Monday, December 20, 2010

Homemade Sugar Cookies

One of our traditions is to make my mom's homemade sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting.

 I let the kids roll the dough out


on my fantastic Roul 'Pat Pastry Mat.
If you bake, you must own one.
The dough rolls out perfectly, doesn't stick and the mat is easy to clean.



Then the kids take turns with the cookie cutters


and usually sometime the next day, we frost them and sprinkle them with green and red sugar.


Then we put them in tins and drive around 


delivering them to our friends.
This year we found one friend in the middle of making a Yule Log, others already in their pjs watching a movie, one doing aerobics in her bedroom. 

It is fun sometimes to drop in with a gift and just say
Merry Christmas!

Is there anything you make and deliver as a Christmas tradition?

6 comments:

*Reading Between the Lines* said...

We started the tradition of making food goodies for our neighbors at Christmas time years ago. I don't always make the same "goodies".
Its a nice way to show you care, especially when we are all "bundled" in our houses in the winter.
We also put a tract about Jesus with it.
Nancy

Farmgirl Paints said...

Sugar cookies are my favorite...my address is....... HA! Love that you bake cookies with your boys. They will always cherish those memories with their momma:)

a new beginning said...

very cool pics my friend. you know these are my favorite christmas cookies of any we've ever been given! mmmmmm!

Kelly L said...

I used to love making the Christmas sugar cookies - they are still my favorite to eat... I need to find time to do that again.. Your pictures are so crystal clear..
Love to you
Kelly
I've Become My Mother

PBKISSES said...

I always loved decorating sugar cookies with my mom as a little girl ....and I still do as a mom with my kiddos. It's amazing how I don't even mind the mess! We decorated some last night and my youngest son was so into it- he dumped half a bottle of sprinkles on one cookie...It was sure sparkly!
Have a wonderful Christmas with your sweet boys!

Angie said...

We made sugar cookies today! It is our tradition too. My kids sample the goodness though, so we have to make seperate batches...germs you know :)

Merry Christmas!!