Someday is not a day of the week. ~Author Unknown

How true is that statement!  All those saying 'someday I will' -- shall never achieve their goals.  Stop saying someday and put a date on your goals.  Today we are having a state association of churches meeting in Phoenix and then I have a baby shower to attend.  Sunday it will be church so I have a full weekend.  In between all of those wonderful activities, I will keep posting for you - bringing you more fabulous recipes.

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These days, my days are filled with lots of goals that are always shifting and changing but I have never labeled any of them to be done someday.  I may give them a date 3 months away, but never someday (except for the 'someday I want the new Cadillac CTS -- that will happen when I am earning enough to make those lovely payments).  So, I guess there are exceptions to every rule and the Cadillac is my exception to that rule : ) and of course, the first line of my favorite song, 'The Way You Look Tonight' by Harry Connick, Jr.

Today, I am sharing a great recipe for sugar cookies.  They are good alone or with a special person.

Charlene


Bakery Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter or butter Crisco
2 t. baking soda
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
1 cup sugar
3 cups flour
a few tablespoons of milk as necessary

Cream together butter and sugar with electric mixer.
Add egg, vanilla and baking soda. Add flour one cup at a time.
Add milk one tablespoon at a time until dough is of rolling consistency.
Roll out and cut into shapes (roll thick).  Kaiser Bakeware Heart Cookie Cutter, Set of 6

Bake for 6-7 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet on top shelf of oven at 400 degrees.  I prefer a cooking stone - your cookies will not burn on a stone.  I have this one:  Old Stone Oven 4467 14-Inch by 16-Inch Baking Stone.  If you have never used a stone to bake on, you have to try it - amazing and hard to burn anything.   (My family will tell you that this is last year is the first time I have not burned the bottom of the rolls on Thanksgiving because I used my stone. )  : )
(Cookies will look undone on top). Cool and frost.

Frosting
4 T. softened butter
2 c. powdered sugar
a few T. milk to make frosting spreading consistency
you can also add food coloring if you choose, the powdered kind works best

Beat butter in a mixing bowl and add powdered sugar gradually.
Add milk and beat until frosting is a good spreading consistency.
After frosting cookies, sprinkle immediately with colored sugar. ( Wilton Pink Spring Sugar)