Cooking Mag Mommy

I am admitting here in writing for all to see that I am notorious for making too much food. Richard repeatedly asks me why I did not halve the recipe as there are only 2 real eaters in our family. Eyrleigh does not warrant a full serving yet. I rarely look to see how many servings a recipe makes and have frequently made a meal that will serve 8 for just Richard and I. Naturally, the amount of leftovers is overwhelming and most of the food gets thrown away. Tonight, I didn't do that. I saw that the recipe for Dot's Sugar Cookies on page 79 of this month's Gourmet would make about 8 dozen cookies. We don't need 96 cookies so I halved the recipe. Well, I don't know what size the cookies would be that the recipe was intended for but with my egg cookie cutters for Easter, I only got about 25 cookies. The picture above was taken on a dessert plate so don't be deceived by the picture, these are very normal size cookies. I wish I hadn't halved the recipe. I had ...