tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46728211339209480922024-03-14T01:18:23.254-05:00Baking in HeelsGisellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974029715273892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672821133920948092.post-49597812918115334622014-07-01T09:49:00.000-05:002014-07-01T09:49:02.254-05:00I have a new website address.<br />
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I will still keep this site up and running so that things can be easily found for those who have pinned things or have links to old blog post.<br />
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Things have been very busy on my baking schedule but I'm working out some sort of balance between baking and family. As soon as I get a more concrete schedule in the works, I'll be posting tutorials again.<br />
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We've all been there. We need a special cookie cutter and we don't feel like hand cutting. It's time consuming and let's face it, the edges are never really smooth.</div>
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You decide you'll just make your own. Great idea.....UNTIL....You start searching for aluminum that's food safe. Then your task becomes a bit more difficult.</div>
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Now you realize the only way to really get that special cutter is to pay out the wazoo for a custom cutter or make one out of a throw away aluminum pan.</div>
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Those will work fine, but I really wanted something a little bit sturdier that would hold up longer. I may or may not be a little rough on cutters....just saying.</div>
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So after much brainstorming I came up with a solution. Make them out of large circle cutters! There's not really anything to get smooth. You can just cut them and begin. </div>
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By the way <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.karenscookies.net" href="http://www.karenscookies.net/" style="color: #2777ae; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Karen's Cookies</a> has the <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.karenscookies.net/4-12-inch-Circle-Cookie-Cutter_p_2004.html" href="http://www.karenscookies.net/4-12-inch-Circle-Cookie-Cutter_p_2004.html" style="color: #2777ae; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">4 1/2 inch cutter</a> on sale way cheap! I bought about thirty! </div>
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Here's a step by step on how to make your own just like I did.</div>
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<li>Tin snips or other tool for cutting metal</li>
<li>needle nose pliers or Gerber tool</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/4-12-inch-Circle-Cookie-Cutter_p_2004.html" target="_blank">4 1/2" Circle cutter</a> </li>
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<li>gloves for keeping hands free of injury if desired. (I didn't use gloves, but I tend to take a walk on the wild side.) </li>
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1. Gather tools</div>
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2. Take tin snips and cut off riveted/soldered section of cookie cutter</div>
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3. Cut template out of a piece of paper or plastic. ( I used a plastic binder divider I had on hand)</div>
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4. Starting at a straight edge, begin bending the cutter, using the template as a guide. </div>
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5. After you have finished shaping your cutter, snip off the excess. Leave about 1" overlap.</div>
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6. Using the crimping tool, punch holes and secure and crimp rivets. </div>
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7. Wash your new cutter to remove any debris from cutting and start baking!</div>
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Not terribly difficult and you have your own custom cookie cutter. I've made a few cutters already and I love it. There are times that a few choice words come out, but the end result is my own custom cutter. The shoe is my favorite because stiletto cutters are hard to come by. I hadn't found one I loved.....not for shipping cookies anyway. The tiny heels are so fragile. </div>
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Here are the cookies I made with my new cutter. </div>
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This weekend a friend of mine is having a Lingerie Party and asked me to make some corset cookies. Since Valentine's day is just around the corner I thought I'd walk you through how I made these so you can make some too.<br />
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At first these cookies may look hard and intimidate you, but they really aren't difficult to make. You just need to break it down one step at a time. Let me show you how.<br />
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*corset cookie cutter (I got mine <a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/Corset-Cookie-Cutter-p4570.htm">here</a>)<br />
*Royal icing in pink and purple<br />
*piping bags<br />
*icing tips #2 and PME 1.5<br />
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Bake corset shaped cookies and allow to cool. If you need a good cookie recipe you can get mine <a href="http://www.bakinginheels.me/2012/01/roll-out-sugar-cookie-recipe.html">here</a>.<br />
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I like to start decorating my cookies the day after I bake them. It helps with cookies getting splotchy from the butter in the cookies. Just place the baked cookies in an air tight container until you're ready to decorate.<br />
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Ever have that moment when everything is going just right? You're sitting with a smile on your face because you just finished your daughter's cookies and she's going to think you're totally awesome.<br />
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Then your husband comes along and says something to totally jack up the moment!<br />
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Yeah, me too. Men do this a lot! It's not really their fault. I think when God made men, he gave women a piece of their brain and not a rib. They don't think sometimes.<br />
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It's true.<br />
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I had just finished up these Rudolph cookies for my daughter's Kindergarten class, when my husband walks in. I smile at him and show him my cookies that were made.... without using that four letter word. (Yes, sometimes decorating cookies does not bring out the best in you)<br />
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That was his moment to shine.....to say how awesome they looked....to say I was the best mom ever....anything. He looked at me, not knowing he was about to meet his untimely death and asks, "Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?"<br />
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SERIOUSLY??? Name the reindeer? I don't even remember how many the big jolly man has, much less name them all. I can't even call my children by the right name.<br />
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Sometimes husband's just shouldn't speak.<br />
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Just in case you need to know....there are Nine.....Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and we all know the most famous reindeer of all..... RUDOLPH!<br />
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These cookies were sort of an accident. My <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/SugarBelles-School-Bus-Cookie-Cutter-KC_p_1963.html">school bus cookie cutter</a> (Designed by <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/">Callye, of Sweet Sugarbelle</a>) was just sitting on my desk....UPSIDE DOWN. All I saw was Rudolph. I even wondered where the heck did I get a reindeer face cutter. DUH, it's a school bus. Sometimes accidents are a good thing.<br />
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School bus cookies (baked and cooled)<br />
Royal icing tinted light blue, brown, red, white and black<br />
Red sanding sugar (optional)<br />
Snowflake sprinkles (optional)<br />
Icing bags<br />
couplers<br />
#2 icing tip<br />
#1 icing tip<br />
icing bottles<br />
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<b>1.</b> With light blue piping icing and a #2 tip, outline entire cookie</div>
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<b>2.</b> Fill cookie with light blue flood consistency icing and allow to dry for a few hours. </div>
(steps 1 and 2 can be skipped. I prefer a completely iced cookie)<br />
<b>3.</b> With brown piping icing and a #2 tip, outline Rudolph's head. Then fill with brown flood consistency icing. Let dry for an hour or so.<br />
<b>4.</b> For his antlers I used the brown flood consistency icing that I had in the icing bottle. (I flood with icing on the thicker side). Outline antlers. <br />
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<b>5. </b>With white (thickish flood consistency) icing pipe on one eye on each cookie. Then come back to add a second eye. This will keep them from running into one blob of white.</div>
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<b>6.</b> While the eyes are still wet add a dot of black icing on the eyes. (Same consistency as the white) Let eyes dry.</div>
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<b>7.</b> After the eyes are completely dry, add a large red nose with red icing to each cookie. Then pour red sanding sugar on his nose while it is still wet. ***Make sure the eyes are completely dry before doing the nose or the sanding sugar will stick to his eyes too***</div>
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<b>8.</b> You could leave Rudolph as is, but I prefer a little more detail. So I took a #1 tip and outlined him and added some details to his face, including eyebrows (not pictured)</div>
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<b>9.</b> With white piping icing add dots where you want snowflake sprinkles.</div>
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<b>10.</b> Attach snowflake sprinkles.</div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; line-height: 16px;">For more great Rudolph Cookies done with repurposed cutters check out the links below:</b><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2013/12/whimsical-reindeer-cookies-with-cookies-with-character-guest-post/">Whimsical Reindeer Cookies by Cookies With Character</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.dixielandsweets.com/decorated-rudolph-cookies/">Decorated Rudolph Cookies by Dixieland Sweets</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;"><a href="http://www.semisweetdesigns.com/2013/12/13/goofy-rudolph-cookie-tutorial-sugarbelles/">Goofy Rudolph Cookies by Semi Sweet Designs</a></span></li>
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My baby boy turned 5 months old Monday! <br />
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The months are flying by and he's doing all sorts of new things.<br />
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He can roll over, he has two teeth, I have five new grey hairs, and the doctor started him on fruits and veggies. He LOVES to eat.<br />
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I can't wait until he's walking around dragging toys behind him.<br />
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Remember the old duck pull toy? Old toys are the best. They were plain and simple, just like these cookies. These cookies look cute yet there wasn't much decorating to be done. They were really easy to make.<br />
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For each duck pull toy cookie you will need:<br />
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4 small circle cookies<br />
1 duck cookie<br />
Royal icing (yellow, orange, white, and black)<br />
yellow sprinkles or sanding sugar<br />
string<br />
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Outline and fill small circle cookies and allow to dry. You will need four for each duck. These will be the wheels for the duck toy.</div>
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Outline and fill duck cookie with yellow royal icing. Allow to dry several hours.</div>
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Outline and fill duck bill with orange royal icing.</div>
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Add a black dot of icing with a #1 tip and black royal icing.</div>
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Add some squiggly lines for duck feathers.</div>
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While the feathers are still wet, sprinkle with some yellow sprinkles or sanding sugar.</div>
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Let dry then shake off excess sprinkles.</div>
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Add a dab of thickish royal icing. You can use yellow. I used white...it's what I had left over.</div>
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Here's where it gets all fancy. Get a piece of aluminum foil and scrunch it up. Place it along side the cookie. This will hold the end of the circle cookie upright. Place circle cookie on top of the foil and dab of icing. Do this for both wheels. Allow to dry overnight.</div>
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After the cookie has dried overnight, flip it over and add two wheels to other side. Place aluminum foil between the two wheels while it dries. Let dry about 6 hours.</div>
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Add a dab of thickish white icing on the back of cookie to hold pull string. Use a <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Cookie-Scraper-Boo-Boo-Stick_p_607.html">boo boo stick</a> to push the string down into the icing. Allow to dry.</div>
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These would be great for a baby shower or a baby's first birthday party. They would even be cute decorated in pink or blue!<br />
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Hope everyone had a great week. We have lots of changes going on in our house this week. I'm still working on a schedule so I can bake, blog and take care of the family without draining myself of all available energy and brain cells.<br />
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When do y'all do your baking and blogging? Are you a late night blogger or do you get it all done over the weekend?<br />
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Yesterday, I'm in Walmart getting some deli meat with my Starbucks coffee sitting in my basket, shopping cart....whatever y'all wanna call it. I pick the cup up and.... SMOOSH.....it completely caves in sending hot coffee all over the front of my white shirt.<br />
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I quickly grab my sliced turkey and head to the women's clothing department. They have such great selections (not), I wanted to buy a shirt and go change in the bathroom. So I grab a Minnie Mouse shirt and head for the check out line. Wouldn't ya know the lines were very long. Last minute Valentine's day shoppers. <br />
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I know, I'll check out in the jewelry department. So I walk up and ask if I can make my purchase here. The lady says....sure, I'll be a minute I have to finish emptying this box....ummm seriously. So I wait for what seems like an eternity and finally she comes to ring me up.<br />
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I mention spilling coffee all over me and she asked if it was hot......Ummmm it's coffee YES IT'S HOT. I nicely tell her yes and no joke, she asked me if it hurt......<br />
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Ummmm let me see......hot coffee.....spilled down my entire shirt.....Yes it hurt....DUH.<br />
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So my quick Walmart run was not so quick and a huge disaster.<br />
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I made up for it later by drowning myself in Oreo balls. Have you ever had an Oreo ball???? They really are amazing......and a quick, non-disastrous desert.<br />
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<b><u>Valentine Oreo Balls</u></b></div>
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1 pkg double stuffed Oreos (crushed in your food processor)<br />
1 8oz pkg of cream cheese, room temp<br />
1 pkg of Almond Bark<br />
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Place crushed oreos and cream cheese in a mixing bowl or in your stand mixer. My Kitchen Aid bowl was dirty and I was too lazy to wash it.....hey, it happens.<br />
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Give these beaters full of gooey goodness to your cute child or eat yourself. If this is for yourself, turn off mixer first.<br />
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Place them in the fridge for an hour. If you're in a hurry you can place in the freezer for about ten minutes. When you are ready to take them out, melt the almond bark in a microwave safe bowl. I do this 30 seconds at a time, mix, then reheat until completely melted.<br />
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Take Oreo balls out of the fridge/freezer and place one into the melted bark. Pick up with a fork and tap to shake off excess.<br />
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Place in a bowl of sprinkles. Don't worry about covering the top that is showing....that will be the bottom of your Oreo ball. You need to cover with the sprinkles quickly because the almond bark hardens fast with the Oreo ball being cold. Place on parchment paper. Keep in the fridge until serving.</div>
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hmmmm, how can I put this...........oh let's just skip to the chase. You show the Ta Ta's you get more beads. This is one of the few places you can get away with pulling out the girls.<br />
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Hey, I don't judge. The good Lord knows I've showed mine enough back in the day for some silly beads. These days the girls are nothing to show...... just keeping it real. I've nursed a few babies.<br />
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Tomorrow is Mardi Gras and I thought I'd make you some Mardi Gras inspired cookies. After all....it's about the beads.<br />
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This is a kid friendly blog so I gave my girl a top. If you want a more naughty version, you could totally do the entire cookie flesh colored and give her some Ta Ta's.<br />
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Cut out heart shaped cookies and simply cut off the top. Then bake.</div>
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Using flesh colored icing outline and fill cookie. Let dry completely (about 6 hours).</div>
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With grey icing outline and fill. Allow to dry several hours.</div>
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Ever wanted to teach your husband a lesson?</div>
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Is it just me, or does it seem anytime you need help with the kids, your husband has to go to the bathroom?</div>
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And he's in there FOREVER!</div>
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Yep....my life in a nut shell. Cooking dinner....baby crying.....kids needing the potty....ya know one of those HEEEELP ME moments. The moment's you say "Honey please help me." Every single time I have one of those moments. He just happens to need a bathroom visit. </div>
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Well NO MORE!!! Yesterday I was going to teach him a little lesson. </div>
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Hubby lets me know the baby's crying....the toddler's full of spaghetti and needed to be wiped down....the works. Apparently he had FB games to attend to and was busy at that moment. Who knows?</div>
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So I say in my sweetest princess voice...."Could you get it baby. I really need to go to the bathroom.......too much coffee". You know....so he'll know I'm gonna be a while.</div>
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So I'm in the bathroom just sitting....and listening.</div>
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Now as a mother this is not an easy thing to do. We all know he is NOT going to do things right. The baby is going to cry a minute before he moves from his FB game or the episode of Duck Dynasty that he's seen twelve times. </div>
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Mommies, this is not easy to endure. HOWEVER, I managed to sit there admiring my make up collection and think of new shoes that I surely needed. </div>
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Everything became quiet. </div>
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I sneak out and tip toe around the hall corner to see what sort of madness must be going on. Ya know, with him in charge and all. </div>
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Wanna know what I see? I see him napping on the sofa. The baby playing in his activity toy and the two girls sitting on the sofa quietly watching The Lorax. </div>
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There goes my theory of teaching him a lesson. Guess the jokes on me.....or maybe NOT. </div>
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My new afternoon thing is going to be having quiet time in the bathroom while he takes over.....Guess the Jokes on him. </div>
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Now I just have to find a way to transform my bathroom into a fancy schmancy relaxing place.....sofas and all. Hmmm I may be on to something. </div>
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Start with a circle cookie cookie pop. Just roll out your dough, cut out shape, stick in the freezer for 2-3 minutes then insert the stick. Bake according to your recipe.<br />
Need a good cookie recipe? You can get mine <a href="http://www.bakinginheels.me/2012/01/roll-out-sugar-cookie-recipe.html">here</a>.<br />
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They weren't very hard either. I thought they were going to be a huge pain but they weren't. <br />
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1.Roll out your dough and cut out mask shapes. I used this <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Mardi-Gras-Mask-Cookie-Cutter_p_1824.html">Mardi Gras mask cutter</a>.</div>
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6. Slip stick into a <a href="http://www.shopsweetlulu.com/category/Stripey-Straws/c1pg">stripey straw</a> for extra cuteness.</div>
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I did not get as much done this weekend as I would have liked to. Did you? Who ever does right?</div>
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I did have good reason though. See, we have a transformer in our front yard. You know those big boxes that are for electrical stuff. Well my neighbor ran her car into it. Bam NO POWER! </div>
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Seriously! I have no idea how she managed that.....it's 10 feet into my yard. So I didn't get my pictures edited that I wanted to. </div>
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Fill cookie with white flood icing. While icing is still wet, drop black sprinkles onto cookie. I used some flat ones from a Halloween set of sprinkles. You can get them <a href="http://www.fancyflours.com/product/Halloween-Sprinkles/s">here</a>.<br />
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For other easy heart cookies check out:</div>
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What are your weekend plans? Any Superbowl parties going on? We aren't doing too much this weekend. We may or may not watch the game on Sunday. <br />
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Honestly I don't even know what teams are playing this year. There's only two things that I know....<br />
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This year's Superbowl is here in New Orleans....and you really need to make these cookies. I think 3D cookies are really cute. These are pretty easy and would be perfect for the big game.....<br />
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Ok let's get to the cookie tutorial. Here's what you do:<br />
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Roll out your dough and cut out mini football shapes. I used the tiny cutter that came with my copper <a href="http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cutters/pc/Mask-Cookie-Cutter-No-2-135p1515.htm">Mardi Gras Mask</a> cutter. Bake and allow to cool. Decorate the footballs. You can see my tutorial on decorating the footballs <a href="http://www.baking-in-heels.com/2012/01/football-cookies.html">here</a>. </div>
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Place a dab of thickish royal icing in center of cookie. Add football cookie and place a balled up piece of foil in front and back of cookie. This is a very sophisticated method....haaa.</div>
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Flood cookie with green royal icing. Let dry several hours.<br />
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Whooooo will be my Valentine?<br />
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Yeah, I know. Silly aren't I? Don't you just love silly valentine's sayings? They make me giggle.<br />
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It's the simple things in life that make me happy.</div>
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Ok that's a lie....SHOES make me happy....and handbags.....and jewelry......and clothes.....</div>
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Ya know what, forget what I said about simple things making me happy. I lied.</div>
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Great, now I'm a liar and everyone knows. Please still be my friend. I'm lots of fun.....and I make cookies!<br />
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So WHOOOO wants to make Owl cookies with me? Sorry couldn't help myself.<br />
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Ok really......let's decorate cookies.<br />
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Then fill in the rest of the body. You could skip this step and just fill the entire body in pink without the scalloped feathers.</div>
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There you have it....a cute owl for whooooever you want to be your valentine.<br />
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For other cute Owl Cookies:<br />
<a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/blog/2012/01/owl-always-love-you-cookies/">The Adventures Of Sweet Sugerbelle: "Owl" Always Love You Cookies</a><br />
<a href="http://thebearfootbaker.com/2012/08/owl-cookies/">The Bearfoot Baker: Owl Cookies</a></div>
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Ok, aren't these the cutest cookies? I may be a bit biased. After all I did make them.<br />
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But, they are cute. You know they are.<br />
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I hope everyone had a great weekend. My weekend was pretty fabulous. We took our four year old daughter to her first parade. You would think that she would have been to one already, but nope. She was born in Germany. This is the first year we've been in town to go.<br />
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She did pretty good. She screamed and waved for beads like a true New Orleans girl......but she quit on us way to early. Lucky for us, our friends brought their camper and had it parked for tired children and small babies.<br />
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My hubby was all too happy to lay back in a chair and do kid watch. He's not from New Orleans....he's a Texas boy.<br />
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He'll never like parades like I do. It's a sad thing.<br />
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So that was my weekend....screaming and acting a fool for some cheap beads.<br />
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These cookies were pretty easy to make. Wanna learn how?<br />
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Roll out cookie dough with a heart shaped cookie cutter. Need a good cookie recipe? You can get mine <a href="http://www.bakinginheels.me/2012/01/roll-out-sugar-cookie-recipe.html">here</a>. Then cut the hearts in half. I used my dough scraper to cut these. A pizza cutter would work well also.</div>
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With a food safe marker and a small heart cutter, trace half of a heart on the cookies towards the bottom center. This will make the birds' wings. Tracing the shape keeps things symmetrical.<br />
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With a #2 tip and red royal piping icing, outline each bird's wing. To get this color red I used <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Tulip-Red-Soft-Gel-Paste--45-oz_p_1736.html">Tulip red</a> and a tiny bit of <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Super-Red-Soft-Gel-Paste--45-oz_p_1256.html">Super Red Americolor gel</a>.<br />
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Fill in wings with flood consistency red royal icing. Let dry. This helps prevent the colors bleeding.<br />
After the red wings are dry, outline bird's body with blue piping consistency royal icing and a #2 tip.<br />
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With flood consistency blue royal icing, fill in bird's body. Let dry overnight.<br />
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Add black dot to eye with a #2 tip and black royal icing. Once again same consistency as white and blue of eye.<br />
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The first one he didn't even let out the slightest whimper....oh but the second one he was not pleased with. It was the saddest little cry I ever heard. Totally broke my heart.<br />
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He's over it now and on to being a happy four month old. Smiling at everything. He even giggles...but only at me. I'm his favorite. He told me this.<br />
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I heard him.<br />
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It's true.<br />
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Well even if he didn't actually say it because he can't say words yet, we all know it's true. You can just tell.<br />
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Pay no attention to the picture of him sleeping on daddy with his favorite toy. I'm still his favorite. Daddy is just snuggly. I fall asleep if I lay on him too. He's good like that. </div>
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This week I made tons of cookies. Which means tons of icing.....leftover icing. Since I had a good bit of red left over I thought I'd put it to good use and make some royal icing hearts. They were really easy to make.<br />
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Ok, put your red icing in a bag with a #2 tip. If you want bigger hearts, use a bigger round tip. I used a #2 for mine.<br />
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Get out a sheet of wax paper.<br />
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Begin by squeezing a dot onto the wax paper, then stop squeezing as you pull down.<br />
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Then squeeze another dot next to first one....stop squeezing and pull down forming a heart.<br />
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Repeat this a five thousand times or until you're sick of piping hearts. It's totally easy.<br />
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Let these dry for a day. You want to be sure they are completely dry. Then just simply peal them off the wax paper. Store them in an airtight container and use on cookies, cupcakes or whatever else you want to add little hearts to.<br />
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Monkeys and Banana's..... My kids have been acting like little monkeys and I feel like I'm going bananas. </div>
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Really and truly bananas. Like, lock me in a padded room bananas. </div>
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Then, I keep thinking I'm seeing things. I swear I can see something crawling from the corner of my eyes, only to look and it's not there. </div>
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See...I'm officially loosing it. I think it's lack of sleep syndrome. My baby sleeps through the night but, I'm up......wide awake.....making cookies.</div>
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Hey, it's when I can truly be alone in my own little world. Don't judge.</div>
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Monkey cookies, baked and cooled. {I bought my cutter <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Wilton-3-pc-Jungle-Pals-Cookie-Cutter-Set_p_1541.html">here</a>.}</div>
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With a food safe marker outline an oval shape onto bottom center of cookie.</div>
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Fill in oval with cream flood consistency royal icing. Next take some pink 15 second royal icing and spread it on the cookie with an offset spatula. Outline cookie with brown royal icing. Let dry.</div>
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Fill in brown section of cookie with brown flood consistency royal icing. Let dry overnight.</div>
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Add two black dots of icing to the eyes. </div>
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Last week over at <a href="http://www.confessionsofacookbookqueen.com/">Confessions of a Cookbook Queen</a>, Kristan made the cutest <a href="http://www.confessionsofacookbookqueen.com/2013/01/red-velvet-petit-fours/">red velvet heart petit fours</a>. </div>
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Which got me thinking.....I haven't had a petit four in like forever! I didn't feel like going to the bakery to buy an overpriced mini cake when I could just make a bunch for next to nothing. After all, that money could be better spent.....like on SHOES!</div>
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I altered a recipe I found online to make it taste more like the ones from our local bakery. </div>
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Now I must warn you, if you don't like things to get messy then this is not for you. This is a messy thing to make. Lucky for me, I have little cleaning fairies who I call children to help me clean up the mess. They want petit fours....I want a clean kitchen. It's a win win situation.</div>
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1. In your kitchen aid mixer or a bowl, combine cake mix, flour, sugar, salt and mix until combined. </div>
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6. Pour cake mix into a greased and floured pan. I used a 9X13 pan. Place into a preheated oven. Bake @350˚ for about 50 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. Bake time varies with ovens. Allow cake to cool.</div>
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Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl until combined. Place in microwave about 1 min, maybe a little longer. Just like ovens, all microwaves are different. Mine gets pretty hot, fast. </div>
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While cakes were still sticky I transferred them to a piece of wax paper and sprinkled with Mardi Gras colored sprinkles. Then allow the icing to set up. They will stay tacky for a few hours. </div>
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This recipe was so worth all the sticky. The petit fours went in the matter of minutes. I'm sure my kids were wired at school. </div>
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A while back I bought this cute little <a href="http://www.fancyflours.com/product/Hammer-Song-Sheep-With-Heart-Tin-Cookie-Cutter/s">sheep cutter</a> from <a href="http://www.fancyflours.com/">Fancy Flours</a>.<br />
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Finally, I'm getting around to using it. Better late then never right? These are perfect for a child's Valentine party.<br />
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I thought these cookies were simple enough that even the beginner could make them. It's not the fastest cookie to make. You must exercise some patience with drying in between, but the final outcome is worth it. I love the texture the dots give the cookie. Don't you?<br />
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1. Start out with baked sheep cookies. If you don't have this exact cutter you can use a different sheep cutter. Just adjust steps as needed. </div>
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2. Outline head of sheep using black piping consistency icing and a #2 tip. Switch out tips to a #3 tip and pipe legs on the sheep. </div>
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3. With flood consistency black royal icing fill in head of sheep. Allow to dry.</div>
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4. After head is dry. Using white royal icing a little thinner than piping consistency add a dot for the sheep's eye. I used a #2 tip for this. Then with a #1 tip pipe a small black dot on top of the white one.</div>
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5. With red royal icing a bit thinner than piping consistency fill in the heart that is embossed on the cookie. If you are using a different cutter, simple make a heart in the center of the sheep cookie you are using.</div>
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6. With white icing (a little thinner than piping consistency) add dots all over the body of the sheep. Leaving a space between the dots. Allow the dots to dry about 30-40 min before applying next layer of dots.</div>
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7. Repeat adding layer of dots. Allowing them to dry 30-40 min before applying another layer. Do this until the entire body of the sheep is filled. </div>
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The finished sheep! </div>
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These sheep would also work well for a baby shower. Just simply change the red heart to blue or pink.</div>
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I took a little break to recover from the holidays. I need a real vacation. I thought after I had the baby my life would just go back to normal...wake up, drink coffee, get kids to school, clean house, eat lunch, clean some more, pick up kids, clean some more, cook dinner, decorate cookies, blog, clean again, then off to bed.</div>
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Not happening! It isn't going that way. I certainly didn't think adding baby #6 would make that big of a difference. What's one more? Apparently one more is like fifteen more. I'm frazzled! Don't get me wrong, he is a fantastic baby. He just ALWAYS wants to eat. Nursing is a full time job. My girls never nursed this much. Not to mention I am now a human pacifier. </div>
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My schedule goes a little more like this now.....wake up, fall back asleep, wake up, drink coffee my teenage daughter has made me (God bless her), get kids to school, nurse baby, potty train toddler (that's an all day thing), get baby down for nap, pull out my hair because toddler wakes up baby, feed myself and toddler, nurse baby, pick up kids from school, nurse baby, throw dinner together, nurse baby....blah blah blah...it's now 2am and I've not made cookies and I can't blog!!!! </div>
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So I took a step back to focus on the most important things in my life....my family. I had lots of snuggles with the baby. Spent time with the older kids. Still potty training the toddler....she's a bit slower than the other kids were. Things are getting into more of a system. I even got some baking and cookie decorating in! Life is good. </div>
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Georganne of <a href="http://www.lilaloa.com/">LilaLoa</a> gave us a <a href="http://www.lilaloa.com/2013/01/challenge-yourself-forget-about-color.html">challenge</a> on the first of January to make something without color. I thought...how perfect. Less colors to mix=more time to decorate! It was a win win. I'm not a fan of mixing icing....or the clean up after. I simply like to decorate cookies. </div>
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These were the cookies I came up with for the challenge.</div>
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I'm going to show you how to make the dress in the middle. The dress on the right was inspired from these <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/blog/2012/12/creating-ruching-with-royal-icing/">cookies</a> by Callye of <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/">Sweet Sugarbelle</a>.</div>
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1. Bake cookies and allow to cool. I pieced the dress together using a heart and large party hat cutter.</div>
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2. With a #5 tip and piping icing, pipe a row of dots across bottom of cookie. Take a small damp paintbrush and stick it in middle of dot and pull toward you.</div>
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5. Outline dress top with #2 tip and grey piping consistency icing.</div>
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6. Fill dress top with flood consistency grey icing. Let dry several hours.</div>
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7. Add a sash with white icing. I used icing that was a bit thicker than flood icing. Let dry over night. </div>
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8. For a metallic sheen, spray cookie with Wilton color mist spray in silver. Let dry.</div>
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, surrounded by the ones you love. Our Christmas was very fun. I love seeing the children open their gifts. There was wrapping paper everywhere and it took forever to open every gift. I still make the kids open them one at a time. I want to be sure to see each child open their gifts. I just love every minute of it.<br />
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I learned a few things today.....<br />
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I'm in good health thanks to my check up by Doc McStuffins.<br />
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Lalaloopsy dolls are too cute. I really want to get them all....for me not my daughter.<br />
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I need a pad lock on my shoe closet....these teenage girls borrow everything.<br />
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and there is no greater joy then being a mother.<br />
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Although Christmas is pretty much over, I still have a Santa tutorial so I'm gonna share it anyway. I've been doing a lot of repurposing of cutters lately. For Santa I used this <a href="http://stores.ecrandal.com/-strse-991/paisley%2C-paisley-cookie-cutter/Detail.bok">paisley cutter</a> from <a href="http://www.ecrandal.com/index.html">Ecrandal</a>.<br />
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1. With flesh colored royal icing make a face shape in center of cookie.<br />
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2. Outline hat shape in red royal icing.<br />
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3. Fill hat with flood consistency royal icing. Let dry.<br />
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4. Outline and fill white area on hat.<br />
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5. Outline Santa's beard with white piping icing.<br />
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6. Fill Santa's beard in with white flood icing. Let dry<br />
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7. Add eyes with black piping icing and a #1 tip<br />
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8. Add Santa's mustache and a pink dot for mouth.<br />
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9. Add white puff to top of hat<br />
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10. While icing is still wet pour white sanding sugar on puff. Shake off excess.<br />
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11. With 15 second icing add more white icing to brim of hat.<br />
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12. While icing is still wet sprinkle with sanding sugar and shake off excess. Let cookie dry.Gisellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974029715273892443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672821133920948092.post-83957948084085399572012-12-22T17:57:00.002-06:002013-02-15T14:32:50.879-06:00Sparkly Snowman Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok Christmas is right around the corner and if anyone is wondering....No, my wrapping still is not completely done.</div>
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I've just been so busy.....but I totally plan to be finished tonight. I'm just glad all the online orders arrived on time. This year has been free of customer service drama. There's nothing I hate more than when I order things for my kids weeks ahead of time and it doesn't arrive because of some screw up. </div>
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Well I've got a lot of wrapping left to do so I'm going to leave you with this snowman cookie tutorial. This was a tag design I saw <a href="http://www.cindyderosier.com/2011/11/snowman-gift-tags.html">here</a> and just knew I had to make a cookie version. I used a tag cutter. These are very easy to make and don't take much time at all. </div>
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1. Outline and fill bottom portion of tag cookie with white royal icing. Let dry for several hours.</div>
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3. Outline red hat with a #2 tip and red royal icing. </div>
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4. Fill hat with flood consistency red royal icing.</div>
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5. While icing is still wet. Pour red disco dust over it. </div>
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6. After the icing is dry, shake off excess glitter.</div>
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7. With a #3 tip and white royal icing add a poof at top of hat. You want to use thicker icing so it doesn't run off. </div>
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It's a bit colder this morning in New Orleans, well cold for us anyway. I believe it's about 50˚ outside. I don't think I'll be going anywhere today. I'll be staying home baking. That way the house is nice and toasty.<br />
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Cold is not my thing.....but snowmen are. I love anything with a snowman on it.<br />
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Today I decided to make a girl version of the snowman....a snowgirl. Is that what you'd call the girl version?<br />
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Ahhhhh I don't have a clue. That's what I'm going to call her. A snowgirl.<br />
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I picked up the Wilton <a href="http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=29602&name=Comfort%20Grip%20Santa%20Claus%20Cookie%20Cutter%20by%20Wilton&gdftrk=gdfV25706_a_7c2149_a_7c8856_a_7c29602&gclid=CJ_c_9zeq7QCFQixnQod93wAag">Santa cookie cutter</a> and after I started looking at it I saw more of a snowman then Santa.....but if <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/">Sugarbelle</a> has taught us anything in the world of cookie decorating, it's that cutters can be repurposed!<br />
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baked santa shaped cookies<br />
white royal icing<br />
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black royal icing<br />
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petal dust in pink<br />
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1. With light blue piping consistency royal icing, outline the hat. For top portion of hat I used a #2 tip and for the bottom of hat I used a #3 tip. I wanted the bottom to be thicker for some dimension.</div>
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3. Outline and fill in the snowgirls face and poof on top of hat. Allow to dry for several hours.</div>
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4. When white icing is dry add her face. I used a #2 tip for all the details. For the eyelashes I just drug a toothpick through the wet icing to form eyelashes. For her nose I piped dots. I started big and got smaller as I got to the tip of the nose. </div>
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7. After the hat was dry. I outlined the hat with piping consistency royal icing and a #2 tip.</div>
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8. With a completely dry cookie, take some petal dust in pink and make some rosy cheeks with a small fluffy round paint brush. </div>
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It seems my life has gotten so busy lately.<br />
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My time has been consumed with the Christmas shopping....the wrapping....the children's school parties ....the Christmas dinner.<br />
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THE CHRISTMAS DINNER!!!!!!<br />
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Then it hits me......I haven't planned Christmas dinner or bought the food for it! Seriously I don't know where I put my superwoman cape at but it's gone! I have become "that mom". The one who forgets everything. The one leaving the house in her pj's to get her kid to school just in the nick of time.<br />
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I mean where are the cute clothes and heels? I think I need to gather myself and get it together.....fast.<br />
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I certainly can't go to a christmas party in my pj's, or can I? Noooo people talk and they would certainly be talking about me.<br />
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I've been decorating a lot of Christmas cookies this year. One of my favorites is Mrs. Claus' dress. She has to be well dressed. I imagine she has quite the heel collection. After all, she needs to always look her best. <br />
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Wanna see how I made them?<br />
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1. Roll out cookie dough and cut out dress shape. I used this cutter from Copper Gifts. Then using a heart cutter cut out the top part of the dress.<br />
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2. Trim off scalloped edge of dress. I used a large party hat cutter since it was curved at the edge. Piece the heart and bottom portion of dress together and bake.<br />
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3. After cookie has cooled, pipe a belt on the dress with a #2 tip and black piping icing. Allow to dry completely to prevent bleeding. If you need a good icing recipe you can find mine <a href="http://www.baking-in-heels.com/2011/09/royal-icing-tutorial.html">here</a>.<br />
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4. Pipe red royal icing using a #2 tip. I used Tulip Red for this. You can find the Tulip Red icing color <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Tulip-Red-Soft-Gel-Paste--45-oz_p_1736.html">here</a> at <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/">Karen's Cookies</a>.<br />
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5. Fill in top and bottom dress portions with 15 second icing in tulip red. Allow cookie to dry overnight.<br />
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6. After cookie is completely dry pipe white fur on dress top. I used a #2 tip and thicker icing. Probably around 20 second icing. I did this to prevent the icing from running and I also didn't want it to be completely smooth. I also did not pipe a line but did more up and down motions when piping. I wanted it to have a rough edge.<br />
Next, using a clean paint brush, paint a belt buckle with silver luster dust. You can find luster dust <a href="http://www.karenscookies.net/Nu-Silver-Luster-Dust_p_1441.html">here</a>.Gisellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974029715273892443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672821133920948092.post-68140498413657968522012-12-18T19:16:00.000-06:002014-02-08T02:26:30.156-06:00Santa Boot Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All of the presents are NOT wrapped.</div>
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The four that are wrapped do not have bows on them yet....and it's a crime to have a present without a bow. My mother-in-law would die! </div>
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I've really gotta get my stuff together. Having a new baby is not what it was years ago. Somehow I think I aged a bit and lost energy. </div>
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My get up and go, got up and went. </div>
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I'm still trying to organize my time better so I can have more time for baking.....and cookie decorating. </div>
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Today I made Santa's boots. Simple, just two colors.....black and gold. </div>
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1. Roll out cookie dough and cut using a boot cutter. Cut a straight edge across the top. If you need a good cookie recipe you can find mine <a href="http://www.bakinginheels.me/2012/01/roll-out-sugar-cookie-recipe.html">here</a>.</div>
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4. While icing is still wet pour sanding sugar on top. Allow icing to dry several hours then shake off excess.<br />
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5. Outline boot with black piping icing. Then fill with 15 second black icing. Allow cookies to dry completely. (about 4-5 hours)<br />
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6. Add gold buckle to bottom of shoe with gold piping icing.<br />
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Slade's 2 months old!!!! Well he's 2 1/2 months now, but I'm slow getting things up on the blog because HELLLLOO I can't get anything done with a new baby.<br />
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He's such a good baby....BUT, if I start cookie decorating or blogging the cries start.<br />
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Pay attention to me mommy.<br />
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Then I look at him and get a huge smile. How can I refuse those cute toothless grins of his.<br />
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No worries though, I've had a talk with him and we came to an agreement. Ok, well maybe I gave in and just decided to let him get his way. Something tells me there's gonna be a lot of that. <br />
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Can't blame a girl though. He's the center of my universe.<br />
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I really can't believe how big he's getting. He's certainly a little butter ball. He's already 13 lbs. I don't know why he's such a chunky monkey. All five of my other babies were around 8 lbs at three months. Slade on the other hand is just growing along. He's the last baby, so I wanted things to move a bit slower.<br />
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Guess he has other plans.<br />
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I decided to make cookies for his two month mark. Too bad he can't eat them right? I'll be sure to make him some when he has teeth and can chew a cookie....not that he wouldn't try now.<br />
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I hope everyone is having a great week and doing lots of baking!<br />
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When I think of Christmas, I think of snowflakes. I'm not totally sure why, because I live in Louisiana where it rarely gets cold, much less snows.</div>
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I'm totally fine with warmer weather. I am not a girl who likes cold weather at all. We lived in Germany for a few years and it snowed all winter. When it snowed I stayed in my pajamas all day and didn't leave the house. I'm surprised I even survived. </div>
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I need warm weather and cute shoes. </div>
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When you go out in the snow the bottom of your jeans get wet, it's just gross to me. Don't get me wrong it's beautiful to look at but, that's about it. </div>
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1. Outline cookie with a #2 tip and turquoise royal icing<br />
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2. Fill cookie with flood consistency icing. Let dry overnight.<br />
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3. With a food safe marker take a small circle cutter and outline a circle in the center of the cookie.<br />
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4. Next, using white outline consistency icing and a #1 tip, start piping lines from edge of circle to the tip of snowflake.<br />
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