For anyone who is in mourning because I have not visited your blog, please know that I will try to get back to reading your lovely blogs soon. (And we have had some terrific thunderstorms this week too, which cuts down on blogging time!)
Hey, would anyone like my Sugar Cookie Recipe? It's easy, if I can do it, anyone can.
Sugar Cookies:
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream sugar and butter together. Then mix in egg, milk and vanilla. Make it good and creamy.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt together. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet. Mix until it becomes dough. Roll into two balls and place in bowl in fridge for 2 hours or overnight. Roll out with rolling pin until 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters and bake at 350 degrees for seven minutes. (Watch it though, if you have some very small cookies, they will take a few minutes less.) Cool completely. May frost with some confectioner's sugar mixed with a little milk and some softened butter. Sprinkle colored sugar over and you are done, after hours and hours of fun! And don't forget all the washing up! (That is what they say in England, in America, we just say "wash the dishes" but I add..."look at all these blooming dishes that I made dirty just by making cookies!") Hopefully, the gang at work will like my sugar cookies for the baby shower!
Well, if the gang at work doesn't like sugar cookies, mail them to me. Sugar cookies are my fave!
ReplyDeleteHey Debra! Giggle, giggle! They went over very well and they did look pretty on the table with the pink balloons.
DeleteAfter you send the sugar cookies to Debra, send me the thumbprint ones if no one wants them. I love those!
ReplyDeleteYummmmm.... They all look so good, Kay! I must try your sugar cookie recipe. The ingredients are simple enough, so it's worth an effort. I'm sure my gang will love them. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Dear Martha,let me know if you make them! I have made many over the years but this recipe is the easiest for me, I have adapted this from several recipes. For the thumbprint cookies, I use ths same cookie dough, I just roll out the dough into small balls and press my thumb into each one. Then, I put strawberry jam into each one (too much, and it oozes over, too little, and well you just don't have enough strawberry taste in the cookie!) Only thing, depending on much you squish the dough down, these thumbprint cookies took 30 minutes to bake!
DeleteYou have been busy! How are thumbprint cookies made?
ReplyDeleteHey Tracey!
DeleteSee above answer to Martha! And they need to cook until the jam is bubbly and the bottom is beginning to brown, mine was 30 minutes, it might be less for you. Let them cool! My son loves both my sugar cookies and my thumbprint ones too!
I've not baked anything for AGES... your post made me think I really want to, especially now that the hot days (sadly) seem to be over for a while and a cosy warm kitchen with a hot oven sounds like good idea.
ReplyDeleteThe peanut cookies here are not the same as the Miracle Cookies, are they?
Oh, and this is another thing about all this baking, it is still hot in Georgia, in the 90's! But hey, if you have to bake, you have to bake, it made our house so hot, but I don't often bake like this in the summer, it was for a special reason, right? :-)
DeleteAnd YES, those are the same Miracle Cookies that you have made before, they look very pale but that is because the light was so bright. My dough is very thick when I make the Miracle (peanut butter) Cookies, is yours thinner than this?
What gorgeous cookies! the top ones with the pretty smudges of colour look like works of art somehow....
ReplyDeleteEnjoy !
Jenny Woolf,
DeletePlease don't let anyone know what a famous artist that I am, it will be our little secret!
No wonder you haven't had time for bloggish things. Gorgeous cookies and such pretty decorations. Look perfect for a shower. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteDear Kay,
DeleteOh thank you so much for your comment! So lovely to see your name alongside the lovely painting of the woman reading, I hope you never change that picture, I love it!
They did look pretty at the baby shower for a girl!
The sugar cookies are so pretty, Kay...and they all look delicious. Cookies are my favorite thing to bake, but I can attest to how long it takes to do it. I also give away more than I keep, but folks always seem to appreciate homemade cookies. And I'm sure everyone really appreciates yours!
ReplyDeleteDear Beth,
DeleteOne of the men today told me that my cookies were too pretty to eat, but he was going to anyway!!
So yes, I think that all my co-workers did apprectiate them, so YAY! A readon for me to be grateful!
It may take you a while, but i'll bet the love and time that goes into them makes them extra special.
ReplyDeleteDear Mimi,
DeleteI don't know if that is true, but let's say that it does!!
In a word, YUM! :o)
ReplyDeleteHey!
DeleteThank you! They are easy and fun really, have a go and let me know how you get on!
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ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! This is all making my mouth water.
ReplyDeleteDear Kay,
DeleteI can only make easy recipes, so this has to be easy. If you happen to make these, let me know how they turn out.
Your sugar cookies are so summery - perfect for a shower :) I'm certain they'll be a hit.
ReplyDeleteYes, they seemed to go over quite well and they truly did look pretty, if I say so myself!
DeleteI don't know if you allow guys to comment on recipe posts, but if you do - put me down in the thumbprint strawberry camp! YUM!
ReplyDeleteOf course you may comment on recipe posts, and I like the sound of being in a thumbprint strawberry camp, leave it to a man to make it sound like a Cookie War!
DeleteJust kidding! :-)
hi kay, i know everything about those sugar cookies so good going--they look great.
ReplyDeletei think the mere fact that you may 3 batches of 3 different cookies is a good omen for the rest of the year.
love
kj
Hey kj,
DeleteI like the idea of cookies being good omens, if so, my future is bright!
And I thank you for the sugar cookie compliments since you must be a Sugar Cookie Master! (A title that I can only hope for!)
Hope you are having a lovely summer!
Times like these I really hate being on a diet!
ReplyDeleteHey!
DeleteThanks so much for your visit, I noticed that you are one of my followers now, so thank you!
I just looked at your blog and my goodness, you are so funny! Please visit me again!
(And just one TINY cookie couldn't hurt, could it?)
COOKIES!!!! btw, have you tried Quaker Oat's mini oatmeal cookies? Just discovered it the other day and I quickly fell in love :)
ReplyDeleteHey Denise!
DeleteI love oatmeal cookies, I don't buy too many packaged cookies, but I will try those if you say they are so good!
I wonder how you make such a nice cookies and the color combination is fantastic.Thanks for the way how to make these yummy cookies.Pooh baby shower
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