Decorating sugar cookies puts me in my happy place. There’s just something cathartic about making and decorating your own creations. In my previous life, a.k.a. BC–before child, as my in-laws say, haha–I would spend hours with multiple colors and design combinations, spending up to a whole Saturday decorating cookies. However, because I now have a newborn to add to my already rambunctious toddler, having a few hours to myself is such a rare thing. My hubby gave me a wonderful gift of a few hours on a Saturday morning, and a friend came over to decorate with me. (She is one of my few friends who completely understands sugar cookie decorating without giving me weird looks.) In years past, I have made these and these, but this year, I wanted to go lighter.
A few of them are from stamps, and I used my Kopykake, (boy, do I love that thing!). I consider myself a quazi-artist, because I can make something if I can copy it, even if just slightly, but I am not good at free-hand at all. Whenever I draw something for my students, which is rare because I teach English, they always question my pictures–is that a dog or a horse, I can’t tell.
Originally, I was going to make them as ornaments and give as gifts, but I forgot to poke the hole for the ribbon before baking, so they were just simple cookies instead. I found these neat boxes at Jo-Ann’s and decided they would be perfect to package my cookies.
To help keep the cookies fresh, I put them in cellophane bags and tied with a white ribbon. Plus, they look cuter this way.
If you’d like to make these cookies, I used the sugar cookie recipe from this book and the royal icing is from here. I hope you have a fabulous Christmas season and bake and share some goodies for friends and with friends. Enjoy! xoxo
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Beautiful!