    lmurley2014@yahoo.com

    Annmarie Weeks said...

    We baked quite a bit during the holiday season! Christmas cookies, reindeer noses, chex mix, made rice krispie treats and brownies! And my aunt even visited & taught my daughter how to make delicious biscotti!

    Unknown said...

    I haven't stopped baking! I love making molasses cookies and caramel brownies for pretty much every occasion!