Jar of Hearts: Sugar Cookie Recipe

I am so excited about my next big cooking venture. I will be co-teaching some cooking classes for kids at a great little restaurant called Relish.  They contacted me in November to ask if it was something I would be interested in, and I replied "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" "Sure, I would love to".
Our first round of classes will begin in February.  One is called "Jar of Hearts", in which kids will be

When the Moon Hits Your Eye...

What do you get when you cross a five pound bag of flour, 18 pie crusts, and 9 ecstatic 11 year olds???...Flour Power like you have never seen it! Today's cooking adventure?  I did a birthday party at Dinner Savvy and the theme was PIE. Pizza Pie. Apple Pie. Cherry Pie. Oh and a throw in a few garlic knots for fun.
First, there was dough...

                              

The girls were dying for an appetizer, so we whipped up a batch of garlic knots.                                                   

Finally it's time to prepare the first pie... 

You can bet, that with 11 year olds, when they get free reign with a ball of pizza dough, boring, traditional circles you will not find...Mickey Mouse?  A teddy bear?

This is serious work...

And we send them to the ovens.

The girls take a break and decorate some aprons.

Now for...DESSERT PIES!

The finished product.  Most people would be ready for a nap after all this food.  I can safely say that was not the case today.  Nothing ends a day of cooking fun like a game of hide and seek in the kitchen.  Oh yeah, we did.