Butter Cookies and Royal Frosting...

For the first time ever, I made "cut-out" Christmas cookies this year. Normally this is something that I let Lydia do with Grandma, but for some reason I gave it a try this year. For those of you that know me, you know that I don't always do the "normal" or "expected" thing. So, I changed a couple of things about our "traditional" cut-out Christmas cookies this year.

I switched from sugar to butter cookies, added some almond extract and light corn syrup to the royal frosting recipe, and kept the familiar shapes. I used some gel food coloring and toothpicks to make some swirly designs on the cookies. I think they turned out pretty great. Oh, and they taste good too - especially with a glass of really cold milk (Santa would approve!) or with a nice hot latte!