I have lots of ideas. Sometimes they are BRILLIANT AMAZING ideas that just appear in my life in a cloud of sparkly thoughts like a veritable genie from a bottle. Sometimes they are COLOSSAL FAILURE ideas that bring tears and ice cream eating on the floor of the closet... (and also valuable insights if we are being completely honest.) But sometimes...I just have regular old ideas that are neither good or bad. This is one of those ideas.

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Use this cookie decorating tutorial to learn how to make decorated tulip sugar cookies. ACTUAL conversation with my 7 year old daughter this morning: Her: Hey mom, can you do my laundry today? It has to be TODAY. Me: *all happiness leaving* Her: Because I need more socks for Friday. Me: For FRIDAY? Do you have socks for today? Her: Yes. But I won't have enough for Friday. Me: Friday is three days away. I can do your laundry tomorrow or even Thursday. Her: And it will be done by Friday?!! You guys. She LEGIT thinks that laundry takes THREE DAYS.

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Have you ever tried a sugar cookie recipe that claims to be "non-spreading" and then baked princess carriage cookies that came out of the oven looking more like smashed pumpkins? Have you ever given your "no-fail" recipe to a friend only to have them return with a FAILED verdict? WHAT MAKES SUGAR COOKIES SPREAD??!   I'm not sure if you know this...but I make chocolate sugar cookies . I've made chocolate sugar cookies using the same recipe for a reallllllly long time. My recipe is solidly in the no-spread camp. But that doesn't mean that it will come out perfect 100% of the time. A really good, really solid recipe is only PART OF THE EQUATION. If you are struggling with sugar cookies that spread, read the nine tips below and start baking with confidence!