Overdue Post 2: Cut-out Sugar Cookies

I confessed to Zoe one night that I had never made cut-out cookies. We simply had no cookie cutters in our house! She cooed and said, poor Vy! We'll make them when you come over to my house for Thanksgiving.

And that is what happened. I included Zoe action shots.

Zoe's friend Cordelia came over and joined in on the fun. She was a cut-out cookie virgin, too, so we both had wonderful first experiences that day!

I can't give you the recipe for these cookies because it came from one of her mother's cookbooks. (Was it the King Arthur flour one?) In any case, we whipped up some colored icing by eyeballing a mixture of powdered sugar and milk. (Zoe also worked out the details on this one. If you remember, leave a comment!)

But the important part was not that they were delicious and edible. The important part was that we made VERY CUTE BEE COOKIES. Marketable cookies.

Look at that meticulous HAND PIPING! We melted chocolate chips in the microwave and cut off a corner of a sandwich bag, I think. Very professional.

And here's the rest of the pic dump. The hand piping idea was great, because we could make designs on our huge sheep cookies and decorations on the other ones.

We also made some dinosaurs and a creepy moon with a single chocolate chip for an eye.

The day was a success.