Homemade Sugar Cookies

I received a set of 100 cookie cutters as a gift a while ago, and I am happy to say that I finally got around to using them for the first time tonight.  I made pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies from scratch!









I used a recipe I found on a blog called The Crafty Penguin.  My mom is letting me borrow her KitchenAid stand mixer until Christmas, which made the process soooo much easier than mixing the dough and the icing (also made from scratch) by hand.

I haven't tasted them yet as the icing has to dry first, so I have no idea if they will be any good.  I have never made iced sugar cookies before so I'm excited to try them!  I don't have much experience with food coloring, so the icing isn't quite the orange color I was hoping for, but I'm not worried about it as John and I will probably be the only ones to eat them.

I think for my next challenge I would like to try making vegan sugar cookies.  I found a recipe which sounds pretty yummy, but I'll have to learn how to work with vegan cream cheese and egg replacer.  I'll be sure to post pictures when I try it!