People who rated this recipe with one star either did not follow the instructions or were just plain IMPATIENT. Once you've mixed the ingredients together at first, it does look curdled...that one the author wasn't kidding, but whip it for 5 minutes and it looks beautiful. Cool it for a few minutes and whip it again, it's just heavenly. The taste was awesome. Not to sweet and surprisingly fluffy. I did follow others advice and mixed the sugar with the warm milk and cornstarch. I also added 1/2 tbsp more cornstarch and 1/4 cup more butter. It seems little but it made a lot of difference in the texture and stiffness. I used this for a birthday cake. Everyone (yes, everyone) asked for the recipe.

Reviewed On: Jan. 26, 2008

The vanilla taste was wonderful, but I have to agree it was a tad bit cakey when I followed the recipe as it is, I made another batch with more milk and it turned out wonderful, I added a dash of nutmeg for flavor too!

Reviewed On: Dec. 4, 2007

Just made this with my 4 year old and he loved it. We added 1 more cup of sugar and 2 more cups of flour so that the it wont be too sticky. My four year old had fun mixing, cutting (w/ a train shaped cookie cutter) and decorating the cookies. The result, we had cookies that had the texture and taste that resembled animal crackers than sugar cookies. This recipe is great if you're making cookies with kids!

Reviewed On: Oct. 26, 2007