Well it seems the April snow showers have come and gone and the sunshine has rolled in along with warmer temperatures. To celebrate spring and Easter I thought I would whip together some sugar cookies. Well the concept of “whipping” these together was no where to be found in my kitchen yesterday. Some of you know that I am as anal as they come; therefore, the whole frosting process of these cookies literally took hours. In fact, my freaking back hurt from standing in my Uggs for hours on end and my kitchen was a hot mess! Despite the back pain and the disastrous kitchen, I thought these turned out quite cute. The best part of the whole afternoon was that I think I may have finally found my favorite sugar cookie recipe and sugar cookie icing! Seriously if you have never tried these highly rated recipes from allrecipes, do so I am pretty confident you will be as smitten with them as I am! Oh, and if you don’t have time for cut outs, try these super easy Sugar Cookie Bars I posted last week! Have a beautiful day and a wonderful Easter! 
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Sugar Cookies- I did add a smidgen of lemon extract to this recipe.
Sugar Cookie Icing- This recipe needs more milk, add 1/2 tsp at a time until you get the right consistency
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Soooo darling coming from one anal person to another!!!
These are gorgeous!!! You have tons more patience than I do.
such cute cookies!
So pretty! Love the way you decorated them.
They look great, Jamie! You're way better than me…..I'm out on cookies ESPECIALLY the kind that need icing & sprinkles!
Happy Easter to ya!
~ingrid
Jamie, those are beautiful. You should do what I do a lot in when decorating or prepping any big meal – sit at the kitchen table!
Saves on the wear & tear on your back! 
I love how much you pay attention to the detail in decorating your cookies. It shows! Gorgeous!!
What beautiful Easter Cookies! You are a true Cookie Artist. I too love this recipe for sugar cookies but add 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla to the recipe for better flavor.
They look quite fantastic! I made sugar cookes as well…and man are they a lot of work!! Yours look SO much more perfect than mine.
Mine are…rustic??
These cookies look great!! All of your “anal” time in the kitchen totally paid off. I hope you’re sitting, nursing your sore back and eating some of these sugar cookies right now. They’re just yummy-looking and precious! Happy Easter!
You are so talented. I think these look amazing. I can only dream of making some like this.
Your Easter cookies trumped mine BIG time! Isn’t that cookie recipe great? I use it all the time!
Your cookies are beautiful. I hear you on the decorating time suck (and back pain) they are so much work!
Your cookies are adorable! I’m typically anal about decorating, too. A lot of that has gone out the window these days, though, since I have small helpers around.