“Mom, You ruined my childhood!” said my soon-to-be 13 year old. And I agree that I am guilty!
Well, this year I finally set things straight about Santa. Yes, finally! For the last couple of years as much as I played along with the jolly old man I increasingly found it hard to put up with all the forensic queries that followed his appearance. For example, “Mom, how come Santa has the same handwriting as you?” or “Mom, how come Santa has the same wrapping paper as us?” or “ Mom, we are on vacation, how does Santa know where we are?”
Well, these kids are very smart and G is in such an age and stage of her life where Santa and Christmas is an endearing tradition but somewhere things don’t add up for her. And she wanted to know the truth. So I finally gave in and told her that her mom was designated by Santa to bring her gifts every year. Well, somehow I feebly attempted to offer a nice explanation.
G loves Christmas and Santa and has always been privy to everything that leads up to the old saint’s arrival. She loves making cookies and has been laying them out on the dining table along with a glass of milk for old St. Nick every single year. So somehow I felt she was torn between not wanting to give up on the traditions that defined Christmas for her and yet not really believe the fact that she would see a magical sleigh appear in the sky out of nowhere and have Santa come down the chimney.
What followed was the much-needed conversation between us. I told her that knowing the truth about Santa does not mean that he does not exist. He exists in every person and she would get the proof of it throughout her life. And the Santa that is within her mom and dad is with her forever. No matter what, they would be there for her with open arms all her life. Mom and dad would never fail to have Santa make an appearance through them on Christmas Eve for her till they are there. And it’s also time now that she searches for the Santa within her. Every time she is kind and offers help to another person genuinely, she would find her Santa.
And it may happen that a person she helps does not remember her or acknowledge her going forward. And that’s all right, as she should never help expecting anything in return in the first place. She will find that there would be other Santa’s in her life that would offer her aid in the most unexpected situations and help her overcome whatever hurdle she has been trying to get across. And that is how it is meant to be and that is how she would pay-it-forward.
Somehow she took it well and has been enjoying her winter vacation. In keeping with our annual tradition, here are the cookies that were made for Santa this year. These are frosted Sugar Cookies, and G frosted quite a few of them along with her friend who came over to spend the day with her.
Along with Frosted Sugar Cookies Recipe, Here are a few more cookie recipes that you may like:
- Mini Mocha Macarons with Nutella Dark Chocolate Filling [2]
- Chocolate Macarons with Dark Chocolate Ganache Filling [3]
- Coconut Jam heart Cookies [4]
Frosted Sugar Cookies
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 40
Description
Try out this Soft Frosted Cookies Recipe and make some tasty and fancy cookies for kids at home.
Ingredients
For Cookies
- Butter – 1 cup (2 sticks), softened
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Egg – 1, Large
- Vanilla Extract – 2 tsp
- All Purpose Flour – 3 cups
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
For Royal Icing
- Powdered Sugar – 3 cups
- Meringue Powder – 3 tbsp
- Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
- Lukewarm Water – 5 tbsp
- Food Colors – 1 of your choice
Instructions
For the Cookies
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract together in a stand mixer for 3-4 mins.
- Sift in the all purpose flour and baking powder in three batches and mix together at a low speed to make the dough.
- Bring the dough together, wrap in plastic and chill in the freezer for 25-30 mins.
- Take it out and roll it between two sheets of plastic wrap.
- Cut out shapes and lay on a parchment lined baking tray.
- Bake for 10 mins or until the cookie edges are browned.
- Take them out from oven and let them cool down.
For the Royal Icing
- Mix together the powdered sugar and meringue powder.
- Add the vanilla extract and luke warm water one tbsp. at a time. Mix it in to form a thick frosting.
- Separate it out in separate bowls and mix food colors.
- Fill a piping bag with it and frost the cookie. Make an outline with white and use the blue to fill it in.
- Let it dry and then use the white to do the details of the snowflake cookies.
- Enjoy with a glass of milk.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 20
- Calories: 268
- Sugar: 28
- Sodium: 18
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 43
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 34
Keywords: Frosted Sugar Cookies Recipe
Find it online: https://www.myfridayfoodswings.com/frosted-sugar-cookies/ [8]