decorated sugar cookies 04 by Editorial Zone
Published Date: 01/09/08
Everyone has a favorite recipe for cookies. Maybe they are low fat cookies that you can eat anytime you want to, or peanut butter cookies for a delicious, nutty treat. Maybe they are decorative cookies, or maybe they are extremely simple. I don't care how much of a health food nut you are, what food sensitivities or allergies you have, or what your personal tastes are ? everyone likes to eat cookies now and then.
My personal favorite are decorated sugar cookies. You see, I like almost all flavors of cookies. I like oatmeal raisin cookies, double chocolate chip cookies, pecan cookies ? you name it and I probably like it. For me, the cookie is made not so much by the ingredients but by the frosting and sprinkles. What is so great about decorated sugar cookies is that the look of the cookie mimics how you feel when you eat it. When you eat a decorated sugar cookie, you are not just having a snack, but a mini party.
I guess what I like so much about decorated sugar cookies is that they bring me back to my childhood Christmas family celebrations. We would always get a decorated sugar cookie basket from my grandparents, and would begin almost immediately. My parents had to practically fight us off to keep us away from those decorated sugar cookies for even a minute. They would not want us to spoil our dinner, but they would almost always lose. You had better hope to be home when the decorated sugar cookies came! Otherwise, you probably wouldn't get any.
Nowadays, I bake and decorate cookies. You see, I have grandchildren of my own and I want them to feel the same joy that I felt when I got decorated sugar cookies from my grandparents. They all have very different tastes, but they all seem to like my sugar cookies best of all, so those are the ones that I make most of the time. I know that the kids like them because I have watched them eat them before. When they come over, sometimes I will make decorated sugar cookies for them then stand back and watch the carnage ensue. It is always pretty entertaining.
If you have never made decorated sugar cookies by yourself, you should try it. Fresh cookies are always better than store-bought ones, And there is nothing more satisfying than feeding the people you love your own cookies. Baking for people is a joy like no other.
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