Showing posts with label sugar cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar cookies. Show all posts

Bachelorette Treats: Lingerie Cookies

Thursday, February 9, 2012

 Please don't be offended by my scandalise cookies but they are so cute I had to share! Want to make something fun for a bachelorette party? Or for a special valentines day? Make lingerie sugar cookies. This post is not to show you how to make sugar cookies, because honestly I bought the premix only had to add butter and an egg. But when it comes to icing get the Betty Crocker Cookie Icing. The gel Icing doesn't look good and frosting will not give you these results. What you need: sugar cookie recipe or mix, a heart shaped cookie cutter (I got mine from Micheal's - they should be more places now that it's close to Valentines Day), and then whatever color Icings and whatever color sprinkles or other decorettes you would like to use! All you do is bake the cookies, let them completely cool, and then begin decorating. Make an outline and then fill in, use a toothpick to help smooth the icing in the area you want.

I have to say the "polka-dots" are my favorite. I used white icing and just covered the icing with sprinkles. The red with pink stars or blue with purple stars is super cute - I wanted to use hearts but I couldn't find the decorettes at the store. To create this look first put down the starts to make the outline and then put a line of icing over the bottom of the stars. See picture below.
 Do the stars look like kind of like ruffles? Or just a mess?! Either way it's cute and it tastes good!!! You can make them for a bachelorette party or you can make then as an activity at the party. If you are going to do that, just have the cookies already made and cooled. You can eat the cookie right after the icing but it might be a bit messy. If you are going to make them for the party do it the day before so the icing can dry and then the cookies can be stacked/you don't have to worry about all the icing rubbing off on each other. 
Hope you all have a good Valentines Day!
xoxo,
Melissa


Christmas Treats!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Got a sweet tooth? This post is for you :)



Chocolate Covered Peppermint Oreos

Ingredients

Oreos
candy canes
white chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips
dab of vegetable oil

Put your candy canes (3-4) in a plastic bag, seal, and then hit candy canes with a rolling pin until they are in small pieces. Be careful not to crush them into powder. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small sauce pan and place a glass bowl on top (large enough to seal the steam inside the pot). Pour your chocolate chips into the bowl and heat until melted, stirring often. Stirring often will ensure the chocolate does not burn. Add a teaspoon of vegetable oil to the chocolate to thin it out a bit. Once the chocolate is melted, begin dipping your oreos, making sure they are coated on all sides, and place them on a cookie sheet that has been covered in wax paper. The next step is great for little helpers. Sprinkle your peppermint on all of the cookies while the chocolate is still melted. Place cookie sheet in the fridge to cool for a bit and then INDULGE! Yum!



Get a festive Christmas cookie tin and share with your coworkers or neighbors. These would be a great gift!

Classic Christmas Sugar Cookies

Every year the girls and I make sugar cookies (OK, I admit it- they are slice and bake) and decorate them with icing and tons of sprinkles (a few cookies get decorated with M&M's, but most of those end up missing :) This year we decided to invite a few friends over who also have this Christmas tradition and make it a baking party! We got lucky this year and had a great recipe for homemade sugar cookies that our friends helped us make. Kids or no kids, it's fun to bake and decorate cookies at the holidays!

Ingredients

2/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
4 teaspoons milk
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Chef Ansley, Chef Ava, Chef Harper, and Chef Stella

Thoroughly mix sugar, shortening, orange zest, & vanilla in a medium mixing bowl. Add egg and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Stir in the milk. Sift together dry ingredients and blend in creamed mixture. Divide dough in half and chill for one hour in the refrigerator. Cover dough and counter lightly with flour. Roll dough to 1/8 of an inch. Use your Christmas cookie cutters to cut dough into shapes. Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet 6-8 minutes (do not let cookies brown on top). If your cookie shapes vary drastically in size, seperate the smaller cookies and larger cookies onto 2 different baking sheets because the smaller cookies take less time to bake. Make your icing glaze while the cookies cool.

(Harper wanted to wear her Minnie Mouse dress while baking :)


Icing

1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk- maybe more

In a small bowl, combine ingredients (add milk at a constant drizzle). Ice cookies and add sprinkles right away.






Christmas Wreaths

Who doesn't like rice krispie treats? Click HERE to get the full recipe, but check out the pictures below to see just how fun this treat is to make!





Happy Holidays everyone!

~ Emily
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