Well, the kids wouldn't let St. Patrick's Day pass without making shamrock sugar cookies! I guess it's becoming a tradition. Since we didn't get them done on St. Patrick's Day, we made them a day late (yesterday). They were happy, so I'm glad we did it (even though yesterday was a crazy day). We frosted some last night and ate them. Then I finished frosting and decorating the rest this morning. The kids will love their after-school snack today!
Jarem spotted the cookies and is ready to dig in.This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe from my mom:
Sugar Cookies
6T Butter and 6T Shortening (3/4 cup total)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 t almond extract
1/2 t vanilla extract
Cream together and then add:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
Roll out and use cookie cutters to shape. Bake 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes.
I love these because they are soft, they are quick, you don't have to refrigerate them, and they always turn out!
2 comments:
i may have to give that recipe a try next time (if i can remember)...i LOVE a good sugar cookie!
Those look really good. We were all sick this year on St. Patricks day with the stomach flu, so we didn't do anything fun. We just ate Chicken noodle soup. Maybe we could do some cute cookies like those this week to make up for it!
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