Classy Cookies

I had a little more free time than usual this week and I decided to use that time to try to make some amazing cookies that I saw in a YouTube video.  In the process of researching brush embroidery I ran into the SweetAmbs blog and I just loved her work.  I soon found another blog that had a great tutorial:


http://www.cookiedecorator.com/showthread.php?227-Brush-Embroidery-Tutorial-(picture-heavy)


This helped so much.  Maybe someday I will make some tutorials.  Maybe when I stop needing them myself.


On this blog there is a great video too:





Another website that really helped me was this:
http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2009/06/04/how-to-decorate-cookies-with-royal-icing/


So I made the cookies using this recipe from my friend's mom, they are SO GOOD!


Mrs. B’s Holiday Cookies

3 c. flour

1 t. baking powder

½ t. cinnamon

¼ tsp. nutmeg

1 c. margarine or butter, softened

1 ¼ c. sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

Stir the 1^st 4 ingredients together in a large bowl.  Cream margarine with sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in egg and vanilla (add food coloring here).  Beat in dry ingredients till well combined.  Cover dough.  Chill 3 hours.  Divide dough in half.  Roll out 1/8’’ thick on well floured surface.  Cut with cookie cutters.  Place 2’’ apart on greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 oven 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown.

The next day I made up this royal icing to decorate.  I did buy the meringue powder and I liked it but I think next time I'll try making it with cream of tartar and egg whites.

Royal Icing

2 tablespoons meringue powder

6 tablespoons water

4 cups powdered sugar

Beat in an electric mixed, 7 to 10 minutes or until frosting can form peaks and starts to lose it's sheen.  You can add water or sugar based on how thin you need it.

I don't feel like I need to explain anymore with all the videos and other blogs about these vary cookies so here are mine:

I LOVED THESE COOKIES!!!!  The pictures dull down the colors, but the pink and blue were so beautiful with the crisp white flowers on top.  I spent a long time just looking at these before I had the guts to eat one.  I can imagine them in all sorts of colors.  My next ones will probably be a purple back ground with some cream colored flowers.  They will be beautiful and will be posted here!  Don't worry, I am currently taking orders for your next event...