| Admit it: You love cookies. I love cookies too, | | | | cookie recipes that’s out there. There are |
| and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I mean | | | | dozens of easy sugar cookie recipes out there on |
| look – they’re tasty, sweet bites of | | | | the web, so that’s a great place to start. |
| perfection, when they’re made right – | | | | Even though this Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies |
| and that makes for a wonderful meal-ender. If | | | | might look like it’s complicated, it really does |
| you’re like me, then time is at a premium, | | | | fall into what I would consider an “easy sugar |
| and you don’t have a whole lot of it to spare | | | | cookie recipes” category. You basically just |
| on recreational things like baking cookies. | | | | mix the stuff, stick it in the fridge, then roll it, cut |
| That’s why I’m always on the lookout | | | | it, and bake it. Of course, the most fun part of |
| for easy cookie recipes…in particular, quick easy | | | | making these is the decorating, and since my little |
| cookie recipes! | | | | guy loves his art projects, we’ll go with the |
| Another reason I look for easy cookie recipes is | | | | edible paint. |
| that I have a 3-year-old son who loves to cook | | | | In my quest for easy cookie recipes, I’ve |
| and bake, whether in his own little pretend kitchen | | | | also found some that don’t even require |
| (which has an oven, a stove, a sink, and a | | | | baking. They do require some stovetop time, |
| refrigerator) or for real with Mommy and | | | | but even that is minimal. I think this no-bake |
| Daddy. He stands on his stepstool and proudly | | | | thing seems like a pretty good idea. Plus, these |
| wears his monkey apron to help measure, pour, | | | | seem to be super easy cookie recipes, with most |
| mix, and whatever else we’ll let him do. One | | | | of them having the same basic ingredients. My |
| of the funniest things is that when he’s | | | | son will still get to help “cook,” naturally, |
| cooking in his own kitchen, he narrates what | | | | even though there isn’t a whole lot of |
| he’s doing. Take THAT, Next Food Network | | | | cooking involved. He is an excellent mixer, and |
| Star wannabes! | | | | maybe I’ll let him help spoon the cookies onto |
| Not too long ago, I found myself searching for | | | | the cookie sheets. That should be interesting! |
| some easy sugar cookie recipes, thinking they | | | | Messy, but interesting. I sometimes think that |
| would be a refreshing change from the usual | | | | the messier he gets, the better day he has had! |
| chocolate chip cookies that we make. Not that | | | | He is a lot like Adrian Monk (of TV show fame), |
| there is anything at all wrong with chocolate chip | | | | so I’m sure he’ll want to wash his hands |
| cookies – we all love them at my house – | | | | at the first possible interlude. That’s OK |
| but I figured it would be a good idea to | | | | – I think my younger son is heading to be the |
| introduce my son to the wider world of easy | | | | opposite, but at least I’ll have one clean kid! |