Growing up, my family celebrated Christmas a little differently every year. To this day we have very few "set in stone" traditions, aside from the scrumptious late-morning breakfast my dad cooks up on Christmas morning.
But somewhere we skipped Christmas cookies altogether.
No more!
Yesterday I embarked on a Christmas cookie baking/decorating project, inspired by none other than the fabulous Bake at 350 and Tidy Mom (those ladies make some serious cookies!).
I decided that chocolate was the route to go (honestly, when is chocolate not the route to go?) and baked up some of Tidy Mom's Chocolate Cutout Cookies. After a trip to Wal-Mart for cookie cutters (I didn't even own cookie cutters! Shocking.).
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| I discovered that the cookies baked better when they were rolled pretty thin (1/4 inch?). |
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| All ready for the oven. |
So, plan B. I found this fun-looking Glace Icing at Our Best Bites and gave it a whirl. It was easy to put together, and I added some color to a few small bowls.
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| The cookie decorating station |
My icing was not quite thick enough and did not stay on very nicely at first, until I discovered that spreading it over the cookie with a toothpick worked best for me.
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| One of my favorites...my lady with the pearl necklace! |
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| Splotchy stocking, Gaping-Mouthed Gingerbread Man, and Black-Eyed Frosty. |
The blue snowman even has what Bridget would call unsightly pits. (Oh dear! Oh my!) He tasted just fine, so I've forgiven myself for that particular calamity. :)
The best part was putting Squishy to bed and having two girlfriends over to help me tuck these cookies away. I lit candles, and we drank hot tea, dined on cookies, and chatted. Ah, good times.
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These look awesome, I don't know why you claim they are disheveled! You wanna see disheveled? You should see my hair right now! eeeek! Have a great one, and these cookies are adorable!
ReplyDeletehaha loved this! I made gingerbread men last weekend and decorated them - it went much better this time around (my first decorating attempts were kind of sad). Just a tip, if you want a royal icing type of icing, but don't have any extra ingredients, amanda at I am Baker has a great icing recipe with just powdered sugar, lemon juice, corn syrup and milk. That's what I use! :)
ReplyDeleteLove it Alicia!!! so fun wasn't it!! and they turned out adorable!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out too!♥
Feels like christmas is near!
ReplyDeleteLove Amelie
Great job on your first time!
ReplyDeleteYay!!! they look great! And even unsightly pits TASTE good! ;)
ReplyDeletethey turned out really cute!
ReplyDeleteYou make me laugh Alicia ... thanks!
ReplyDeleteI saved the image of your fav cookie. :)
Way to go girl! I was read Bridget's tutorial on PW's site last night. It looks so fun. I bought some meringue powder a few weeks ago, just so I could try it!
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous that I'm not one of the girlfriends who helped you eat these. :(
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