The Sugar Cookie Experience

 Making sugar cookies was not planned more than a day in advance for me. This is a rarity as it normally takes me a week or more to warm up to the idea. I had all three of my kids and we had not done them with my oldest yet. Not to mention that the grocery store had really cute Easter Cookie Cutters on sale.

The day we picked was Tuesday, so I went to my first RIPPED class, which was especially challenging and then came home to mix the dough.

 For whatever reason, I didn't get it moist enough, or mixed enough before placing it in the refrigerator to chill while we went to the park.

Many hours later after inviting two neighborhood kids, cooking supper, (my son did most of it) and another even more challenging RIPPED class, it was time to make these cookies. My muscles were aching, I was just a few beats shy of dead on my feet. But my desire to be the ever cool mom, to be more interactive with my kids, and to get them involved in activities, pushed me forward.

I got every thing ready for the arrival of the kids and my own kids were dancing around the table. The icing was also made from scratch, just like the cookies.

 

Disaster struck just as the kids arrived. My cookie dough was not soft enough to roll out into cookies. I was trying to get it softer and ended up rolling it into the hard balls and set aside. So in almost full panic mode, I decided to use the much simpler and smaller recipe from the cookie cutter package. Then I ended up with this:

 

A very runny mess that was too sticky to make into cookies. Immediately, I sent these pictures to my baking support line friend, and she quickly called me. She was able to walk me through the steps to get both recipes in order. The first one needed water and a lot of kneading. The second one needed more flour. We were in business and now the very hyper kids could begin making cookies. The rest of the evening went off without a hitch.

At the end of the night my kitchen was covered in flour and cookie dough. Icing was everywhere. And the kids were very happy.

 

 

And then at the end of the activity you realize that your three year old daughter stabbed a bunny cookie!

 

 

Even though I was beyond tired, and really wanted to wait until the next day, I am thankful for this time I had with all of the kids. It was great to see their creative minds at work and to see them sharing and bonding.

 

God is Great!

 

March 25, 2016