A few months ago
I had a Williams Sonoma coupon and as usual, one of those e-mails in my inbox
proclaiming "Summer Sale"
Well, what's more summery than novelty ice
cream shaped sugar cookies?
Michael and I set out to make these and it
was super fun...for all of about 15 minutes. LOL. Daniel claims that sometimes
I choose to do crafts that are a little above the patience level of a 5/3 and
almost 1 year old….and I’d have to agree. These cookies are a prime example.
LOL. They’re the perfect afternoon activity for a retired person with air
conditioning, gobs of patience, a love of cookies, and no other plans for the
next 15 hours. Hahaha.
Even if they were
a bit on the difficult side (and we didn’t even get as fancy as we could have!)
they were still super cute and really delicious.
We used our same
old sugar cookie recipe that I use every holiday season, but I tried a new
icing recipe. It was ok.
I liked how the
icing dried almost hard so you ‘could’ stack them. I think it would be totally
fine if you lived in a normal place or had air conditioning. The flavor was just
meh- not bad by any means, but not ‘can’t stop licking the bowl super delicious’.
The workability was tricky. You really have to watch the milk. It’s just a tiny
amount, but too much and it’s too runny (as you can see in some of the tan
parts) too little milk and your hand will cramp from trying to decorate with
it.
I also used
Wilton gel coloring to tint the icing, and the colors came out a little
brighter than what I was going for. A little goes a LONG way with the gel coloring!
For the blue it was literally a dab from a toothpick into the whole batch of
icing!
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| He may be making a grumpy face for the picture, but he really was having fun :) |
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| Ethan was more interested in the cat than the cookies :) |
ICING RECIPE:
2 Cups powdered sugar
2 TBS corn syrup
2TBS milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
Whip it up with your Kitchen Aid. Add another
few drops of milk very sparingly if it’s too thick. Spoon into pastry bags with
tips for decorating.
Like I said, a good icing- but maybe not the
absolute best ever. I’ll try out a new recipe next time and let you know how it
goes J