Homemade Sugar Cookies = YUM!!

After church today, my kids and I took off to the park for a picnic.  The initial plan was to eat our lunch and then play at the park for a while.  Well, after we finished lunch, my daughter started complaining of her knee hurting.  It was so bad that she didn't want to walk.  So, we packed up and headed home so she could rest.  To coax my son into the truck, I promised that we could make a treat when we got home.  I was thinking that I had all the ingredients to made these peanut butter cookie type things with cornflakes but when I got home, I realized that I had no cornflakes :(

As any mom knows, when you promise something, it HAS to be done!  I begin scrambling for some kind of treat that my son and I could make together when I found a recipe for lemon cookies and a recipe for sugar cookies.  I was honestly hoping that he would choose the lemon cookies but he chose the sugar cookies (as probably any child would).  So, we get to work.  Not really paying attention to the recipe, which called for 2 3/4 cups of flour, I realized that we ended up with a TON of cookie dough!  I now have sugar cookies baked and ready to eat as well as sugar cookie dough in the freezer for a rainy day :)

The cookies turned out really well though and I am not really a huge sugar cookie fan.  I feel like they aren't as sweet as the typical sugar cookie which is good and bad because I've already had 3!  For those who would like to try it, here's the recipe....

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix everything together (I used my hand to get the dough just right) and bake at 375 for 8-11 minutes or until golden brown.

I am not sure where this recipe came from.  My friend gave it to me a few months ago and it's the first time that I've tried it.  If you find out where this recipe originated, let me know so I can give them credit :)  Hope you enjoy as much as we did!  I wish I could post a picture of mine but my camera is broken.  Hopefully we will have our camera back soon!