Monday night, I had the worst craving for simple sugar cookies with butter frosting.
I self-diagnosed this after scrounging in my kitchen for 15 minutes after the kids were in bed, looking for something to satisfy my sweet tooth, and finding nothing. Leftover Halloween candy? No. (And oh yes – we still have tons. Help me.) Dark chocolate almonds with sea salt and turbinado sugar? Nope. The remaining Peppermint Jo-Jos? I was burnt out.
But sugar cookies? Sweet, simple, buttery, fresh sugar cookies? Frosted with a mound of pink, velvety frosting and maybe a few sprinkles?
Oh. My mouth watered at the very thought.
Thankfully, I have a eight-year-old daughter who loves to bake as much as I – and who decorates with flair.
(Seriously. I love cooking with this girl. She is as focused on her cookie decorating as I imagine Michaelaneglo was on the Mona Lisa.)
Thus, my counters looked like this tonight.
Give or take five of those delectable little hearts.
Got milk?
