Blogmas Series: Family Cookie Party

Back in 2005, Jon and I spent our first Christmas together in Haiti, visiting my best friend, Michelle, and her family. It was such a memorable Christmas. Over the holidays, Michelle’s Mom, Ms. Cindy, baked the most delicious food for us. To this day, our favorite sugar cookie recipe is the one that Ms. Cindy made for in Haiti. During our first Christmas, we had fun baking and decorating sugar cookies. I am happy to report, that almost 13 years later and our Christmas cookie tradition is still going strong.

Seriously, we take Ms. Cindy’s sugar cookie recipe with us wherever we go and share it with our loved ones during Christmas time. We have taken this recipe to Oregon, Texas, Washington, California, China, and now Hong Kong!!

In recent years, my side of the family tried to have a “Family Cookie Party” whenever we can get together for the holidays. Each year our family seems to add a few new members and my Mom currently has 17 grand babies, with two sets of TWINS. Back to our cookie party, it’s fun to bake sugar cookies and let the kids decorate their own cookies.

This tradition is far from perfect, because last year everyone who came to the family cookie party got sick. Oops!! Little did we know, my niece brought home and awful stomach bug, which would be passed on to most everyone in the family. Even my Mom got sick. It was fun to be with family, but hard when everyone is so sick.

Family Cookie Party 2017

I am so thankful for the wonderful memories that we have made with our friends and family. I highly recommend that you consider hosting your own cookie decorating party this year. Below, I have included Ms. Cindy’s sugar cookie and basic icing recipes, so that you can enjoy these cookies as much as my family has each and every year.

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Sugar Cookies
By, Ms. Cindy

Ingredients
3/4 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Instructions
Mix all ingredients.

Cover and chill at least 1 hour.

Roll out onto floured surface.

Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes. 

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Basic Icing (for Sugar Cookies)
By, Ms. Cindy

Ingredients
1/3 cup butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp milk

Instructions

Blend butter and sugar.

Stir in vanilla and milk.