She cut another batch into stars. Leo’s second s’more that night was the best either of them had ever had.
In a separate bowl, she creamed 1 cup of unsalted butter (cold, cut into cubes) with 3/4 cup of brown sugar, letting the mixer run until the mixture looked like wet sand. Then came 1/2 cup of honey and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract—the latter a small, delicious heresy. how to make homemade graham crackers
“That one is yours,” she said.
Leo chewed, swallowed, and held up the remaining half. “It tastes like a hug. But with cinnamon.” She cut another batch into stars
At 8 p.m., Leo appeared in the doorway, pajama’d and holding a flashlight. “Are they done?” delicious heresy. “That one is yours
“Well?” she asked, trying to sound indifferent.