Simply The Best Sugar Cookies

Sometimes all the holiday bustle makes me lose my mind and I forget things…

… like, Whose gift did I just wrap?

Now my sons… they know how to help me with this.

They give the best reminders…

…like lists with gift ideas and corresponding store aisle…

…and hello ello lo echoes into the empty cookie jar.

They’re really into traditions, too…

… like tree trimming and Christmas carols and Butterball turkeys (well, one prefers grandma’s Dearborn ham spiked with Vernors ginger ale) and as many cookies as can be frosted.

Do you like traditions and frosted sugar cookies, too? 

I remember frosting cookies with my fingers between licks as a kid.

And at one time I slathered icing on high with a butter knife.

Of course with all my experience I’ve learned a trick, or two.

Any real cookie artist knows the best way to spread icing is with a stick.

Now let’s say we were going to make a trade at a cookie swap…

{Don’t worry, I wouldn’t dare frost mine with my fingers. That wouldn’t be nice.}

…you would never guess my cookies were painted with a simple wooden toothpick.

So we were in the middle of a cold snap when I decided to bake this batch.

While the cookies cooled I whipped up icing then smeared it around each one with my tiny wand.

It was magical.

Oh by the way, I took just a sec to scribble down this lyric that had been dancing around in my head… I get sidetracked like that.

Now, truth be told, my frosting skills aren’t really perfect…

… but my cookies were fairly germ-free and quite delicious.

And my two sons along with their friend from across the street…

… well they gobbled them down faster than I could shake a toothpick.

And you will find great tips here How-to Frost Cookies Like A Pastry Chef.