Here we go again... Christmas time!!!

December 1st.  Time to start baking.  If you are looking for a good recipe for Gingerbread Cookies, you may click here!  And the recipe for the Sugar Cookies, here!  Both types of cookies can be decorated.  Happy baking!

Hydrangea baby...

This cake and cookies were done during the summer months for a baby shower with a Hydrangea theme.  It was a real pleasure to make.  Edible Hydrangeas were done in buttercream with tip 2D.  I just found these pictures... They bring a summer breeze to this dark rainy day!

Heartbroken...

My heart is broken... While I was away at the Wilton seminar, somebody ate all my Christmas cookies I had done for the cookie display... So sad...
Anyhow, if you are looking for the Sugar Cookie recipe, you will find it in the Blog Archive for the month of August ...
So sad...

Sugar cookies...

As I promised, here is the recipe for the sugar cookies that you so beautifully did today.


Sugar Cookies

3/4 cup of room temperature margarine or butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. flavouring (vanilla or lemon)
2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
And then...

1. Cream margarine or butter and add sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs and flavouring and beat until smooth.
3. Sift flour. Measure and resift with baking powder and salt.
4. Mix dry ingredients with creamed mixture until a stiff dough is formed.
5. Refrigerate dough at least one hour.
6. Roll and cut shapes. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes until delicately browned.
7. Cool completely and layer and freeze or decorate and serve.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. It was given to me by my dear sister in law, about 5 years ago, for Christmas. I had to make about 300 cookies for the school, so I became quite familiar with this recipe, and I have been using it ever since. It works all the time!