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Briana's Visit, Day 10 And Ethel's Sugar Cookies
Just a brief note that we can't believe we only have four days left to enjoy our house guest! Yesterday was a lay around and get rested up for the week ahead kind of today. This morning, I snuck out while the kids were sleeping and got groceries. Then when I came back we made sugar cookies! What fun! Briana had never done that before and we all enjoyed decorating our cookies! I have always made sugar cookies for Christmas. It was nice to make them at a different time of year when we weren't so hectically trying to do fifty million other things as well. We are going skating this afternoon.
Here are some pictures and Ethel's sugar cookie recipe.
Briana cutting out cookies
Katrina and Briana eating cookies
Cookies that Jack decorated
Cookies that Mommy decorated
Ethel's Sugar Cookies
18 tbsp shortening (1 cup, 2 tbsp)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1/2 tsp lemon flavoring
5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs, then add rest of ingerdients, mix well. Chill for at least 1 hour. Roll out and cut with cutters on floured board. Bake at 400 degrees 8 to 10 mninutes. May be decorated with your favorite decorations.
Mmmm, delicious.
I almost didn't recognize the room though! I hadn't heard that you had gotten those french doors leading out to the deck. It looks nice!
July 16, 2007 2:48 PMI am sorry. I thought we had told you about the French Doors. It really makes a big difference. Now if we could just let go of the clutter!
I ate a couple of cookies for you...a tough job, but someone had to do it!
July 16, 2007 11:19 PM
