Are you one of the many moms that let your kids help make the gift tin cookies? I had never made them, but Jo has made these sugar cutout cookies the last two years. So I gathered up as many iced, sprinkled and sugared cookie images I could find and bought what we needed. Great! The cookies bake in 7 minutes so I allowed a half hour to mix, bake and create 6 dozen cookies. Ummmm......NO! It took me 2 hours to figure out how to cut them out and get them on the pan and still resemble the cookie cutter. Another two hours to get 40 cookies baked with the dough that stayed on our work surface. An hour to sprinkle sugar on them. Ever tell a 6 year old to just go and shake the sugar on the pans? WRONG instructions. Then that kind, loving, cherub like face looked up at me and said, " Grandma, are you ready for directions yet?" We packed up the cookies and 90 minutes later I had the kitchen back to normal. I am NEVER making decorated cookies again!! Oh yes, and how was your day?