Cookies!!

Today seemed like the perfect "Christmas cookie baking" day, despite that it's 60 degrees on the first day of winter.  Levi and I made the dough and cut out the cookies.  Then, we invited Katie to come help us decorate.  Impromptu cookie decorating is easy when you're only a minute away!  Levi was so excited to see Katie!  He loves her and mocks everything she does.

Here is the cookie recipe I used.  It was a simple mix of whole wheat flour, baking powder, butter, honey, and vanilla.  The difficult part was finding natural food dyes to color our cookies.  I made the icing with a bit of powdered sugar and whole milk, and we dyed the icing with strawberries and spinach.  A few bits of spinach made its way into the icing, but the kids didn't mind.  The icing may not be as bright as if it were made with  food coloring, but the fact that is natural and not made from petroleum matters more to me!  Find out more about why we don't eat artificial food dyes here. We used dried fruit to decorate the cookies.  Levi kept picking the "buttons" off the cookies to eat them as soon as I would put them on!

They were so cute and had such a fun time making them.

~Trina