You know “the other woman” that lurks around every corner – well, we have one of those.  I even know her name and what she is really good at…  Unlike me, she is little, sweet, and everything a guy could want.  Her name is (drum roll here)  Grandma!!!  And she bakes (baked) the best sugar cookies in the world.  I have tried and tried but they never quite measure up because it’s hard to compete with a beloved grandma!  I decided, since I’m the best wife in the world…to try one more time to replicate her sugar cookies.  

With all the cooking shows on TV now there is a plethora of recipes for every food imaginable. Surely Grandma’s recipe is in there somewhere. I have tried dough balls rolled in sugar, and cut-outs sprinkled with white, brown,or turbinado sugar.  Should they be thick and chewy, thin and crispy?  Gingerbready, shortbready? Chill the dough, don’t chill it, ice the cookies, don’t ice them? Add nutmeg?  Cinnamon? Sour cream, cream cheese?  I have measured, stirred, tasted, tweaked, and tweaked some more. 

While I slaved away in the kitchen with a new recipe Bob sat in the recliner in his man-cave, reading.  Eventually, I took him a warm, freshly baked cookie.   He took a couple of bites as I “casually” hung around waiting because I just knew I was going to hear,” You nailed it!  These taste just like Grandma’s!”  Yeah, right.  What he said was:  “Have you given Cricket any.”  (Cricket is our dog!!)  Talk about adding insult to injury!  (She wouldn’t eat them.)

Let it be known that in the case of June versus Grandma, after sixty-five years, ten months, fourteen days, nine hours,  thirty-seven minutes, and ten seconds, when the alleged victim could not be satisfied with said sugar cookies by said wife, June, there will no more attempts at desired satisfaction.  This case is closed!!

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