Christmas cookies!

Last Saturday we spent the day baking cut-out cookies and decorating them with frosting and sprinkles. The kids really enjoyed it, though Ivy lasted a little longer than Silas did. We then went out as a family and took plates of cookies to our neighbors and to families in our fellowship group. It was a really fun day...I hope to make it another annual tradition.

These adorable cookie cutters can be found at Target in the holiday section.

 And these adorable cookie decorators can be found at our house. :)

Plastic IKEA knives were great for this. (Thanks, Trish!) Also, taping freezer paper to the table helped with cleanup. We used all kinds of sprinkles, as well as chocolate chips and red M&Ms. Tasting while decorating was highly encouraged.

Cut-Out Cookies

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 cup sour cream

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

1 cup flour

5 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix. Add sour cream and mix. Set aside.

In small bowl mix soda, baking powder and 1 cup flour. Add to above and mix.

Add 5 cups of flour. Put on floured board and knead or knead in bowl.

Roll out to ½ inch thick. (You may need to add quite a bit more flour so that it

isn’t sticky.)

Bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes. They should not be brown.

Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar

2 Tbl. Butter

Milk (a little)

Can add vanilla
Food coloring
*Note: Frosting will be soupy, not stiff. When it dries it is sort of like a thick glaze. Yum.