Holiday Cookie Recipe for a Mompreneur to 2 under 2

My neighborhood just had a cookie/recipe swap for the holidays on Saturday. I really didn’t have the time to make cookies from scratch as I was setting up for this art show. Well, being the creative type that I am, I came up with the following recipe:

Ingredients

  • Pillsbury Sugar Cookies
  • Embellishments, such as colored sugar or nonpareil sprinkles

Supplies

  • Cookie Sheet
  • Wax or parchment paper
  • Holiday Cookie Cutters
  • Wire cooling rack (optional)
  • Fancy Display plate or dish
  • Holiday Seran Wrap
  • Ribbon
  • Baby Gate
  • Crib

Prep (15 minutes)

Step 1: Place baby number 1 in the crib.

Step 2: Install baby gate to doorway of toddler’s room and place toddler in the room.

Step 3: Layout other ingredients and supplies and pre-heat oven at 35o°F.

Step 4: Using the premade dough, roll into balls and flatten with the palm of your hand.

Step 5: Place the dough onto the wax paper.

Step 6: Use cookie cutters to carve out shapes and remove excess dough.

Step 7: Place cookies onto the cookie sheet and put in oven.

Cooking (15-20 minutes)

Step 1: Set timer to 15 minutes.

Step 2: Go check on babies and make sure they do not need a diaper change or a feeding. Also, don’t forget to check that the toddler has not removed everything out of their drawers or toyboxes. (If so, begin singing the “clean-up” song, while assisting your toddler to put everything back again.)

Step 3: Run back to the stove and hope that nothing got burned, especially while you were putting back everything with your toddler and missed the timer going off.

Step 4: While cookies are still soft and warm, sprinkle colored sugar or sprinkles onto the cookies and apply slight pressure to the top to ensure that embellishments will stay put.

Step 5: Let cookies stand for 2-5 minutes and place onto wire cooling rack (if available).

Step 6: Remove cookies from wire rack or cookie sheet and place into decorative plate or dish.

Step 7: Cover with seran wrap and tie off with a ribbon

Step 8: Place on table before guests arrive or bring to holiday event.

Step 9: Let people believe that everything was entirely homemade, unless you are doing a cookie swap. If this is the case, just enclose a copy of this recipe and they will understand.