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Grandpa Ken Was Baking Cookies. Then He Noticed the Flour on Yuki's Face.

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The kitchen counter is a delicious mess. Flour is dusted everywhere, eggshells sit in a small bowl, a rolling pin rests nearby, and a baking tray holds neat rows of cookie dough balls ready for the oven. Grandpa Ken, in a brown knit sweater vest over a blue plaid shirt, carefully presses down one of the cookies with a focused, gentle expression. Right next to the tray, Yuki is staring intently at the action, her whiskers and fur dusted with a light coating of flour and her blue-green eyes locked on the dough. She looks like she has already done some taste-testing of the flour bag.

Baking with a curious cat nearby can be fun, but some ingredients deserve caution. Raw cookie dough is not safe for pets because uncooked dough with raw eggs and flour can upset their stomachs, and dough containing yeast can be especially risky. Chocolate chips, raisins, and nuts like macadamias are dangerous for pets too, and some sugar-free recipes include xylitol, which should be kept away from animals. Hot ovens and baking trays are also a burn risk. Keeping cats off the counter while baking, or setting up a nearby perch for them to watch, helps everyone stay safe.

The cookies will soon be in the oven, filling the house with a warm, sweet smell. Yuki will not be getting a cookie, but she may need a gentle wipe of her floury face, and she will certainly get a scratch behind the ears.

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