We made Christmas cookies today. It’s the first year that I have been brave enough to make cookies that actually have frosting and sprinkles with the kids. We all had a blast and I loved seeing the smiles on their faces.
We started by picking just the “right” recipe.
We put all the ingredients in the mixer and then sat back and watched the mixer do the “heavy lifting.”
While the cookie dough refrigerated, John took a nap and Laura and I made frosting so those sprinkles would have something to stick to. After John woke up, the fun began! We gathered up the cookie cutters, the cookie dough, some flour, the mat to roll and cut, and the sprinkles!
I rolled out the cookies and the kids picked their cutters. Laura went first and chose the candy cane. John chose the star.
After cutting out 20 cookies, it was time to bake! Thank goodness these only had to bake for 8 minutes, because the kids were ready for frosting and sprinkles. I frosted all the cookies and the kids took turns with the sprinkles and colored sugar. Laura was the careful shaker; John was the dumper.
The kids were both very proud of the finished Christmas cookies. Laura said, “Yippee!” when she showed off her cookies. Then, she asked politely if she could eat one.
John showed off his plate of cookies and then ate one of the candy canes. He said, “Can I eat a candy cane?” after he had taken three bites. 🙂
Fun times and flashbacks to a lot of great memories with my girls!
We used to take some of them and put a small hole in them (prior to baking) and, once appropriately decorated, run a piece of thread through the hole and hang a few on the Christmas tree for Santa to find and eat! (Santa just LOVES stale cookies – grin)