Goodnight Sweet Pig

I happened upon the sweetest little bedtime, counting story! Goodnight Sweet Pig, written by award winning author Linda Bailey and illustrated by Josee Masse.  This raucous, bedtime romp is beautifully illustrated with so much detail on each page, we find something new each time we read it! Poor Hamlette just wants to go to sleep, but before she is resting comfortably in bed, she is bombarded with 9 other naughty pigs and all the mischief they bring with them.  A really fun read that all the little people in my life can expect to get a copy of soon! Many clever Shakespearean references for the adults and a simple, sweet rhyming text for the kiddos.  I loved this book!

These "fun-fetti" sugar cookies are the perfect bedtime snack to accompany this book! I was searching for a recipe for sugar cookie bars to make for school lunches and came across this mash-up between a sugar cookie and iced birthday cupcake all rolled into one.  Seriously the happiest looking cookie ever!  It's kind of like all the goodness of carefully cut out and iced sugar cookies with a little less effort. These smell amazing and you can't go wrong with cookie batter that contains a half cup of sprinkles... ever!
These can be made ahead, rolled into balls and frozen to bake later, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't just bake them right now! The recipe can be found right here and I did not tweak them one bit.  I do think the secret is to ensure the dough is chilled so the cookies do not spread out on the pan while baking.  I baked mine a bit longer then 8 minutes; about 10 minutes I think.