World Series Cookies

I love baseball.  I've had a pretty healthy exposure to the world of baseball my whole life but it was while I was in High School that I really started paying attention to it and I have been in love with it ever since.  Especially when it's a blue and white uniform and hails from the city of Angels.  Yup that's right, I'm a Dodgers fan.  Love, love, love my Dodgers.  Can't get enough of 'em.  Did you see Matt Kemp get the Hank Aaron award tonight for the National League? You guessed it, he's a Dodger.

Anyways, back to baseball and the World Series.  Last year I made some tasty cookies while we watched the World Series.  I rooted for Texas.  Why? Because I would never, ever, ever, root for the Giants.  Even if they were the last baseball club on earth.  To say that I don't like them would be an understatement. Seriously.  So I made these adorable Texas cookies.  This year Texas made it again, so it only seems fitting to show 'em off.

I'm super particular about my sugar cookies, because I like sugar and I want them to taste good.  After searching high and low I found the best recipe ever! I found in on a blog called Skip to my Lou.  You can check it out there.  It makes a lot of dough!

World Series Cookies

Ingredients::
2 cups butter (I use unsalted)
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
8 Tbsp. cold milk
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
8 cups flour (I use half regular flour and half pastry flour)

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar together in mixer.  Add in eggs and vanilla until blended.  Add in salt. Add baking soda to milk and add the milk mixture alternatively with the flour.  Divide the dough in half or in fourths.  Flatten into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour.

After dough is chilled, remove from refrigerator and let stand for about 15 minutes.  Preheat over to 350 degrees.  Roll out until desired thickness is reached (usually about 1/4 inch) and cut with cookie cutters. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, rotating the tray half way through (my trademark!).  Cool in a wire rack before frosting.

Enjoy!