Sugar Cookies for all occasions

We love making sugar cookies and using cookie cutters to cut out our desired shape and then decorating them. We make sugar cookies for almost every holiday (at least the big ones). This past Saturday we made pumpkin cookies, yummy.

mine is the one off the plate, Sydney LOVES sprinkles!

Griffin enjoyed a plain mini pumpkin cookie, his first homemade sugar cookie

This is the Betty Crocker recipe we use:

Deluxe Sugar Cookies:

1 cup softened butter

1.5 cups confectioners' sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp almond extract

2.5 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cream of tarter

granulated sugar to sprinkle on top if desired

Mix thoroughly butter, confectioners sugar, egg, vanilla and almond extract. Blend in flour, soda and cream of tarter. Cover and chill 2-3 hours. Heat oven to 375. Divide dough in half, roll each half 3/16 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shaped and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet (I use my baking stone), bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly brown on edges.

This was last December, it is amazing how much Sydney has matured.

February 2009, Valentines cookies

Sometimes we even have cookie decorating contests if we have a party or friends over and we vote on the cutest or silliest cookie.

Take time to make some sugar cookies and let the kids help!