It's Christmas Cookie Season again. Last year due to some crazy studying, I didn't have time to bake cookies for anyone and I was very sad. This year I had huge plans to make 5 types of cookies on Saturday and I came close, but didn't quite succeed. Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing, White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Macadamia Nut, Chocolate Chocolate Chunk with Peanut Butter Chips.
This year in an effort to reduce hand cramping, I made the Royal Icing thinner than usual. This had both some positive and negative effects to the decorating process. Much easier outlining and filling. Some bleeding of the colors while drying (this was not photographed) and very sad trees (photographed below).
I had to fight Sean off of the Chocolate cookies and there was a very sad Snowman fatality while I was bagging up the cookies on Sunday. It happens every year, and often makes me want to cry. Without further delay, here they are.
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| Hello Crate and Barrel nesting bowls, I love you. |
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| Chocolate Chocolate Chunk and Peanut Butter Chip |
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| White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Macadamia Nut |
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| These sad looking creatures are supposed to be trees. Unfortunately, the royal icing was too thin and this is what I was left with. Feel free to revisit Christmas 2010 to see what the trees should look like. |
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| Love him! |
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| I made two of these for my Dad and my Sister. I am sad to report that my husband was shocked to learn this is what Maine looks like. He had some other strange image in his head about the state outline. |
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