Sugar Cookie Weekend

9 more school "wake-ups" until Christmas break, and the countdown is officially on! I am beyond ready to have a break at home with all of my people.

This weekend was filled was lots of Christmas things and Christmas prep!

On Saturday, we celebrated my birthday. Dustin worked (womp womp), but we made the most of it.

This weekend was also...

Sugar Cookie weekend. 😊

It's called "Sugar Cookie weekend" because this project literally takes an entire weekend. Haha. I made the dough on Saturday night so it could get really cold overnight in the fridge, and on Sunday we cut, baked and frosted the cookies.

About 9 years ago, a very sweet mama of a student in my classroom shared her sugar cookie recipe with me. It's a sour cream cookie recipe flavored with almond, and they are absolutely delicious. The recipe she shared with me makes quite a few cookies. It doesn't take long to roll and cut them out, but the frosting can be a bit time consuming.

We made angels...

& we made Christmas trees.

After the frosting set, I placed the sugar cookies on a single layer in the freezer to freeze them. I separate each layer of cookies with wax paper, and when it's time to make cookie trays I pull out what I need. They keep really well this way!

Sammy LOVES sugar cookies and was more than excited to sample a few. 😉

13 more days until Christmas!

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