cooking & baking...

When my sister was here over Christmas, we did lots of cooking & baking. {Probably more than she has done in a long time...hahaha!} We were so proud of ourselves because we made sugar cookies & frosting from scratch! No frosting from a can! And it was so good...we couldn't get over how yummy the cookies & frosting were...and we made them!

The kiddos loved rolling out the dough over and over again. And adding lots of flour to the table, rolling pin, cookie sheets, floor, we had flour everywhere!

Here are the recipes:

Sugar Cookies by Jaime Snarr

3 1/4 flour

1 tsp. soda

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sour cream

Mix wet ingredients then add dry. Roll to 1/4 inch thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 mins.

Buttercream Frosting {author unknown}

2 sticks of butter

4 cups powder sugar

1 Tbsp. pure vanilla

2 Tbsp. milk

pinch of salt

Thanks to my friend, she hooked us up with a fabulous sugar cookie recipe because I had misplaced my favorite sugar cookie recipe and I just couldn't call my friend with the no-fail sugar cookie recipe because she lives in Japan now....but that is another story.

Here is her recipe now that I have it again { and hopefully won't lose it}. It is a keeper too!

No-Fail Sugar Cookies by Kim Nelson

1 cup sugar

1 cup margarine {I use butter}

3 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

3 1/2 cup flour

3 tsp. baking powder

Mix wet and then dry ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!