I blame it on the mustache cookie cutter.

Every once in a while, I think that it's a good idea to make cut-out cookies and decorate them. I know that you, dear reader, are curious as to my process. "Katy," you're thinking, "Shrek-snot cupcakes aside, you're a pretty good baker. How do you go about making these cookies?"

As a special treat, I've written down my process. Enjoy!

1. Make dough according to recipe and refrigerate.

2. After 3-4 hours of refrigerator time, pull out dough. Select cookie cutters. Preheat oven and prep pans with parchment paper of appropriate size.

3. Apply what seems to be a sufficient amount of flour to work surface and to rolling pin. Add more for good measure.

4. Try to roll dough and have it stick to everything. Swear a bit.

5. Tear off a piece of parchment paper and apply to the top of dough. Be momentarily happy as the rolling pin is no longer sticking. Proceed to have emotional 180 as the dough sticks to the parchment paper when it is peeled off of the cookie dough.

6. Apply approximately all of the flour you have in the bin to your rolling surface in irritation. Realize that that amount is a bit excessive and scrape some to the side.

7. Roll stuff out and punch out shapes. Mutter "mother*bleeping* bunnies" under your breath as the cut outs still stick.

Frickin' bunnies.

8. Bake. Take a quick break to take some picture of yourself with a cookie mustache.

"Let's try something. Raise your eyebrow."

"Now raise the other eyebrow."

"Now make a face like a walrus. Perfect! That's a wrap."

9. Cut out more shapes and bake some more.

10. BAKE FOREVER. THE RECIPE YOU FOLLOWED MAKES ENOUGH DOUGH FOR SIX TRILLION COOKIES.

All right! Now that you've baked everything, it's fun decorating time!

11. Mix up some powdered sugar and a bit of water for frosting. Mix. Add color. Mix again.

12. Add more water to your frosting since it's too thick.

13. Add more powdered sugar since it's now too runny.

14. Repeat steps 12-13 until you say "good enough," but not before you've made about twice as much frosting as you wanted.

15. Decorate.

Insert mustache pun here.

16. Think that you've maybe gone through about a quarter of your cookies. Check to see how many cookies you actually have left.

So. Many.

17. Decide to call it a night and watch the Golden Globes.