Yummy Old Fashion Cookie Recipes - Maple Nut Triangles and Date Pecan Ball Cookies

Forget those bagged cookies in the grocery store and make your family some delicious old fashion cookies using my Maple Nut Triangles recipe. This maple flavored cookie with walnuts and chocolate frosting is well worth your time. If you aren't fond of maple, try the Date Pecan Ball Cookies. These delicious little gems, rolled in powdered sugar, are very tasty.

MAPLE NUT TRIANGLES

Cookies Recipe

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Cream together.....1 cup butter, 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tsp maple flavoring, and 1/2 tsp salt. Cream well.

Add gradually......2 cups sifted Pillsbury (of course) all-purpose flour and 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts. Mix thoroughly and chill dough for a few minutes for easy rolling.

Divide dough into three equal parts

Roll out..........1 part at a time on a floured surface. Roll into a large rectangle 12 x 9-inches in size. Cut rectangle into twelve 3x3-inch squares. Cut each square in half, diagonally, to make two triangle. Place on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake..............in moderate 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute. Cool thoroughly on wire rack. Frost with chocolate frosting (recipe follows). Garnish with 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING:

Melt a 1-ounce square of chocolate in top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk. Continue to cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick. Add 1 teaspoon cold water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring. Continue cooking and stirring until of spreading consistency.

DATE PECAN BALL COOKIES

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
2 cups ground pecans
1 cup whole date, cut up
powdered sugar for rolling cookies

Cream butter and sugar together. Add vanilla to sugar mixture and stir to mix in. Add the flour and mix well. Fold the pecans and dates into the mixture. Using a teaspoon, take dough into your hands and roll into balls. Refrigerate balls for 1 to 2 hours. Bake balls in a preheated 350 degree oven on a greased cookie sheet for approximately 20 minutes. Remove cookies from pan and roll into powdered sugar. After cookies have cooled, sprinkle more powdered sugar over them.

Enjoy!

Yummy Old Fashion Cookie Recipes - Maple Nut Triangles and Date Pecan Ball Cookies

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"Just Chicken" - Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie Ingredients:

3-4 lb chicken, diced into sections or pieces

Homemade Cookies Recipe

Pie dough (recipe below)

1/4 cup butter

Pepper and salt

1 cup of whole milk (do not use non-fat milk)

4 cups of chicken stock

8" baking dish or pie pan

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Place the pieces of chicken in a large pot and add just enough water to cover the top of the chicken. Bring to a boil and then lower the heat to medium-low and slowly boil until the meat is falling apart. While the meat cooks, you can prepare the pie dough and grease the baking dish.

Slice the dough in half and then roll out one half to around 1/8 inch thick. Carefully put the rolled out dough in the bottom of the pan. If there is any over-hanging pie dough, cut it from the edges of the pan and set aside.

Place shredded chicken in the dish and the remaining dough. If possible, layer the chicken and the leftover pie dough. Pour in the milk and evenly distribute with two tbsp of the butter. Sprinkle with pepper and salt to taste.

Next, take the other half of the pie dough and roll into a long 1/4 inch thick rectangle. Dice the remaining two tablespoons of butter into tiny pats and dot along the dough. Fold the pie dough into thirds and roll out. Repeat once more. This will ensure that the butter is blended into the dough. Roll out into a thin circle and cover the top half of the pie. Squeeze the edges together and then slice a hole in the top to allow hot air to escape.

Bake the chicken pot pie in the oven for 35-45 min until the juices bubble and the crust is golden brown.

Pie Dough Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter, diced into small pieces or shortening
3/4 cup of ice water

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour and salt and then work the butter lightly into the flour using either two forks or a pastry blender. When the flour mixture looks like coarse meal, slowly add the ice water and combine just until the dough can hold together. Don't over mix, or else the dough will get "gummy". Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 60 minutes in order to "rest".

"Just Chicken" - Chicken Pot Pie

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Cut Out Cookies recipe Over 100 Years Old

Do you remember smelling fresh baked cookies when you came home from school? Do you remember helping your Mom bake and decorate the cookies, especially at Christmas time. If the answer is yes read on.

Baking cookies are assuredly a good way to help your children become involved in the holiday planning and make a great gift.

Cookies

This was my Grandmothers formula for cut out cookies for all occasions. They can be frosted or decorated any way you wish.

When I was growing up we all the time could not wait for these mouth watering cookies. Today the cut out cookies taste completely separate from this great recipe. I did not want it to be lost so I am posting it today.

I am very proud to share this formula with you I think it would make my Grandmother happy.
Try it and see what you think. Let me know if you like them.

½ Cup butter

½ cup sugar

½ Cup brown sugar

3 cups flour

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp water

½ tsp soda

½ tsp salt

½ tsp nutmeg

½ tsp vanilla

Add white and brown sugar slowly cream well.

Beat eggs, add water, and vanilla.

Mix and sift dry ingredients alternate with wet ingredients.

Chill ½ hour before rolling out dough.

Roll out the dough and place cookie cutters onto the dough.

Then peal away the excess dough and place on greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees almost 12 minutes or until done.

Thank you for reading my article. Please feel free to read any of my other numerous articles on assorted subjects.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Copyright Linda E. Meckler 2006

Cut Out Cookies recipe Over 100 Years Old

Trail Mix Cookie Jar

When I was a kid we always had a cookie jar on the counter, and yes, it was always filled with cookies. Sometimes homemade and sometimes store bought. At my house we have a cookie jar on the table, but it is not filled with cookies. It is filled with trail mix.

With my oldest child growing in size and appetite, a husband with a late night sweet tooth and me always looking for a way to eat without feeling full while pregnant, I was always getting creative with snacks and fresh produce in the kitchen. One day I realized I was keeping our great trail mix hidden away in the pantry where we'd forget about it until I had this idea:

Homemade Cookies Recipe

Enter in the Trail Mix Cookie Jar.

Each time I go grocery shopping, I give my almost seven year old daughter the task and total freedom of finding these items:

-2 nut varieties
-2 seed varieties
-2 dried fruit varieties

When you get home, pour the contents into a clean and clear jar with a 1/4 measuring cup for scooping and place on the counter. Tell your kids to come and get it!

You can take this a step further, making the nuts easier to digest by soaking them overnight. Pour them into a bowl of filtered water, mix in a teaspoon of sea salt and allow them to sit until morning. Turn oven on to lowest setting in the morning and rinse nuts, then pour them in a single layer onto a baking sheet and put in the oven for 12-24 hours. You'll give them a shake every couple of hours, and decide when they are at the level of crunch you desire. Once done, take out and allow to cool completely before adding to the contents of the jar.

Sample Trail Mix Cookie Jar recipe:

1 bag cashews
1 bag pecans
1 bag sunflower seeds
1 bag sesame seeds
1 bag dried craisins
1 bag of dried peaches, chop to bite sized pieces

One of the many benefits my family sees from utilizing the Trail Mix Cookie Jar is that we don't experience the blood sugar crash that comes from not eating for hours between meals or snacks. We always know this is an open option for all of us and late night snacking on unhealthy foods (or a run to the grocery store after hours...yuck!) just doesn't happen. Become a company favorite at work by making a Trail Mix Cookie Jar for your office...believe me, your fellow employees will appreciate a break from the sugar filled baked goods that show up every day!

Trail Mix Cookie Jar

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Nichi Hirsch Kuechle supports moms during pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond as a lifestyle coach, craniosacral therapist and birth & postpartum doula in Minneapolis. You can get Nichi's New Parent Tool Kit, for free, by going to: http://www.MyHealthyBeginning.com.

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Mexican Chicken Pizza Recipe - How to Make a Pizza at Home With a Perfect Blend of Ingredients

The ingredients in this Mexican Chicken Pizza are a perfect mixing of flavors. Feel free to add or subtract ingredients depending on what you like best, but this is a great recipe to work from. Fun and easy to make. You can use a large cookie sheet or a couple medium pizza pans to cook on.

Mexican Chicken Pizza

Homemade Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

Frozen Bread Dough (White or Wheat) or Store Bought Pizza crust A Little Vegetable Oil Cornmeal
Refried Beans, cooked and thinned with water. BBQ Sauce, your favorite flavor from the grocery store. Jack Cheese (or any combo of Jack, Mozzarella, & Cheddar), shredded Chicken, cooked and shredded Red Bell Pepper, chopped Red Onion, chopped Black Olives, sliced Jalapeno Pepper, sliced thin, seeds removed (optional) Cilentro, chopped Salsa
Directions:

Pizza Crust: Defrost one loaf of the frozen bread dough according to directions. It seems to work best defrosting it slowly so it gets large and fluffy before you roll it out using a rolling pin. Put flour on your cutting board so the dough doesn't stick.If it is easier to purchase a premade pizza crust in your grocery store that will also work.

Grease your cookie sheet or two medium pizza pans using any kind of vegetable oil. One of my secrets to a good homemade pizza is putting some cornmeal on the pizza pan after you oil it. The cornmeal kind of acts like little ball bearings, keeping the dough from sticking to the pan, plus it adds a great flavor to any pizza.

Sauce: This will be your refried beans and BBQ sauce. Cook and crush your beans adding some water to make a thinner paste. Spread on the crust so it is a thin layer. Drizzle with your favorite BBQ sauce. A great mix!

Toppings: Spread shredded cheese on pizza to cover. Top with chicken, red bell pepper, red onion, black olives, and jalapeno pepper. Add a little more cheese on top.

Bake: 400° for about 15 minutes. Check it occasionally making sure it doesn't overcook. Cheese will be starting to bubble in center.

After baking, sprinkle the pizza with cilentro and your favorite homemade tomato salsa to add a wonderful fresh flavor.

Some pizzerias will add chopped tomatoes on top for a delectable finishing touch to their pizza, but in this case an authentic mexican salsa will finish your Mexican Chicken Pizza perfectly.

Mexican Chicken Pizza Recipe - How to Make a Pizza at Home With a Perfect Blend of Ingredients

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Everybody loves a recipe with a story or a history. Find out more about these scrumptious recipes served up with a teaspoon of nostalgia.

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Zucchini Baking Recipes

It always seems like if you plant even one zucchini plant, you have enough zucchini to feed a very large family plus the neighbors. So, of course, there is then the question of what to do with all of that zucchini. It always amazes me that zucchini can taste so good in baked goods. Hope you enjoy these two baking recipes for zucchini!

Zucchini Granola Cookies

Cookies Recipe

3/4 cup butter or margarine (softened)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
grated rind of 1 orange
3 cups grated, unpeeled zucchini
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butterscotch or chocolate chips
3 cups granola cereal

In a large bowl, mix together the butter and sugar. Mix in the egg, vanilla, orange rind, and zucchini. Add in the flour and baking soda. Mix in the granola cereal. Then mix in the butterscotch or chocolate chips. Grease a cookie sheet and put teaspoonfuls of the dough onto the sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
5 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

In a large bowl, mix the sugars, oil, and margarine together. Add the egg into the mixture one at a time. Mix in the buttermilk and vanilla. In a small bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and cocoa. Add in the zucchini and dry mixture by alternating. Add in the chocolate chips, raisins, and nuts. Grease a 9x13-inch pan and pour the batter into it. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.

Zucchini Baking Recipes

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Save Time with No-Bake Cookies

Whether you don't want to heat up the kitchen or the demands of getting the kids out the door are upon you, it's nice to have a few no-bake cookie recipes on hand. We thought we would share some of our favorites with you.

Cranberry Coconut Bars

Homemade Cookies

This first recipe, Cranberry Coconut Bars, is more of a big kid cookie-it has too much fruit and too many nuts in it to suit most youngsters. But it so scrumptious and easy, we had to include it. If you are making a lunch for a spouse or a teenager, we think this will be a hit. Of course, it doesn't have to go in a lunch pail.

This is a microwave cookie that can be mixed right in the baking pan. How's that for convenience?

If you are not fond of dried cranberries, consider substituting dates, raisins, or chopped apricot pieces in this recipe.

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cup quick rolled oats

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1/2 cup walnut pieces

Directions

1. Place butter in an 8-inch square, microwave-safe baking dish. Microwave until the butter is melted.

2. Stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Press the mixture firmly into the dish.

3. Microwave for three to five minutes or until lightly browned. If your microwave does not have a rotating carousel, rotate the dish twice during cooking.

4. Let the cookies cool and then cut them into bars with a sharp knife. Wrap them individually to pack in a lunch.

This recipe will make sixteen 2 x 2-inch squares.

This next recipe makes a great kid cookie. It's almost confection-like but is so packed with energy and hearty oats that you won't mind giving your youngster a few. This cookie is best with a tall glass of milk.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Drops

This is a range-top cookie. Because it is a no-baker and so full of energy, it makes a great camping cookie.

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cocoa

2 1/2 cup quick oats

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture comes to a boil. Cook for two more minutes stirring constantly and then remove the pan from the heat.

2. Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla, then the oats.

3. Let cool for several minutes and then drop spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let the cookies cool completely before removing them from the waxed paper.

More No-Bakers

When thinking of no-bake cookies, don't forget the perennial favorites, Rice Krispie Treats and Frosted Graham Crackers. We're assuming everyone has the recipe for Rice Krispie Treats. Consider adding chocolate chips, dried fruit pieces, or cinnamon candies for a little pizzazz.

To make Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats, melt 2/3 cup chocolate chips (for a recipe calling for six cups of cereal) with the marshmallows and butter. This is a real favorite-our kids like these more than regular Rice Krispie Treats and they are no more difficult to make.

For Frosted Graham Crackers, simply pick your favorite frosting and sandwich that between two graham cracker squares. Pick a frosting with a powdered-sugar base that will set up firm and won't be messy.

Save Time with No-Bake Cookies

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Homemade Gifts

With many holidays approaching this year as well as birthdays and other occasions, you may find yourself at a loss for what to get some of the people on your list. If you have not considered it before, now is a great time to think about homemade gifts. Anyone can make a homemade gift, even if you've never seen yourself as the crafty type. There are homemade gift ideas to fit every craft experience level and there are even some that are great for children.

So why would you want to consider giving homemade gifts when it's so easy to just go out and buy something? There are many great benefits to giving a quality homemade gift over a store-bought gift. One benefit to you is that you can save money on homemade gifts. It also shows that you put more time and attention into the gift you are giving. In the times we live in, it may seem that most people already have everything they need or want. Buying gifts for people like this can seem difficult. Or what about the person in your family that you buy something for every year; do you feel like you are running out of ideas on what to get them?

Homemade Cookies

A homemade or hand crafted gift solves all of these dilemmas. When something is crafted by hand, you can guarantee that it will be original and unique. Homemade gifts show the person you give them to that you care enough about them to take the time to make them something special. They also have the added benefit of being sentimental items that your receiver will want to keep for many years to come.

When they look at their homemade gift, they will think of you and the occasion you gave it to them on. It may conjure up good memories for them and reminders of special times. Many homemade gifts also become family heirlooms that get passed down for many generations. Great stories and memories often get passed along with them.

Some examples of homemade gifts include:

Handmade greeting cards Wall decorations Scented potpourri Scrapbooks of a special event Garden stepping stones Pot holders And other accessories and décor items

Stay tuned to upcoming posts for some more great homemade gift ideas for every occasion!

Homemade Gifts

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How to Make Delicious Cookies That Are Easy to Ship to Soldiers, Kids at College, Etc

This article contains cookie recipes that are delicious, easy to make, and will pack and mail easily. Whether you are shipping cookies to a member of the military overseas, college students, to others out of town or you just like a good homemade cookie at home, these recipes are perfect for you. Choices include Snickerdoodles or Butter Cookies. Christy, my daughter, used to make the snickerdoodle cookies for her papaw and ship them to him from Texas to Indiana. They are so easy, she made them by herself as a preteen. The butter cookies are iced. If you are shipping them a long distance you may wish to leave off the frosting. If you ship them frosted, be sure your frosting is completely dry before packing. Or you can make into sandwich cookies by frosting one cookie and pressing a second onto the frosting.

CHRISTY'S SNICKERDOODLES

Homemade Cookies Recipe

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cream shortening, the 1 1/2 cups sugar, and eggs together. Add the cream of tartar, salt, and baking soda; mix well. Stir in the flour and mix well. Mix the 2 tbsp of sugar and the cinnamon together in a small bowl. Roll the cookie dough into small balls and roll balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake at 400 degrees on a ungreased cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes.

BUTTER DROP COOKIES

COOKIES:

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder

FROSTING:

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1 lb (4 cups) powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheets and set aside.

To make cookies:

In a medium mixing bowl at medium speed of electric mixer, cream together shortening, sugar, and milk until well blended. Beat in the vanilla extract and egg.

Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder into the creamed mixture. Drop by tablespoon onto the baking sheets arranging about 2-inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cool about 1 minute on cookie sheet then remove to wire racks to cool completely before frosting or decorating.

To make frosting:

Combine shortening, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in a small mixing bowl. Beat at low speed of an electric mixer for about 15 seconds. Scrape down bowl and beat at high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy.

Enjoy!

How to Make Delicious Cookies That Are Easy to Ship to Soldiers, Kids at College, Etc

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Homemade Baby Shower Centerpieces For Your Next Baby Shower

Whether you are making homemade baby showers centerpiece for the food table or the gift table, you can easily come up and create you own masterpiece. Creativity goes a long way and saves a lot of money! When you begin brainstorming centerpiece ideas, revert back to your overall theme. If the mommy-to-be is having a boy and you have a shower that focuses on all the different sports, then maybe you could have a toy wagon or Tonka truck full of toddler sport equipment. If it is a beautiful baby girl that is expected them you could Care Bears in Diapers as their pastel colors would be perfect.

For the food table, your centerpiece should be your cake, or a diaper cake. A diaper cake is a non-edible creative "cake" made of diapers with baby shower gifts attached to it. You can place it in a cake dish if you would like for an added effect. The diaper cake would look just as great on the gift table and can serve as both a gift and a centerpiece. You could also place miniature pacifiers, bottles, or carriages, (found at your local Dollar Tree), around the food table. Another cute idea for the food table include a basket lined with a clean baby receiving blanket and filled with cookies. For the final touch to the "cookie basket" add a bottle filled with pastel colored m&m's! If your theme involves rubber ducks, why not add a baby bathtub filled with punch to your food table with floating rubber ducks.

Homemade Cookies

For the centerpiece of the guest's tables, you could use: Candles shaped like baby bottles Remove the nipple from baby bottles and use the base as a vase; insert fresh or artificial flowers Remove the nipple from the baby bottle and insert candy Styrofoam Baby Bootie Cups - these are adorable baby booties made from styrofoam cups that you can insert mints, jelly beans, etc. in. Alphabet Blocks

The gift table could easily go without a centerpiece for an inexpensive baby shower as it is likely to be bright and colorful with all the wrapped gifts. As stated earlier, the diaper cake would be perfect. Other great ideas include: Diaper wreath - this could also be hung on the delivery room door Balloons - by themselves or attached to a diaper stuffed animal or floral arrangement Floral arrangement

Making your own centerpiece is easier than you think and you will wow your guests and yourself with these great ideas.

Homemade Baby Shower Centerpieces For Your Next Baby Shower

Maleshia Cave loves sharing inexpensive baby shower ideas. Her site has step-by-step directions, with pics, for making homemade baby shower centerpieces.

Vegetable Cookies For Children

My grandbaby is a tiny minuscule toddler, and she does not eat well. I told her mommy, that I used to make vegetable cookies for her when she was little, to get her to take in nutrition. Thus, my daughter is feeding her daughter vegetable cookies now for nutrition.

The understanding is so simple. Just use your popular cookie method and add 1 can of mixed vegetables, drained, to it and you have vegetable cookies. The kids love them!

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You can even puree the veggies if you like and add them to the recipe. Someone else suggestion is add only ground up or pureed carrots to the recipe.

I would cut back on the sugar to make them more nutritious. You can add raisins or blueberries to make it super nutritious.

Can you just fantasize the relief you will have knowing that your toddler or child is eating something for a snack as nutritious as a vegetable cookie?

You can serve them with every meal they are so nutritious.

For a sweet treat, just add some butterscotch or chocolate morsels to the mixture and your cookies become sweet dillyitious!

In some recipes you may want to use less oil if the veggies are pureed.

You can use sugar cookie or oatmeal cookie recipes. You can also make muffins and add vegetables. All you need is imagination to take you added with this food aspect in mind.

Sit back and enjoy watching your child eat and grow with these vegetable cookie treats.

Pass this on to your friends and family with minuscule ones. They will love your for it!

Vegetable Cookies For Children

Decorating Designer Cookies

When it comes to decorating designer cookies, there are three techniques that used; decorating the cookie with royal icing, color flow, and fondant. Using these three techniques will produce the professional designer cookie look that you are after.

The first technique is to use royal icing to decorate the cookie. Using a basic royal icing recipe, a decorating bag and tip, you can decorate your cookie any way you like. Most often tip #1 is used for fine outlining the cookie and decorating the details. You can also use other decorating tips like the star tips #16 and #21 to achieve zig zags and interesting borders.

Homemade Cookies

The second technique is the color flow method. This is a method made popular by Wilton Cake Decorating. To make the color flow icing, combine:

1 pound of confectioners sugar

2 tablespoons of Wilton Color Flow Mix

1/4 plus 1 teaspoon of water

Blend on low speed for seven minutes.

This color flow icing will be stiff. Using a small piping tip (#1 or #2) outline your cookie. After the outline of the cookie has "set" or hardened, you need to "flood" the cookie with the thinned icing. To thin your color flow icing, add a few drops of water at a time until it is a thinner consistency that will run.

Now take your thinned icing and pipe it into the center area of your cookie. The icing will spread and fill in your cookie area. After the color flow has set, you can add more detail to your cookie with more of the thicker color flow icing or the royal icing.

The third technique for decorating designer cookies is using fondant. Many people are "afraid" to try fondant but it is actually very easy. You first need to tint the fondant the color that you need for your cookie and then roll it out to approximately 1/18" thick. Using the same cookie cutter that you used to cut out the cookie, cut the same shape out of your fondant.

Next, lightly moisten the back of the fondant shape with water - not too much or you will make the fondant "soggy". Lay the fondant shape on your cookie and lightly press down, shape, and smooth the edges with your fingers. After you have the fondant on the cookie, you can decorate it giving it details with the royal icing or the full-strength color flow icing.

Using these tips and techniques, you will be making professional designer cookies for your friends and family in no time!

Decorating Designer Cookies

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Cookies - perfect Wedding Favors

The selection of wedding favors for the modern day wedding is huge but for many brides there is only one selection and that is for edible wedding favors. Original favors consisted of sweet candy or almonds, but today edibles range from chocolate candies to handmade truffles and jars of preserves and honey.

Custom cookie favors have become a very beloved selection for most weddings, mainly because of the ease in which they can be designed to match any wedding style and theme. Institution cookies can also be decorated to match wedding colors and include personalization where possible. They also make a good substitute for name cards by having the guests names iced onto them as well.

Cookies

Giving Institution cookies as wedding favors can be expensive as they can range in price from upwards, each. You don't need to spend much on containers them though, with a uncomplicated clear cellophane bag tied with ribbon being the preferred selection for many brides.

You don't have to give Institution made cookies though. Sometimes development your own at home makes for a much great type of favor than Institution made versions. Cookies are very easy to make and you can even buy kits from supermarkets and cake baking websites which make them even easier. They don't have to be fancy iced versions either.

Consider development up jumbo sized cookies to give singularly or make mini cookies and give a wee goodie bag containing some as your wedding favors. Experiment with flavors and ingredients too to originate cookies that will wow your guests and which go beyond the ordinary vanilla shortbread versions that so many Institution cookies are made with.

Icing cookies doesn't need to be difficult either. Fondant icing can be rolled, molded and shaped so rolling it out and using the same cutter you used to cut your cookies with will give you the perfect shaped icing to go on top. Use a piping bag and some melted fondant icing to pipe on extra decorations and words.

You could also give cookies in increasing to other favors as well. Think about adding a merge of cookies to some tea leaves and a nice cup or infuser. Make some rich double chocolate cookies and include them with a small bottle of liquor or Irish coffee mix or make some mint flavored cookies and give with some gourmet coffee.

You can also make cookies which will fit with the season in which you wedding day falls. For instance, make honey cookies for a spring or summer wedding, spiced apple for fall and gingerbread or cinnamon cookies for winter. Make up festive cookies for a Christmas wedding and make egg shaped versions for an Easter wedding.

Cookies are beloved selection because of their versatility, but you needn't be put off by the price of Institution made cookies from favor market and bakers. Have a go at development your own, it makes them more unique and your guests will appreciate the exertion you have gone to on their behalf.

Cookies - perfect Wedding Favors