Count your cookie blessings...

A great way to notice our blessings is to write them down. And today we are going to write them down on COOKIES!

By the end you’ll have a plate full of things to be thankful for.

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups (318 grams) all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 sticks (226 grams) butter at room temperature
• 1¼ cups (250 grams) granulated sugar, plus ¼ cup (50 grams) for rolling
• 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F (177° C).
2. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. In large bowl, mix butter and 1¼ cups sugar for about 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg, yolk, and vanilla. Slowly beat in the flour mixture.
4. Place the remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a shallow dish. Divide dough into balls, then roll in sugar to coat evenly. Place on the baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a measuring cup.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown but are still a little wet looking in the middle. Cool completely.
6. When sugar cookies are cool, decorate them with something you’re grateful for using the icing recipe below!

Icing

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon milk, plus more as desired
• 3 drops food coloring of your choice (optional)

Instructions:

1. Beat sugar, butter, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon milk in a large bowl until creamy.
2. Mix in more milk, 1 to 2 drops at a time, to reach desired spreading consistency. Stir in food coloring.
3. Transfer the icing into a small plastic baggie. Cut the tip of the bag a tiny bit and use it to pipe the frosting onto the cookie.
4. Write a word or draw a picture to represent something you’re grateful for on each cookie!