Sugar Cookies!

My grandparents are still on their mission in Arkansas, and Grandma is always the one that makes the sugar cookies for Halloween. Eric and I had my family to dinner tonight and I was trying to think of a dessert to make. I came across some halloween cookie cutters at Target that I had to have. I then got the idea to make pumpkin sugar cookies for my family and my moms sisters family. I got all of the ingredients, got some cute pumpkin napkins and plates, and even found some darling fall/halloween sprinkles at Target. 

I made the cookie dough on friday night and it was a total bust. It turned out so crumbly and I was so annoyed. I had followed the recipe exactly how it was written out and they still didn't look right. I put it in the fridge to see if it would harden up but never did so that batch went into the garbage can. I tried it again on Saturday night and that batch did the same thing. I decided to add some more milk and it finally worked and I was able to get that one to hold together better. 

I colored the frosting orange and got everything ready to go this morning. When I went to roll the cookies this afternoon, it was making a total mess and they didn't even look like my grandmas. I told my mom that I now understand why she doesn't make sugar cookies. They are a pain and make a huge mess. My grandma reminded me on the phone tonight that it has taken her years of practice. They tasted great so I guess the look didn't really matter. I only baked 14 cookies and then everyone just at the rest of the dough plain. My family likes the dough better than the cookies anyway. 

It was fun to be able to make sugar cookies and have my little sisters and cousins over to decorate some. I am going to keep practicing so they look as good as my grandmas one day.