I Hate Myself For Loving You... 

You have always been there for me.  I love holding you; your scent; your warm aroma. I "must" do you every Christmas... my dear sweet sugar cookie!

I have long cherished the art of cooking, though my attempts at baking have been akin to an episode of a cooking show gone hilariously wrong. A few seasons ago, I bravely ventured into the world of Christmas cookies, only to find my previous “Cookie Encounters” were more like cookie disaster films—messy, chaotic, and slightly tragic!

Every holiday season, I embark on a quest for the ultimate sugar cookie recipe. This year, however, I stumbled upon a gem that has transformed my relationship with sugar cookies forever. Spoiler alert: it’s not the taste that blew me away, but the plethora of “Chef’s Tips” included in the recipe that turned my cookie catastrophe into a more manageable mission.

Now, let me set the scene—this year, amidst my cookie crafting adventure in my new digs, I sadly discovered the absence of cookie cutters. So, if you notice the uniform round shapes in the photos, just know they were sculpted with nothing but a shot glass and a sprinkle of determination!

And if you think that’s where my cookie troubles end, think again! The second (and dare I say, even more heinous) Cookie offense was my choice of Whole Wheat flour, the lone survivor in the Super Duper’s grocery shelf wilderness. "How bad could it be?" I naïvely mused. Well, folks, it turns out it’s Bad! Healthy! But by 'bad,' I mean 'ugh!' Have you ever tasted a sugar cookie that screams “I’m nutritious!” instead of “I’m delicious!”? Yeah, me neither—until now! 

The below PHOTO of the recipe is also a hyper-link to open the recipe as a printable PDF... which is actually TWO pages. The ICING recipe is on page 2. It also contains the above mentioned "Chef's Tips" which I really appreciated.