Join Michelle and Starla as they continue in the "Why Submit?" study. This week they talk about pouring out a sacrifice and what that might look like in our lives, homes and families.

Starla shares a powerful example from her own life of how the Lord asked her to sacrifice something very dear. Listen to find out more!

Michelle and Starla "stir it up" in the kitchen! They try out a recipe for the famous "Utah cookies". Watch to the end to see how it turns out!

Utah Cookies

Ingredients:

For dough:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/4 cup oil (we used avacado)

1/2 c. granulated sugar

1/2 c. powdered sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract

2 c. all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

For the frosting:

1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened

6 1/2 c. powdered sugar

4-5 TBS milk

pink gel food coloring

Step 1:

Preheat over to 350

Cream butter, oil and sugars together until smooth

Mix in egg, vanilla and almond extracts

Step 2:

Add dry ingredients:

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix into the wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.

Step 3:

Press the dough

To get the textured edges, form large balls of cookie dough. Press down with a glass. Sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.

*Don't bake too long. Chill baking sheet for 10 minutes before baking for exactly 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool about 30 minutes.

The Frosting:

With a hand mixer, cream the butter. Mix in 2 cups of the powdered sugar and milk. Add in remaining sugar. Mix in the food coloring. Mix until desired consistency and frost the cooled cookies.

These were delicious!