leave it to the professionals

armed w/Pillsbury refrigerated cookie dough and a simple royal icing recipe, i thought i would bake some xmas cookies with the girls, in hopes they'll have some memories of baking w/mom, if once a year. i'm not a baker and have even made a hobby of sampling all the bakeries in town

(if you have a favorite let me know).

i rolled and the girls helped pat and shape/cut their dough. eric even did a couple of free-hand animals and tigger. i can see why moms get into this.

here they are out fm the oven. and folks that's why i leave it to the professionals. even decorated, they still looked like blobs, but with color.

they were actually quite yummy-- chewy with crispy edges and not too sweet or buttery. go premade dough. the girls enjoying the final product (vienna likes to eat her cookie face on).