The idea was a total FLOP. And I'll tell you why.
1.) I don't know if I just can't find a great sugar cookie recipe
OR
I simply do not enjoy sugar cookies; therefore, all the recipes I've tried-and when I say all, I mean two-are not that great.
2.) I have a long way to go in the art of decorating.
I made my first batch of cookies from a recipe in Good Housekeeping. They turned out kinda flour-tasting and were a bit too hard. The second batch was from Our Best Bites--->a new blog I have recently discovered. You should totally check it out. But not right now...because, well, you need to finish reading my blog...then you should check 'em out. Here's the link http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/12/sugar-cookies.html. These cookies tasted much better by themselves; however, when I added the frosting, the cookies were a bit too soft.
This is starting to sound like Goldilocks. I need a cookie that is not too hard, not too soft, but juuuuuuuust right.
Anyways, I got way tired of making sugar cookies and wanted them out of my house. I rallied my small group and they answered the call. I made royal icing and let them decorate the cookies.
Here are some of the results:
Here is my first attempt at royal frosting. See that bowl in the bottom left hand corner. Yeah. That one. The ugly one. That was supposed to be purple. There more I tried to fix it, the more grey it became. Boo on my purple icing intentions.
The extras=)
Courtney and Johanna
Chris' cookies
Austin
And my cookies-I had absolutely no patience left. I think you can tell.
Check both these out in more detail at
http://www.mysweetandsaucy.com/category/christmas-ideas/
Yet another cool web site I recently found!
I want these cookies and this cookbook!
If anyone has amazing sugar cookie recipes or amazing decorating skills, come teach me!
For now,
The baker who can't bake sugar cookies
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