I have a little more time to make a treat and show appreciation to neighbors and friends. I am “LUCKY” to know some great people.  Here is a simple way to thank friends who have made a difference in my life and in my kids’ lives.

Today I’m sharing both a delicious sugar cookie recipe (and icing recipe) — and a free St. Patrick’s Day printable for your friends, neighbors and loved ones!

Inspired by this quote,

A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old. -Unknown

 I’ve put together this fun gift idea. These sugar cookies are a favorite.  The charger plates were on sale at Michaels for less than $2.

 

And here are the recipes!

Amy Dott’s Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe

2 cups of butter

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

(Tip: If you do not want the cookie shapes you cut out to puff up and lose their shape, leave the soda out)

3 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

¼ teaspoon salt

6 cups of flour or until the dough pulls away from the edges

Crème together.

Sometimes I roll the dough our after spraying pam on the counter top and cut out whatever cookie cutter shape I want to or, if I am in a hurry, I just use a cookie scoop.

Bake at 370 degrees 8-10 minutes

Amy Dott’s Cream Cheese Frosting

1 cup butter

1 package of cream cheese

1 teaspoon vanilla

add powdered sugar until you have the consistency you want.

And here are the printables!

Just right-click this link or the image below and choose “save as” to download the printable PDF (it’s a big one). As always, it’s for personal use only.

 Top o’ the day to ya!

xoxo

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My friend and neighbor graciously shared her grandma’s famous sugar cookie recipe with me … and you! These are sooooo good. I was so thrilled when she agreed to share the recipe with us.

Plus, I’ll show you how I used some of the Home + Made line to package these for easy gift giving!

Here’s the recipe — and some shopping tips for you, too!

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Grandma’s Famous Sugar Cookies & Amy Dott’s “Evil” Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

Grandma's Famous Sugar Cookie Ingredients

• 4 sticks of butter 2 cups
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Tip: If you do not want the cookie shapes you cut out to puff up and loose their shape, leave the baking soda out
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 6 cups of flour or until the dough pulls away from the edges
• Dough should not be sticky.

Amy Dott's "Evil" Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 1 stick butter 1/2 cup (room temperature)
• 1 package of cream cheese softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk
• powdered sugar added until you have the consistency you want.

Instructions

Grandma's Famous Sugar Cookie Instructions

• Mix ingredients smoothly together.
• Sometimes I roll the dough out after spraying Pam on the counter top and cut out whatever cookie cutter shape I want to or if I am in a hurry, I just use a cookie scoop.
• Bake at 370 degrees 8-10 minutes
• (Note: I try not to make these very often because when I make them, I eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Also, if I am delivering them to friends or neighbors, I will freeze them and then package and deliver them. This helps keep the frosting beautiful until the recipient receives them.)

Amy Dott's "Evil" Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions

• Just mix -- adding powdered sugar as noted above -- and frost!
• I mix the frosting in my mixer with a wire whip attachment on high for several minutes. It makes a lighter fluffier consistency. Also, you want to make sure you have no clumps in the frosting if you are using a piping bag and tip.

We used some of the Home + Made line to package these as gifts!

We used the gold stickers

and the gold chipboard ABC thickers!

And we used the gold glitter polka dot kraft paper bags!

And here are a few more things you might want to consider to make baking and gift-giving easier and prettier!

I LOVE these edible accent stars!

Here’s some cool gold star Washi tape:

… and some fun gold dot Washi tape:

And, of course, gold-striped straws

For frosting, I also love disposable pastry bags. They make cleanup easier.

My favorite frosting tips are #21 or #32.

 Happy decorating!

What are your favorite ways to make sugar cookies!

xoxo

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