Every week we gather with a handful of young adults in the Valley to have an activity together. ‘Tis the season, so last week as a group we decided to decorate gingerbread houses today. Pepper and I volunteered to buy some g-bread house kits and bring them, but when we looked at the selection at the store, we realized they’re all garbage. The gingerbread doesn’t look at all tasty (although the box says it’s technically edible), and the “frosting” and “candies” included in the kit aren’t anything I’d want to ingest. We made a last-minute decision to decorate Christmas cookies instead.
That meant we had to get to work making cookies! I whipped up a batch of sugar-cookie dough. Then we thought about how many people might attend, and I whipped up a second batch. That’s when I learned that two batches make a lot of sugar cookies!
We rolled out the dough, cut the cookies, baked them, put them on cooling racks, added them to bags, and repeated the process. Again and again. By the end we had four massive bags of cookies!
We hastily made a big bowl of frosting and hustled over to the activity. Everyone seemed excited to do this, and we went to work decorating (and eating).
We’d bought some fun sprinkles, and there were some cool creations!
I’m more of a traditionalist, and my cookies are pretty simple…
We spent almost two hours talking, laughing, and decorating. Even after that, we still had bags of cookies left over. No one complained about taking them home, though.
We’ll call it a success. And now I have a plate full of cookies to give to friends!