Cheating on Cookies

Before Hannah, I would spend hours making a variety of cookies around this time of the year. The last 2 years I have not really wanted to. I just have not found the time or the desire. This year, with my family coming for Christmas (tomorrow), I was on the potluck list to do a desert. Nothing else sounded fun to make, so I decided I would just make some cookies.

But not just any cookies. I would make some fun cookies. See below to find out what I decided to make and how.

To make this a bit simpler I cheated!
I had 2 of these bags hiding in my pantry from a time when I got the bags for cheapo (nearly free!).


On the back there are instructions for how to make them, and if you want to make cutout cookies, which I did want to, what to add/substract. So I followed the easy instructions.

Rolled out the dough and started cutting out shapes.

Before going in the oven

After baking

I prepped my station, for the decorating process. I've got sprinkles and crushed peppermint candy cane in the bowls and waxed paper on the counters.

I melted some chocolate chips (it wasn't working as well as I would like in the pan, so I switched to my metal bowl).

Gooey chocolate melted!

Then I dipped the cookies into the chocolate and then into the toppings. As you can see I've got finished products hardening on the counters.

I suppose you'll have to wait til my family visits to find out if they turned out decent or not. Either way I thought it a pretty easy way to spice up some bagged sugar cookies and make them festive.