Cookies are EVIL!!!!

So how is it that I can bake cakes and make ganache but I can't make let alone bake a simple sugar cookie!

So my mom tells me at Christmas that she has an awesome recipe for really easy sugar cookies. I was running behind so she made us some to decorate and they were awesome. She made a TON of cookies. She claimed that she couldn't make cut out cookies (they always blobbed on her and were indistinguishable) but these came out amazing. So for Easter I decided to use my egg, bunny and butterfly shaped cutters to make some fun cookies.

I attempted the recipe that she sent and that was a huge no go! I measured everything and mixed it according to the recipe and it looked like sand. I finally managed to squeeze it into a ball shape to chill in the fridge (as per the recipe). A few hours later I tried to roll them... HA! I got about 6 cookies worth out of 1/5 of the dough. Baked them as the recipe said and they are the crispest ones I've ever seen that weren't actually burnt. So I went with my back up dough roll that I had in the fridge.

Those rolled fairly well but when baked stuck to the cookie pan! I managed to get a few usable ones so that I can make some fun cookies for the kiddos for Easter. So I've got a total of maybe 20 cookies after working on them for about 2 hours.

GRRRR!

Assuming I don't just throw them all across the room tomorrow when trying to make them pretty I will add some photos.