These sugar cookies are a melt-in-your-mouth kind of cookie.  The cookie itself is delicious. Add a little frosting and decorate them as you wish.  They’re pretty and festive. They’re a good cookie for Christmas and Valentine’s Day, and Easter and Halloween.  Because they’re a blank slate, they can adapt themselves to whatever occasion you’d like to use them for.

The Two Peas and Their Pod Cookbook

This recipe comes from a brand-new cookbook by my good blogging friend, Maria Lichty- from the Two Peas and Their Pod blog.  It’s the Two Peas and Their Pod Cookbook. Maria is one of my first blogging friends. We’ve known each other since the very early days of blogging– 10+ years ago. Maria’s blog has always been very popular for her delicious recipes, and she happens to be a cookie-baking expert too!  When it came time to try the first recipe from Maria’s book, I simply had to choose a cookie recipe! You’ve gotta love a cookbook that has photos, and this one doesn’t disappoint.  There’s a big, beautiful photo of every one of the 115 recipes in her book. Chapters include breakfast, appetizers, salads, soups, side dishes, vegetarian main dishes, meat and fish main dishes, cookies, dessert and easy entertaining. I have my eye on a ton of recipes in this book, but here are the ones that have me the most excited: Cinnamon Streusel French Toast, Peanut Butter- Chocolate Chip Energy Bites, Baked Brie with Apples and Salted Caramel Sauce, Caprese Garlic Bread, Everyday Butter Lettuce Salad, Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Chowder, Crispy Garlic- Rosemary Smashed Potatoes, Pesto- Havarti Mac and Cheese, Enchilada- Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, Sweet and Smoky Ribs, Grilled Steak Tacos with Chimichurri, Mega Monster Cookies and Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake.  If you’re looking for a new cookbook to add to your cookbook shelves (or as a gift for the holidays), the Two Peas and Their Pod Cookbook is a definite YES!

How to make Easy Frosted Sugar Cookies:

The most awesome bonus about this cookie recipe is that there is no rolling out needed.  You simply shape the dough into dough balls, and the you flatten the dough balls with the bottom of a sugared glass. They naturally smash into a nice, round shape!

After cooling, the cookies are ready to be frosted.  If you want, you can freeze them at this point and defrost them when you’re ready to use them later. Then defrost and proceed with frosting and decorating.

Of course these easy frosted sugar cookies can be served just as such.  You can even tint the frosting a little if you want a particular color frosting. Or you can add your favorite kind of sprinkles!

I personally like to add the sprinkles.  These are cute for a birthday party.  Think green/red for Christmas… and other colors for other occasions.

Besides the cute factor, they’re also quite a delicious cookie.  There’s a hint of almond flavor.  You’ll love them!

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