Lets celebrate America with these yummy, patriotic sugar cookie bars!  These July 4th cookies are made into a bar, frosted with lots of delicious buttercream, and decorated with simple gel frosting. One of the best red white and blue desserts you'll find on the internet!  Summer always brings many opportunities for back yard BBQ's, cookouts, pot-lucks and get-togethers.  For the last several years our neighborhood does a July 4th cookout that is always top-notch!  Each family brings a dish or two to share, along with lots of burgers and dogs on the grill.   We always have plenty of food, friends, beer, yard games, kids running around, and at the end of the night we light our own fireworks.  It's an all-American neighborhood cookout at its best! … [Read more...]