Star Wars Sugar Cookies

Hello all my fellow book nerds! Today is a very special day for Star Wars lovers. It's May the fourth! As far as I am concerned, there's only one good way to celebrate such a glorious occasion! Baked goods!

The last treat I did for May the fourth was Chewbacca doughnuts, which really was as simple as buying some doughnuts and drawing on them with icing. It was a lovely treat. Since then, I have acquired Star Wars cookie cutters, and I love them! This is only my second time using them, and I decided to have a little fun buy making some green dough especially for Yoda.

If you would like to create your very own Star Wars sugar cookies, you can get the cookie cutters here and here. We opted not to frost them because we like them plain (and I have no faith in my level of cookie decorating skills), but the recipe I used also has a frosting recipe.

The recipe I used can be found here. I halved the recipe as it makes a ton of cookies, and I don't have enough mouths around to help me eat them. Here's what I did:

Star Wars Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 sticks of butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. In the bowl of mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla until well-combined.

2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl before mixing with the wet ingredients until combined.

3. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours.

4. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

5. Roll out your dough on a lightly floured surface and cut out your shapes.

6. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes. Watch closely! You don't want to overcook them! There will be a hint of golden brown on the bottom edges.

You can choose to frost them if you wish! Like I said, I opted not to. You can also use food coloring to your advantage like I did with Yoda this time around.

There you have it! It's pretty simple and straight forward! Nothing makes a sugar cookie better than it being in the shape of one of your favorite characters!

May the force be with you! And if you haven't already, you should pick up a Star Wars book! There's many to choose from. Even if you don't want to delve into Star Wars Legends or any of the more current novels, there are comics, cookbooks, a handbook on speaking Wookie--in short, there's something for everyone! I highly recommend Darth Vader and Son and all the other Darth Vader books by Jeffrey Brown!

How did you guys celebrate May the fourth? If you forgot to celebrate, you can come hang out with me and help me eat the rest of these cookies :)