Cookies!

Here I am, trying to make cookies. The problem? Instead of making the dough from the recipe I have, I decided to just buy sugar cookie dough from the grocery store and roll it out and use a cookie cutter. Big Mistake. The dough kept sticking to the table, it felt slimy no matter how much flour I added, and the the shapes melted into each other while baking. Oh and I burned the entire second sheet too. That's what I get for trying to take a shortcut.

Here's the recipe that I've made with my mother-in-law and it works out great. I'm going to try again sometime next week and hopefully report back with better results.

Sugar cookie recipe – Lupe Jones (my mother-in-law)
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of butter
3 T of milk
1 tsp of vanilla
1 egg
3 cups of flour (add a little more for that shortbread type of cookie)
1 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix the dough let it rest for at least one hour. I mix about 3/4 of the recipe with the mixer and the rest I mix with a wooden spoon that way I don't have to wait one hour for the dough to form. Bake at 400 degrees, 8-10 minutes on a greased cookie sheet.

The icing (a runny, glaze type)
1 cup of sifted powder sugar,
1/4 tsp of vanilla,
enough milk for the consistency you want

Remember to leave it a little thick because you will be adding the food color to your icing, then if you have to, you can add more milk.