Handmade Christmas: Cookies a dozen ways...

One of my favorite holiday traditions is cooking with my family.  This cookie recipe is great for baking with kids because it is easy to work with, and has no raw eggs.  It is also very versatile - I made everything in the tin in the photo above with one batch of cookie dough.  The cookies taste fine without any topping or decoration, but that isn't nearly as much fun.

Simple Cookies

This past Thursday Amy's homeschooling group had a Christmas tea, so my 4 year old and I made some cookies to bring.  I absolutely love to bake, but I don't like to have junk food hanging around the house, so I try to limit my baking.  When I have the opportunity to bring something somewhere, I have fun with it! :0)

I was amazed at how many people were impressed with the simple cut outs, and when I found that they had been blogged about twice.  Wow.  Here are the recipes if you want to make your own easy, and apparently impressive, cut out cookies.  I love the recipe because it doesn't use any eggs - so if we happen to eat half of the dough before it gets baked its no big deal.  (Don't worry about chilling the cookie dough, just roll it out with a little bit of flour.)

http://www.recipezaar.com/Santas-Whiskers-15958 = cookies

http://www.recipezaar.com/Sugar-Cookie-Icing-64015 = icing