blood orange cookies

this past sunday i spent the day conquering these lovelies... orange sugar cookies with bloood orange cream cheese frosting 

these took me a good three hours
 from preparing the blood orange curd used in the frosting,

to hand squeezing  blood oranges (that i bought in the pouring rain at the local farmers market),

to cutting up fresh strawberries to top 'em off
everything was done from s-c-r-a-t-c-h

i dont mean to toot my own horn

but these are by far the best cookies ive ever had, EVER!

i plan to make them again for tay's family's easter celebration

happy day!