The official "parenting" cheesecake recipe

Written by David Leonhardt


Whoever writes all those fancy cookbooks has never been a parent. To begin with,repparttar pages are never spill-proof, almost guaranteeing that somewhere inrepparttar 111274 middle of mixing ingredients, a spill will coverrepparttar 111275 remaining two ingredients listed. This means that parents must learn to improvise.

Some would suggest thatrepparttar 111276 very thrill of cooking is experimentation. So what’srepparttar 111277 big difference between oregano and cayenne pepper, anyway?

Then there are all those "quick" recipes to "serve your family" gracingrepparttar 111278 pages of women's magazines. NO recipe is quick with Little Helper's assistance.

Forrepparttar 111279 benefit of parents everywhere, I have taken my favorite cheesecake recipe and translated it into parentease. The non-parent version is available in Cooking By The Book -- a free bonus I offer with every purchase of The Get Happy Workbook at http:/ hehappyguy.com/happiness-workbook.html .

Harvest Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake (Parent Version)

Mix one cup of ginger snap cookie crumbs and one tablespoon of olive oil. Add more cookie crumbs to make up forrepparttar 111280 ones that disappeared aboutrepparttar 111281 same time your Little Helper walked intorepparttar 111282 kitchen.

Pressrepparttar 111283 crumby oil mixture ... "Sorry, Little Helper distracted me." Pressrepparttar 111284 oily crumb mixture intorepparttar 111285 bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan, and up aroundrepparttar 111286 edges about one inch. Put it inrepparttar 111287 refrigerator to cool – best to slip it in safely behindrepparttar 111288 broccoli and that thing that's been turning blue for three weeks in case Little Helper gets inspired

Soften three bricks of cream cheese, ideally inrepparttar 111289 microwave. If you can't separaterepparttar 111290 cheese from Little Helper's hands, let her keep doing what she's doing untilrepparttar 111291 cheese is good and soft. Creamrepparttar 111292 cheese with one and a half cups of pureed pumpkin, three large eggs, two tablespoons of cream, and one cup of brown sugar. Keep mixing until creamy.

Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract. If you are fortunate enough to have help at this stage, you have three options:

1.Rename it " Harvest Pumpkin and Vanilla Cheesecake". 2.Try scooping outrepparttar 111293 extra cup of vanilla Little Helper poured in for you. 3.Start over.

You will also need to add a tablespoon of cinnamon. If Little Helper is in a generous mood, don't worry. You still have three options:

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