The day after Thanksgiving, my sister-in-law hosted a cookie decorating party. It was so fun. The night before I assembled all the ingredients from the Pioneer Woman’s My Favorite Sugar Cookie recipe and then the morning of Miss Bee and my soon-to-be new niece (my nephew popped the question to his sweet girlfriend while he was here) made the cookies.
Auntie M had royal icing and sprinkles galore ready for us to decorate. We listened to Christmas music and ate bowls of taco soup during decorating breaks. We finished the afternoon off by watching the movie Elf. It was a great way to spend time with family creating a new tradition we can look forward to next year.
Here’s the recipe for the cookies:
1 1/3 cups of softened butter or butter flavored shortening
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 tsp of grated orange zest (I used lemon because Lolly gave me lemons from Mississippi the size of my head)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 TBL, plus two tsp of whole milk
Mix butter, sugar and zet till smooth, add eggs then vanilla. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together, add in batches to butter mixture. Add milk and mix. Then roll out onto a floured surface and cut with your cookie cutters.
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.
