Sugar Cookies

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 6

Sugar Cookies are a staple go to cookie in our house but especially at Christmas time.  This is something my kids love to help me with from making the batter to decorating with icing. 

Sugar Cookie Recipe 

3 1/2 Cups Flour

1/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 Cup Unsalted Butter

2 Large Eggs

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla or Almond Extract

In a separate bowl place Flour, Salt & Baking Powder and whisk to combine.

Beat Butter & Sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.  

Add Flour Mixture.

Wrap in plastic and place in fridge for 30 to 60 Minutes.

Bake @ 375 for 11 - 14 Minutes. 

Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe

3 Cups Icing Sugar

1/3 Cup Softened Butter

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla or Almond Extract 

3-4 tbsp Milk (depending on the consistency you want)

Beat Butter and slowly add icing sugar add Extract and Milk

We hope you enjoy these as much as my family does.

Come Check out our other 12 Days of Christmas Posts

1. Snowman Family

2. Christmas Morning Quiche

3.Believe Rustic Sign

4. Gingerbread Houses

5. Feather & Stamp Ornaments 

Gingerbread Houses

12 Days Of Christmas ~ Day #4

In my house it wouldn't be Christmas without the tradition of making gingerbread houses.  It is one of my boys favorite things and they look forward to it every year.  This year instead of using graham cookies I thought I would make the real deal.  I found a gingerbread house cookie cutter at Michaels.  

This part really turned out to be half of the fun for the boys and made this process take a few days.  We found our recipe off of Simply Recipes.

Once we had the gingerbread pieces all baked and iced together it was time to get to the good part, Decorating.

For me it is really fun to watch how their gingerbread houses progress through the years.  

Check out our 12 Days of Christmas Projects

1. Snowman Family

2. Christmas Morning Quiche

3. Believe Rustic Sign

Christmas Morning Quiche

As promised I am here to share with you my second item on the holiday list.  Frankly this is a winner in my house all year round and they don`t last long when they are made.  My kids even love to take them to school instead of sandwiches.  If you have followed some of my recipes before you know I am kind of an eyeball girl and don`t really have a set recipe but I will give it my best shot because they are just so darn yummy.

What you will need

30 pack of Sweetened tart shells

Package of Bacon

Cheese

Eggs

Maple Syrup

I use approximately a dozen eggs and whisk them together with about 4 tbsp of maple syrup.

A few years ago my mother in-law made quiche for an event and by accident bought the sweetened tarts, since then we don`t make them any other way.  First I cooked my bacon  and then cut it up into small pieces.  If you want onions, mushrooms or anything else you can add them at this time but I like to keep it simple.

 Once I grate the cheese I like to cut it up so it is smaller pieces that will fit into the tarts better.  Then it`s time to fill the tarts with the eggs, I like to layer the cookies sheet with parchment paper because I tend to over spill a few times filling them up.

I bake them in the oven at 350` for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.  

These are great for a quick morning breakfast on the go or to add to a brunch.  I like to make alot and then freeze them so we have lots on hand.

Give them a try and let me know what you think.

12 Days of Christmas 

1.  Snowman family