Pitter Patter

I don't know what you like to do on a sizzling hot Friday night in the middle of July, but I like to bake cookies.  When other people start to relax after a long work week, I preheat the oven, tie on an apron, and get out the rolling pin!  I did at least wait for the sun to go down and the outside air temperature to dip a little, but after that it was right to work with Alton Brown's sugar cookie recipe (linked here), my baby-foot cookie cutter which I searched all over creation for, and a lot of flour thrown around!  Of course, my kitchen, this morning, looks like a war zone but that's little price to pay for something that will provide a joyful memory on a special day. As I said on my facebook page last night (and many times before), "It's time to clean up my kitchen so I can mess it up again."  I just wish there was a kitchen elf to empty my dishwasher at night so I don't have to unload it before loading it up again.  I'd love that.  It's very deja vu, Groundhog Day, etc. every time I clean up my kitchen!  Anyway...

These cookies are for a very special friend, Chris, who is hosting a very special baby shower.  She asked for  the cookies to be tied with citrus-y colored ribbons, and using that as inspiration, I decided to ice the cookies in citrus colors as well.  These cookies of soft little pads and tiny toes make me happy  just to look at them!  I flavored the icing with lemon extract just to carry the citrus theme that much further.  I do hope that Chris is happy with these cute little cookies.  I had fun making them on a hot Friday night!

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