Sparkly Snowman Cookies

Ok Christmas is right around the corner and if anyone is wondering....No, my wrapping still is not completely done.

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. 

Not this year.....I've got all the presents here and I can't wait to see the children's faces light up when they open them. 

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 here 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. 

                                           

1. Outline and fill bottom portion of tag cookie with white royal icing. Let dry for several hours.

2. Add snowman face and allow to completely dry. 

**TIP** make sure all the icing is completely dry before doing the next step (glittery hat) because the glitter will stick to anything wet.

3. Outline red hat with a #2 tip and red royal icing. 

4. Fill hat with flood consistency red royal icing.

5. While icing is still wet. Pour red disco dust over it. 

**TIP** for easy clean up, hold cookie over a cupcake liner when doing this. I used the foil liners because they are a bit stiffer. 

6. After the icing is dry, shake off excess glitter.

**TIP** After icing is dry, you can use a small clean paint brush to remove any stray glitter along the edge of the hat.

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. 

8. sprinkle with rainbow disco dust.  I use a small brush that I dip in the disco dust then 

 kinda twirl the brush over the poof so that the disco dust falls onto it.

Let cookie dry and you're finished!

Snowgirl Cookies

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas........NOT. At least not here. It's rarely wintery and cold here.

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.

Cold is not my thing.....but snowmen are. I love anything with a snowman on it.

Today I decided to make a girl version of the snowman....a snowgirl. Is that what you'd call the girl version?

Ahhhhh I don't have a clue. That's what I'm going to call her. A snowgirl.

I picked up the Wilton Santa cookie cutter and after I started looking at it I saw more of a snowman then Santa.....but if Sugarbelle has taught us anything in the world of cookie decorating, it's that cutters can be repurposed!

Ready to start?

First you'll need the following:

baked santa shaped cookies
white royal icing
blue royal icing
black royal icing
orange royal icing
#2, #3 and #1 icing tips
piping bags
petal dust in pink
small clean round paint brush

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.

2. Fill hat with flood consistency icing and let dry several hours. Don't worry if the two sections run together during the drying time. Mine did and it's ok.

3. Outline and fill in the snowgirls face and poof on top of hat. Allow to dry for several hours.

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. 

5. Fix cookie mess up....

**TIP** Mistakes are made...it happens. My icing broke when piping and left a mess. Black icing does not wipe off well......so I did a little fix and added a tongue on the cookie with the mistake. 

(Shown below)

6. Cookie fixed! I just added a little blob of red icing for a tongue.  

7. After the hat was dry. I outlined the hat with piping consistency royal icing and a #2 tip.

8. With a completely dry cookie, take some petal dust in pink and make some rosy cheeks with a small fluffy round paint brush. 

Now go make some hot cocoa, put on some Christmas music and find some cookie cutters to repurpose.

Frosty the Snowman.......

I'm so excited that Christmas is on it's way.  I am not however looking forward to any cold weather that may be headed my way. 


I mean I'm New Orleans to the core.  I live for SUNSHINE.


I'm a halter top kinda girl.  I don't want bulky sweaters and knitted hats.  


A friend texted me earlier to let me know it's supposed to freeze tonight.  Maybe she thinks I don't watch the weather......or  maybe she thinks that I may actually go out and cover my plants (she should know better)...


BUT... now that I am aware that it's going to be too cold for me to leave the house tomorrow.  


I will be inside....


with the heater cranked up....


in my halter top.  


I mean who the heck wants to go out in the freezing cold weather.  


Well I made you some cookies......some Snowman cookies.  Frosty apparently rolled into town tonight, so I thought I'd put him in the oven and warm him up.....


I just used a snowman head cookie cutter.  I wanted him to match my tree decorations so I did his hat in turquoise. Then added a bit of disco dust while the icing was still wet.  A little pink luster dust on the cheeks and he was all done. 

Snowman Cookies with a twist.....

 

Hope y'all had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Did y'all miss me?  


I've missed talking with all of y'all.  It's like a part of me has been missing.


Sorry I’ve not been on much, but as you know this week has been a bit hard on me and I’m not back into the swing of things.  I don’t want you guys to think I forgot about y’all. 

I hope everyone had a great day with great family and friends.  My Thanksgiving was great. It was quite interesting. Mom usually handled Thanksgiving, but now it’s up to sis and I. Too goofballs in the kitchen made for a very interesting experience.

There was much chaos that day.  My husband and sister throwing stuff at each other didn’t make matters better.....oh,  No worries, it was fun throwing. My sister and husband are like siblings.  They are always picking on each other, playing pranks, you name it.

Everyone was in Great spirits and the day couldn’t have been better. 

Well let's get to what y'all are here for.....the cookies. I made you some Christmas cookies. When I saw these cookie cutters at Fancy Flours, I knew I had to get them. I mean how cute are ornaments turned into Santa? So I bought them right away. 

 I haven't made the Santa ones just yet. The wheels started turning in my head when I got them though. I decided to make some snowmen first. What do you think? I thought you may like them. I've got a bunch of designs going with this set. Let me know what you think about them. 

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. What was your favorite thing about it this year?