Flat (Weekly Unplugged Theme)

For this week’s Unplugged Theme FLAT, we made Lemon Sugar Cookies. The kids got to help roll out the dough nice & flat. We tried to pick out more summery cookie shapes (stars, duck, airplane, butterful, tulip) but my cookie decorating supplies are obviously Christmasy – all red and green. LOL – I guess a little Christmas In July is ok.

Here is the recipe I used. These are yummy sugar cookies that don’t need icing. The Lemon adds a more light summery taste.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 c sugar

1/2 c butter

1/2 c vegetable shortening

2 eggs

2 1/2 c sifted all-purpse flour

1 t baking powder

1 t salt

1 tbs lemon zest (grated lemon peel)

1 t lemon flavoring

DIRECTIONS

Blend butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, adding a small amount at a time to the mixture, blending well. Add zest and flavoring. Chill dough. On a well floured board, roll out a small quantity at a time to about a 1/4″ thickness. Dough not in use should be kept refigerated. Cut into shapes and bake on a lightly greased cookies sheet, for about 10-12 minutes at 375. Bake until set, but not brown. Sprinkle with colored sugars, before baking, or frost after baking. Dough can be frozen to bake at a later date.

We also did some Leaf Rubbings. I pulled out some leaves that we flattened in a book

last fall (great to have extra leaves on hand all year – I will fill some of my books again this year). The Recycled Crayons we made a few weeks ago worked great for the rubbings.

One of ‘A’s Rubbings.

One of ‘L’s rubbings.

One of ‘B’s rubbings.