This is the best carrot cake I've ever had. If you've never met a fruitcake you liked, this one might change your mind. My aunt Sis used to work summers as a cook for a Forest Service firefighting crew. This is just a good, basic sugar cookie, but to make them really special, use this Cookie Glaze . My mom got this recipe from my first-grade teacher when she was Room Mother for our class.
Kids love to paint it on.
The colors are bright, and the cookies dry with a hard glaze that stores and travels really well. This Shortbread recipe is from a cookbook I got in Scotland. The rice flour gives it a perfect crumbly texture. These are pretty, and they taste good, too. I always make them when I'm in my annual holiday baking frenzy.