Last Thursday was a comedy of multiple errors. I spent over four hours making sugar cookies for Wade's Arrow of Light ceremony. I've made sugar cookies countless times, but for some reason that day was one miss after another. Here's how it went down:
Error #1: I forgot the eggs in the first batch of dough and had to add them at the very end.
Error #2: The second batch of dough was super sticky. Thankfully I realized in time that I had used the half-cup measuring cup instead of the cup, so I knew how much flour had been left out.
Error #3: Trying to glaze the cookies. I had images in my head of the wonderful EASY glazed Christmas sugar cookies we made growing up, but instead of calling my mom for the glaze recipe, I found one online and went for it. It was disgusting and slid right off the cookies. 40 cookies went straight to the trashcan.
Error #4: Food coloring. Luckily I had ONE can of vanilla frosting and had j.u.s.t. e.n.o.u.g.h to frost all 85 arrow cookies--this was a small miracle because I did NOT want to go to the store! However, when I added my Wilton yellow food coloring gel, the color was attrocious and came out more a peachy color instead of yellow. By that time I simply DID NOT CARE.
Final Fail: I went to shake sprinkles on the cookies and didn't check one of the bottles. Since it didn't have a shaker top, I ended up dumping half the bottle of sprinkles on one cookie. Nice. I was really happy I had that other bottle!
In the end, my little labor of love turned out fine. I kept saying to myself, "I'm doing this for Wade. I'm doing this for Wade. I WILL make this happen for Wade." The kids at the pack meeting loved them and they were all gone in 5 minutes. Score!
