In the beginning....

This is the project that started me on the search for a sugar cookie recipe. I signed up for dessert for a baby shower at work and it was the perfect opportunity to try the cookie cutter that I received at a baby shower for our dear friends next door whose son and daughter-in-law are expecting twins. I haven't tried all the recipes I found online but I did throw a batch out... (if something just doesn't taste good to me, I prefer to toss it then to have others eat it and think that I meant for it to taste that way). I had the same issue with the icing that others have mentioned, this one was too thin and ran.

Here is the recipe that AK requested but, after the enchilada episode, I'm hesitant to put it out there... Mom, what is your recipe for sugar cookies?

Sugar Cookies

Cream:

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar

Add:

1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 T milk
1/4-1/2 tsp almond extract (optional but I add this, it really enhances the flavor)

Add:

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Chill in fridge for an hour. Roll out and cut out. I like to roll them a bit thicker, about 1/4 inch. If I do cookie bouquets even up to 1/2 inch. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. For a moist cookie, watch for the edges to just barely begin to turn brown.

Another Zak siting...

AK, I finally cropped the picture of Zak and I'll get a print to you. I took a picture of it so that I could share it with you instantly but it keeps coming out blurry when it uploads, and I couldn't get the scanned picture to upload.

"I put lotion on Mom" (...yes you did)

I heard Blade tell me this and when he came up the stairs, I was greeted with this precious face... In our family, it is very important to put lotion on because along with the blessing of having pigment to the skin, comes the torture (according to Chay) of having to put lotion on. I didn't even know the word "ashy" in reference to skin until I met Dave (for you out there that are ebonically challenged," ashy" skin is when the skin is dry and looks like it has a layer of white dust on it). Blade listens to everything that goes on around the house and apparently hears me ask Chay too frequently, "Did you put lotion on?"

AND DOUG, it's great to have you back in the blogging world. I've missed your humor. I'm glad that things have slowed down abit so that you have time to blog. AND I'll try to find other topics to blog about other than recipes (however, I do enjoy cooking and creating...) Stories from years passed (or is it past? I should have just written "past years") are a great topic because it gives such an insight. Do you have ordinary experiences and just have a great story telling ability and make them exciting, funny and thought provoking, or has you life just been filled with these actual events and you happen to remember it all?

Nicole likes to hear stories of when I was younger but I can't think of any stories that would be interesting. The ones she knows I think involve you...like the Doug and Barton story of chasing me and bending my toes back.