I bought candy and baked the gingerbread on Friday.

Lee came over on Saturday and together we made royal icing and decorated our house.

Love,

Tiff

yummy!

Love,

Tiff

snowflake cookie cutters

While Brendan was out shooting this afternoon, I tried out the sugar cookie recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I always think of my sweet mother-in-law when I bake cookies thanks to the wonderful baking sheets she gave me at my bridal shower.

Since it’s too early for my snowflake cookie cutters, I went with my fall leaves and acorn set. I really like using them with gingerbread cookies, but I didn’t have all the necessary ingredients on hand.

Brendan likes his sugar cookies with sprinkles. This afternoon, I was also reminiscing about the first time I made sugar cookies as a married woman. Brendan walked into the kitchen to see me with a pan of baked sugar cookies without any sugar sprinkles on top. He looked very confused and asked me what I was doing.

“Baking sugar cookies,” I said, equally confused.

“Where are the sprinkles?” he asked.

“Oh, I’m going to put frosting on them.”

Brendan then set me straight: sugar cookies need sprinkles. He stayed in the kitchen for the rest of the batch and put himself in charge of brushing the cookies with egg whites and adding sprinkles before allowing me to put them in the oven.

I grew up putting frosting on sugar cookies, and Brendan grew up putting sprinkles on them. I’m always fascinated to learn how different we are.

I didn’t have any fall-colored sprinkles and had to use pink, purple, and blue. I think they look very pretty and quite festive.

They are best served with hot chocolate this chilly evening.

Love, Tiff