Fruit Inspection

I am late submitting my favorite holiday cookie for the Cookie Exchange. My excuses would range anywhere from deciding at the last minute to take a day trip to south Georgia to see the Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens, to our brand new 10 foot completely decorated Christmas tree taking a nose dive into the hardwood floor…TWICE…breaking ornaments and nearly bringing 7 years of marriage to an end! :)

But better late than never is what they say, so today I made my favorite Sugar Cookie Cut Outs.

I can remember making these when I was a young girl living in Illinois. We had this little table in the kitchen that jutted out, kind of like a breakfast bar would do, but not as tall. It was perfect for little people like me and my sister to sit down at and frost these cookies.

I honestly don’t know what recipe my mom used for the dough. I must not have been involved in that end of it. But after a few hours in the refrigerator she would bring it out and let us help her with the cookie cutters. We’d make all kinds of shapes and sizes. She’d bake them and then it was time for the real fun to begin.

Mom used to make her own icing. I go for the store bought variety. One tub of white frosting, food coloring, and misc sprinkles. There was a time when I got into the intricate details of the cookies. Like using cookies cutters for stockings that have toys in them and trying to frost it to look like a stocking with toys in it. Not anymore! Time is of the essence for me now!

Now they are not so fancy, but they are still very good. And they are pretty on the cookies trays that I will be taking to my neighbors later tonight.

Thank you Cyndy, for hosting the exchange!!!