She also bakes cookies at three in the morning

Yes. You heard me. I started the dough too late, it's one of those recipes you have to the dough in the fridge for 2-3 hours after making it so....I didn't get to making the cookies themselves until midnight.

When I started everything it was midnight. Now that I am finished and finally posting about it, it's almost six am. Wow. I am a slow cookie maker!

I don't mind too much, I've screwed my sleeping schedule up again to being up at night and asleep during the day now, so why not. It's not like anybody thinks I'm normal anyway, why not bake at three am?

We didn't have a heart-shaped cookie cutter, so Shawn brought home one of these heart-shaped little vase/desk top pen holder things. The first few cookies that came from me using that are just AWFUL. The cookie shape came out like, "woop, Grandma's been hittin' the bourbon" squiggily and..lumpy.

So I cut out a piece of the cover on my construction paper pad in the shape of a heart and have been using a knife to cut out hearts in the dough. For your viewing pleasure, I present to you:

The speshul cookies

Cookies:
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Powdered Sugar Glaze, if desired:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 3 1/2 tablespoons milk
Decorations, if desired

1. In large bowl, beat butter, 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until chilled.

2. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll each half 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart. If desired, sprinkle with colored sugars.

3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately golden. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

4. In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Spread glaze over cookies. Decorate with decorator icings.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.


...So. Uhmm. Who's coming over for some cookies?