Eureka!

I have found cookie heaven. By following my sister-in-law's mother-in-law's recipe, I finally ended up with buttery, tender cookies with shiny, solid icing on top. They look like something you'd buy shink-wrapped at Easter. Hooray!

Trevor wandered over while he was supposed to be doing homework to see what I was up to. He glazed a couple himself, then manned the sanding sugar. He added a dollop of blue food coloring to some of the pink to make his own indigo cookie. (The spot on his chin is blue food coloring.)



When in doubt, ask someone's Italian mother. Grazie, Maria!

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