baking cookies (or is that burning?)

There is a super-mum out there, who not only has time to keep her house immaculate, but cooks fresh, nutritious meals every night AND keeps a fabulous blog for would be domestic goddesses... my polar opposite i hear you say? yes mam!

So mr 3.5 came up to me this afternoon and said 'i'm so happy to be having a day home with my mummy', a statement that i am convinced was meant to manipulate me rather than compliment me, but i melted into a big pile of mummy goo all the same... and somehow those (hang on, counting) 12 little words made me slap on an apron and tackle a cookie recipe concocted and photographed by (above mentioned) 'super mum' (check it out at http://superorganizer.blogspot.com/2009/10/sugar-cookies.html)

I would like to pass on some valuable advice to anyone who intends to try this recipe...

1. icing sugar may LOOK like flour, but it doesn't work in a biscuit recipe (yes, one batch in the bin)
2. when the recipe suggests a pinch of salt, it's best you check which grinder you pick up before grinding straight into the bowl (this batch survived because i highly doubt anyone will taste the pepper... will they?)
3. don't let your child break the egg STRAIGHT into the mixture... unless you're going for that slightly 'crunchy' texture

i'm sure you're all keen to see the outcome....

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see that one in the bottom right hand corner, mr 3.5 said it was 'so yummy mummy'... so i have to say, overall, the cookies were a success :-)