Here's my 1st post that doesn't involve my Charlie or Trey or family activities... Something else I love- Baking! Ever since I was little I've always loved to bake- it seems to run in the family because we all love to do it. And not the easy stuff either- the yummiest of goodies all made from scratch. There's something special about using God's most delicious ingredients and making something yummy to enjoy with your family.
A few months back, my mom and I had a blast learning how to decorate sugar cookies with royal icing for my friend Taryn's baby shower. It is not a quick & simple task, but the cookies turned out so cute! Royal icing dries hard, so you can package them or stack them however you choose!
I decided to do the same for Christmas Cookies this year- and to give them out to Charlie's friends at school.
I absolutely adore
The Pioneer Woman's website/blog- I check it daily. She posted a fabulous tutorial on Christmas sugar cookies with royal icing
here.
The
recipe I used was perfect- super easy to roll out & are soft & delicious! Definitely a keeper.
Next you make your
Royal Icing & mix all the colors. Luckily Hobby Lobby sells food coloring gels that come in every color.
Then comes piping the outline on-
Then you 'flood' your cookie with thinner royal icing. This is where it gets fun!
And of course the best part is actually decorating the cookies! I had a blast doing this... and it definitely put me in the Christmas spirit.
I know these will be eaten by 20 month olds who would have been more than happy with store-bought cookies, but I had a blast making them and at least I have extras for
US
and now I have my first food blog!
Hope everyone else are enjoying some delicious Christmas treats too!
