Fill your jar with easy sugar cookies
Over lunch, I mentioned to my friend Karen Latta that I was looking for a good rolled sugar-cookie recipe like I used to make with my grandmother. She immediately offered her Nanny Edith's recipe for me to try.
"Is it easy?" I asked.
"Oh, super-easy, and the kids love, love, love them."
Karen is quite the accomplished baker, so I was a little skeptical that her idea of "easy" would align with my idea of easy. But I was pleasantly surprised. The ingredients are simple - I had everything at home without having to stop at the grocery. (In my single-person household where not a lot of baking is going on these days, that was a big surprise and bonus.)
The recipe flew together in a matter of minutes, and after chilling for an hour or so (the real secret to perfect cuts), they were ready to roll (pun intended).
These easy cookies are a blast to bake with kids. Even young tykes love to decorate them. And they survive quite well being shipped as sweet treats for those special people not at home.
Guess what my college girls are getting in the mail for Valentine's Day?
• Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross have been writing "Desperation Dinners!" for more than a decade. Contact them at Desperation Dinners, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, or tellus@kitchenscoop.com. More at the Desperation Dinners Web site, kitchenscoop.com.
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