I made these cookies for the Kovixen's sorority. I hadn't made sugar cookies since I was a little kid. As it turns out, they're ridiculously easy. That is, until I got to frosting them. I was using a mixture of beaten egg whites, vanilla, confectioner's sugar and a little red food-coloring. The recipe called for about 3 egg whites and 4 cups of sugar. I only made half a batch of cookies, so I decided to halve the frosting. Boy was that a big mistake. The egg whites didn't quite beat up the way they were supposed to. However, the real problems came when I transfered the frosting into a piping bag -- a zip lock freezer bag with a piping tip in the corner. At some point a little hole was punctured in the bag and the frosting came out of that instead of the tip. I did manage to pipe out some frosting on a few of them before I gave up and started spreading thick layers on everything in sight.
i'm glad that you're as much of a 50s housewife as i am. dave laughed at me because the other night i said there is nothing quite so satisfying as efficiently packing the freezer with containers of food. but it's TRUE. nothing funny about a haphazard avalanche of frozen peas.
Caitlin: if you're feeling particularily ambitious, come over and tackle our freezer, fridge, and pantry. That way, you get the satisfaction of organization and productivity and I get a clean kitchen. See? Everyone wins.