After reading most of the negative reviews regarding this recipe, I decided to go ahead and try it anyway. Like many others, I also added more flour after finding the dough too sticky, and I DID NOT refrigerate it overnight, or for any amount of time, and the only other change I made was omitting the lemon extract. My 3 1/2 yr old daughter helped me cut the dough into snowmen, bells, Christmas trees, and hearts. After they baked, I let them cool for about 15 minutes, then poured icing that I mixed with food coloring over them (the kind that you heat in the microwave and it hardens). We wrapped them up in colored paper and ribbons the next day and brought them to my family for Christmas Eve. No one could believe these cookies were home-made! They were so thick, shaped beautifully and rich in taste. The snowmen were blue, the hearts pink, the trees green with colorful sprinkles, and the bells purple. I highly recommend this recipe, and also this frosting to color and pour over them. I forget the brand, but I think it says "heat and pour" on the container. Just make sure to use a rack so the frosting can drip through. I'm going to make them again for Valentine's day. Now, in retrospect, I really wish I had taken pictures to post on this website.

Reviewed On: Jan. 5, 2006