Grandma's Sugar Cookies

Sorry I've been MIA almost all month! Our family got to go on an amazing 8 night Disney Cruise and all of the prep and then time away has taken over February. Now I'm back and trying to recover. Luckily, I created a layout before I went on vacation that I can share with you today! I'm hoping to post vacation pictures tomorrow.

One of our favorite Valentine traditions is having Grandma bake and deliver her amazing sugar cookies to us. The cookies are thick and soft and the cream cheese frosting is perfect!

We may or may not have indulged on cookies for breakfast the next morning.

If you need to make yourself some of these cookies, you can find the recipe here.

Okay, I've got to get back to work. I'm finalizing all of our paperwork for our taxes and getting the Scrapbook Circle kit ready to go live tomorrow. Oh, and just to make this month much crazier, we found a house we totally love (we love our current house too, but we couldn't resist making the change!) and we are closing on it tomorrow. So on top of the usual business, we bought a new home this month. Luckily we aren't moving until May, so I have time to process the change and pack!

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Happy Halloween w/ Mom's Sugar Cookies

I've been craving my mom's sugar cookies for months and decided last week would be the perfect time to make some Halloween sugar cookies to enjoy and share with others.

One of my favorite things about this recipe is that the cookies are ready to roll and bake as soon as the dough is mixed. You don't have to refrigerate the dough and wait hours before you can bake!

My kids all wanted to help with the cookies and it was a fun project to do together.

Mom's Best Sugar Cookies Recipe

(This recipe is one my mom has made for as long as I can remember. The recipe calls for shortening, but I prefer to sub butter.)

Mix as for pie crust (I mix in my Kitchenaid)
2 cups of butter @ room temperature
6 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of baking powder

Then add:
2 cups of sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 cup of evaporated milk soured with 1 Tablespoon of vinegar (mix evaporated milk and vinegar and let sit together for a few minutes)
1 teaspoon baking soda (mix this into the milk mixture and then add to batter - hold over bowl while mixing)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Mix and then roll out dough. I like thick cookies, so I keep the dough pretty thick.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until the top of the cookies are still white and the bottom of cookies are slightly browned. Do not over bake because soft cookies are the best.

Cream Cheese Frosting

While cookies are cooling, mix up the frosting with a mixer.

4 oz. cream cheese
1 box of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
A splash of milk

Mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Then slowly add a splash of milk. Continue adding milk until the frosting is a thick and spreadable consistency. You can add food coloring if desired.

Everyone at our house gave these a big thumbs up!  Let me know if you try these and how you liked them.

Happy Halloween!