When we were quite little, my Mom used to make pies once in a while, and she always made sure to make extra pie crust dough for us kids. She allowed my two brothers and I to be creative with it, play-do style. We used to squish and flatten it into fanciful kid 'cookies' of all shapes. We worked the dough so much that it turned gray with the dirt on our small hands. :-) But we shook cinnamon-sugar mix over all and she baked them to a lovely golden color. Then we got to eat our creations, dirt and all. Delicious!!! They were the best cookies ever! She later commented that it was okay, because her Mother always said that "all kids ate a peck of dirt before they grew up" anyway. Isn't that the truth?! :-))) e.

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