One of the kids' favorite traditions is the "making cookies for Santa". Normally we make cut-out sugar cookies which we can frost and decorate...BUT...all my cookie cutters are in Idaho with the rest of the Christmas stuff so this year we had plain round cookies *sigh* It definately cut down on the time element of making them LOL! They seemed to still have fun frosting and decorating them!
I cheated this year and just used my snickerdoodle dough recipe--and then didn't roll them in cinnamon-sugar. That way they were still yummy to sneak dough to eat *grin*
The choices...the choices...I didn't go buy any fun candy this year...we just didn't have the extra money to do that...so I let the kids raid the cupboards to see what they could find. The demolished my stash of different flavored baking chips. We had leftover valentine sprinkles, marshmallows, and coconut. I was starting to feel sorry for poor Santa! Hope he didn't get sick!
They all seemed to have a lot of fun decorating (and snitching cookies)! Next year will be even more fun when Dad is home and can help! (Plus...I picked up a new set of cookie cutters on after-Christmas clearance! Whoo-hoo!!)
Santa must have enjoyed the cookies...this is what we found when we woke up the next morning. We had to use one of our Valentine plates since our cute "Cookies for Santa" plate is in Idaho too LOL! He sure made a mess eating them though--I guess he was in a hurry. At least it is better than the year he put big fingerprints all over the front door, the table, the counters, the presents...and even crumbles throughout the house! Santa needs to learn some manners!
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