My New Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe!

I have shared a sugar cookie recipe on here before, but I visited my old college roommate, Brinda, last year who shared this recipe with me, and I fell in love! It has almond extract in it. I don't like almond extract! But I love these cookies. The key is to not put too much almond extract in. DO NOT OVERDO IT! Put even less than it says if you want, but don't accidentally put in more, or it will be gross. This is your warning! :)

Mama's Sugar Cookies from Brinda

1 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract (and not a drop more!!!)
4 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Cream together margarine and sugar until smooth, add eggs and mix again until fluffy. Add vanilla and almond. Add flour, soda, and salt, mix well. Refrigerate for two hours (or as long as you can stand it...I'm not patient! but it is kind of important for handling the dough without it being sticky). Roll out 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for six minutes. Let cool on sheet for a few minutes and then move to rack to continue cooling. (Six minutes might be too short depending on your oven. I would say 6-8 minutes).

Hellooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been three years! I started thinking I needed to add a few newer recipes that I have come to love to this blog. Mostly for my own sake so I never lose them. :) I've recently started enjoying making some freezer meals to help me feel prepared and for those nights I don't have it all together. Also, I've started to embrace meal planning (something I have not enjoyed in the past).

Life is very different than it was three years ago! I live in a different place, I have a three year old and will be having a new baby in a few months. It's about time I recorded some of these newer recipes in this newer stage of life, don't you think?

And just so you know that my trusty husband is still around to rate my recipes and approve what I cook, here's a picture of him sweetly making dinner for me one night when I wasn't feeling up to it. (He made spaghetti and meat sauce that was very tasty).