Frosted White Sugar Cookies

If you haven't noticed yet - I'm all about celebrating the holidays/special moments AND keeping up with traditions!!  One of my favorite times of the year is FALL - and not just because it's my birthday, but I LOVE the weather, the food, decorations, and HALLOWEEN!!  Growing up we always decorated cookies for Halloween - so I couldn't resist being a part of it again this year :) 

Sugar Cookies

From Grandma Green - this tradition hits a couple decades!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour & 1/2 teaspoon soda : sift 3 times 

1/2 cup butter - work into flour till well blended (and yes, be careful with the flour....it tends to go all over the place...flour....faces....)

2 eggs beaten, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon flavoring: mix and add to flour mixture

This is where you get to sneak a bite....eating right in front of Grandma doesn't work anymore....(yes-Erik/Grandpa 2011 .....Erik/Grandma 2000)

Roll thin, cut out cookies, and bake in 350 degree oven.  ahhh 30 years of making cookies and the 4 year olds are still in charge of rolling the dough :)

  

Frosting 

Key to this bad boy is to have graham crackers on stand by....any leftover frosting makes those graham crackers taste like heaven!!

From my mom - 1 batch

Ingredients:

½ bag of powdered sugar

1 tsp of melted butter

½ tsp vanilla

Milk

Use beater so it is not lumpy and add milk to spreading consistency; if too runny, just add more powdered sugar

 

Now comes the fun part - DECORATING....aka trying to not lick your fingers!!!  Don't forget to decorate those cookies fast after they are frosted....if you don't - the frosting will get hard and you'll end up with sprinkles all over the tray!  We've always done the same thing - cookie tray over the sink - helps with the clean up!!  One person frosts the cookies (aka my mom) - and the rest of us wait out turn to decorate the ones we get to eat (and now take home...)

Here is the tray I got to take home to Rossy this year!!   Carter girl helped me decorate some really cool ones for Ross!!  mmmm yum!!  These didn't even last till Sunday -- haha!!