valentines fun!

One of our most favorite traditions is making sugar cookies. The girls invite a friend over and the house is over run with lots of sprinkles and frosting! This year, we doubled our favorite sugar cookie recipe and ended up with nearly 100 cookies!! Aly and I rolled and punched out the cookies together. Then the girls friends came over, they decorated, had sugar overload and had lots of fun together. Sadly, I didnt get any pictures of the girls and their friends, but here's some of the aftermath.

And this is the cookie recipe we use.

1.5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2.5 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tarter

1. Mix confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir in flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Divide dough into halves. On lightly floured cloth-covered board, roll each half out to 3/16 inch thick. on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Cut into Christmas shapes.
3. Bake on parchment lined baking sheets for 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool on wire racks and decorate as desired.