Recipe 76: Iced Sugar Cookie Cutouts

The holiday season might be gone, but this was a pre-Christmas baking event, so deal with it.

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We had my niece, Ava, over for an all-day baking extravaganza. We made peanut butter kiss cookies, glitter balls, peppermint bark (that failed), and these.  Continue reading

Recipe 54: Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies…how boring, right? But wait! There’s a surprise!

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I don’t eat sugar cookies because I think they’re bland and I’d rather use the calories on something good. These are different. They have lemon!  Continue reading

Recipe 46: Iced Coconut Sugar Cookies

We all know I hate royal icing. It sucks. Or, I suck at it. Either way, we’re enemies and this was the showdown.

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I was excited for a variation on sugar cookies, since normally I turn my nose up to those!  Continue reading

Recipe 17: Conversation Heart Cookies

I’ve been waiting to make these since I got the app and I knew they’d be perfect for Valentine’s Day! Well, I made them and they pissed me off so much that I’m writing this 2 weeks later.

Cute, right? These look so cute and fun. Well, they weren’t.

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Recipe 16: Hugs and Kisses Cookies

Valentine’s Day is approaching and there are a few related cookies in the app. I decided to start with Hugs and Kisses Sugar (and chocolate) Cookies.

2 separate recipes in 1? Martha, you crazy! Or is it me that’s crazy for going for it?

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Recipe 12: Spritz Sugar Cookies

My parents got me an electric cookie press for Christmas! I was so excited to make cookies with it. Martha only has one recipe using a cookie press:

You guys, this was my first disaster. Read on…  Continue reading