Give me some suga'

Hey Fam, 

   So I made these super awesome snowflake sugar cookies tonight to welcome in December and because we put up all our Christmas decorations, and because it is Sunday and that's what we do at our house on Sunday is make cookies. Anywho,  Chris was eating his second... or fourth... one and he said  "You make an awesome sugar cookie. They are really good even without frosting." And I thought, "yeah, I do make a pretty tasty sugar cookie."

And since it is totally sugar cookie season I thought I would share that tasty recipe with you all. Just incase you were searching for an "awesome sugar cookie" recipe.

Jill's Awesome Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

scant 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

scant 1 teaspoon almond extract

5 cups all-purpose flour (sometimes I need just a bit more)

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy ( I beat mine for about 5 minutes on a high speed) Beat in eggs and vanilla for another 1-2 minutes. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight). I usually break mine up into two balls and wrap it in plastic wrap and put them in the fridge. Then I just pull out one ball at a time to work with.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven.

Cool completely.

Yum Yum Yummy!!

Here is also my favorite homemade frosting for sugar cookies...

½ C Butter, Softened

4 C Powdered Sugar

¼ C Half & Half

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 tsp. Almond

Pinch of Salt

Food coloring of choice (unless you like white ;))

Or if I don’t have time for that I prefer Cream Cheese frosting from the store.

ALSO… have you tried Red Hots on sugar cookies? .. You know the little red cinnamon candies? Well if you haven’t you should. Seriously. It is AAAHHH-MAZING (Sang in an opera voice) I think my next batch of cookies I will use my candy cane cutter and frost them white with red hot stripes. They would make a cute and yummy treat to share with neighbors!

OK that is all from my kitchen tonight. 

Things are festive and cozy here! Wish you were all here with me.

xoxo- Jill