Hey Mom! Let's bake sugar cookies!

Kylie loves making sugar cookies!

My 7 year old asked to bake sugar cookies as we do each year for Santa. Except last year, I waited until 10pm Christmas Eve to start the process! Next thing you know, it's 12:30am and the TV had the NORAD radar map of where Santa was. Kylie looked at me and screamed, "Mommy! He's in Colorado Springs!!! HURRY!" And yes, my then 6 year old was still awake at 12:30am. Bad mom. So I scrambled to get the cookies done, assured her that Santa would come before we finished icing them, and put her to bed. 

This year I decided to plan ahead and avoid that drama! Except for one thing. I forgot that I usually freeze half the batch and instead, I made all of the dough, which ended up yielding 50 cookies. Did I mention that we had to decorate said 50 cookies? UUUGGH. Cookies for everyone this Christmas!

Here is the recipe I use from All Recipes. Hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight). 

Preheat oven to 400°.

 Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. 

Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely. 

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Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 109 | Total Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg

Decorate your cookies!

We made the Wilton buttercream icing recipe and used food coloring to tint different shades.

I set up an assembly line in the living room to decorate my cookies, which took about 3 hours. I did this while watching "2012", a decent movie, although most scenes were totally unrealistic. Like how does John Cusack drove from LA to Yellowstone in 3 hours to take his kids on vacation???There were many more instances, but that's ANOTHER BLOG!