Cookies and Monkies

They actually have something in common. They are both tutorials from Pinterest that I tried out this week. I could have just named this post Pinterest Tutorials, but where's the fun in that?

Cookies first.  I made these London Fog Cookies from Oleander and Palm.  They were soooo good! The dough was very soft and it was challenging to cut out the shapes and I was wondering how they would turn out. They came out of the oven beautiful. As soon as you take a bite, they melt in your mouth and mmmmm! This recipe is definitely a keeper.

Now we come to the monkey. This tutorial from Craft Passion was pretty easy. It had to be if I wanted to do it. The only thing was that I didn't have anymore stuffing so I had to improvise. I stuffed it with my dog Macy's hair so he's a little hairy. I've gotten reactions from "eww!" to "cool!"... He is a very special monkey and his name is Maxwell.

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies

I was looking through cookie recipes I had pinned on Pinterest and decided to try a few in the near future. I made some Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies from No. 2 Pencil. They turned out absolutely delicious. I generously frosted all the cookies with the cream cheese frosting and there was still some leftover. My mom and brother aren't the kind who like sweets so it was sort of surprising when they still ate a bunch without as much frosting. My dad, from whom I inherited my sweet tooth from, says it is a 9 out of 10 on the cookie scale. Definitely going to keep this recipe.