Thursday, December 20, 2012

Christmas Cookies!

Ever since I was a little girl, I have LOVED making these Christmas cookies.  My boys have now caught the fever and Brandon was very excited to make them again this year.  Having friends over only makes it so much more fun!

They are an oatmeal based cookie that we paint before baking.  It is so much easier for kids to handle then icing, and far less sugar. 

This first picture is terribly underexposed and I couldn't do a whole lot to save it, but it is such an important picture I couldn't delete it either.  This was Micah's first year of making cookies and he was determined to do it "self".  He tried different methods to roll out the dough and did so very well!!

Rolling away with all his might!

Elliot and Sandra came to join in the fun.

Brandon was pretty determined to roll it out himself too and did very well.


After all the cookies are cut out, we paint them.  The paint is made from egg yolk and food coloring and makes the cookies come out of the oven looking shiny.


Sprinkles are always a big favorite too with all the boys.


Micah knowing very specifically what he wanted next, paint or sprinkles, and the colors they were.

It was a blast!

Blessings

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