19Jan
| Pros of Making Sugar Cookies from Scratch | Cons of Making Sugar Cookies from Scratch |
| You can choose what shape you will cut out | They take more time |
| Cookies are fun to make | Making sugar cookies = More mess |
| They are a lot cheaper | More ingredients needed on hand |
| They taste better | They don't always turn out |
Cookie decorating has always been a big part of Christmas for me. I remember cutting out cookies for hours, frosting them, and having warm cookies with a cold glass of milk. This year I had the opportunity to plan a cooking decorating activity for children at my church. At first, I planned to buy several dozen plain sugar cookies from a bakery, but I changed my mind after evaluating the pros and cons.
Pros of Making Sugar Cookies from Scratch
- You can choose what shape to cut out. The bakery I called offered 3-inch circle cookies. Well, I wanted Christmas cookies! I cut out 3-inch trees, Christmas stockings, and gingerbread men. They were so much cuter than circles.
- Cookies are fun to make. If you love baking, sugar cookies are right up your alley!
- They are way cheaper. The bakery I called offered 3-inch cookies for 50 cents and 4-inch for 75 cents. I baked 56 cookies for about $2.52! It would have cost me $112 at the bakery.
- They taste so much better. Nothing is better then a freshly baked cookie with some milk.
Below is a chart of how I figured how much I spent based on Walmart prices using my sugar cookie recipe.
How much does it cost to make sugar cookies?
| Ingredients | Quantity in Recipe | Cost | Cost of Ingredient |
| Sugar | 2 cups | 3.2¢/oz. | 45¢ |
| Flour | 7 cups | 1.5¢/ oz. | 58.5¢ |
| Butter | 1/2 cup | $2.98/ 4 sticks | 74.5¢ |
| vegetable oil | 1/2 cup | 6.1¢/oz. | 23¢ |
| eggs | 2 | 12¢/oz. | 24¢ |
| baking soda | 2 tsp. | 3.6¢/oz. | 1.2¢ |
| baking powder | 4 tsp. | 14.2¢/oz. | 9.3¢ |
| salt | 1/2 tsp. | 4.3¢/oz. | .65¢ |
| Lemon Extract | 1 tsp. | 77¢/oz. | 11.6¢ |
| Vanilla Extract | 2 tsp. | 12.5¢/oz. | 3.8¢ |
| Total | $2.52¢ |
Cons of Making Sugar Cookies from Scratch
- They take a lot more time. Time is money. I spent about an hour and a half making, cutting, and cooking the sugar cookies.
- They make a mess. I hate having a sink full of dishes! Sugar cookies alone can fill up a sink with measuring cups, mixing bowls, rolling pins, cookie cutters, and cookie sheets.
- You have to have all the ingredients. It can be frustrating to gather all the ingredients. Sometimes, I have begun to make cookies, only to realize that I don't have butter, eggs, or vanilla.
- You don't know if they will turn out exactly how you want them to. Making food for an event is stressful! It feels like food doesn't turn out exactly how I want it. This time making cookies, I overcooked a batch and made the cookies thicker then I should have.
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Written By: Kristen
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