Cookies

I have recently discovered a passion I have for baking cookies. It all started because of my friend Kim; she loves to bake. After sitting in on a couple of her baking projects, I ventured out to make a cookie batch of my own. I found recipies online, on flour packages, butter boxes, and I also asked my mom for hers.

My first cookies were oatmeal rasin. I'm not a big fan of oatmeal cookies, but my dad had left a box of oatmeal from when he visited, and I most definitely do not like to eat oatmeal. I decided to put it to good use. The cookies turned out great! They were a big hit at work.

I then went on to make chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. I started buying better bakeware and more baking accessories. I was making investments in my cookie adventures.

I asked my mom to send me the cookie recipie she uses for the sugar cookies I so fondly remember from my childhood. I tweaked the recipie a little, but I still tell people it's the recipie my mom used when I was little.

I made sugar cookies for the superbowl, shaped like little footballs and frosted in the colors of the teams playing. It was my first batch of sugar cookies. I was discovering how thick or thin to roll the dough and how smooth to make the frosting. I still made it too runny and it dripped down the sides of the cookies.

For Valentine's Day, I made six batches of sugar cookies! I cut out 5 different sized hearts, made 5 different colored frostings, used 4 types of sprinkles, and delivered 9 plates of cookies to friends, neighbors, and coworkers.

Also, I made thicker than usual cookies and slightly runnyer frosting so that the kids in my class could enjoy decorating cookies as a class project this past week! It was so fun. The kids loved it, I was proud of it, and we all enjoyed eating the cookies!

I think I really got this sugar cookie thing down now. I have mastered the frosting to make it smooth on top without running off the edges. But I still need to work on my decorating frosting. You know, the kind you squeeze out to draw designs. Guess I'll just have to make more cookies!

I really enjoy the whole process of baking cookies. I especially like eating them. But you know what, I LOVE giving them to people! Cookies make people happy. And it's fun to show off my edible art. I get to be creative with sugar cookie decorating. It's passion you can taste!