Memorial Day Sugar Cookies
Making these cookies reminded me of a very nice time when I started making cupcakes. #TBT if you will. For the first, like, three weeks of baking cupcakes, I was awful at it. Just awful. I always overbaked them, they were so dry they were basically inedible. I didn't really know how to frost either. I just haphazardly spread some overly stiff frosting with a knife, and even when I picked up piping I was still awful. The point of the matter is that it didn't come naturally to me; it took a lot of practice. So, I don't really know why I expected that I could just pick up cookies and be super good at it right away. They turned out alright in the end, but the process was certainly trying. I just can't tell when cookies are done, I've never made royal icing before, and I'm not awesome at piping in a straight line. Those were the primary obstacles. I actually underbaked half of the cookies and they broke almost immediately. I've never known how to test cooki...