Christmas Cookies

[Breeze]

I make rum truffles (from a secret recipe :wink: ) to give as gifts.

Hey, I'll trade you my secret rum ball recipe for you secret rum truffle recipe :wink:

Okay, I think that our UK friends should start baking Christmas cookies too and for us here in the states I thought it might be fun to exchange cookie recipes with each other. I will let someone else figure out the metric conversion thingy, I'm sure Dawn has a formula somewhere :unsure:

[marivigi]

yei!!!

I need cookie recipes!!... Ill tell you how to make watermelon juice :D No cookies though!

[Breeze]

yei!!!

I need cookie recipes!!... Ill tell you how to make watermelon juice :D No cookies though!

Don't you just squish a watermelon to get the juice :whistle:

And you don't get out of this so easy young lady. I KNOW there just has to be some really tasty cookies in Mexico and I want a recipe to make some :D

[luvthemouse]

Shame we can't exchange cookies.....

[marivigi]

Don't you just squish a watermelon to get the juice :whistle:

Actually no... its takes just a little extra to make it taste reall good!... No, not tequila Redkop!

And you don't get out of this so easy young lady. I KNOW there just has to be some really tasty cookies in Mexico and I want a recipe to make some :D

Yes there are :unsure: but I dont know how to make them!! :rolleyes:
But I'll ask.... :)

[Redkop]

*cough* so who is sending redkop cookies to try :D ....................mari you know watermelon juice needs tequilla :lol:

[Breeze]

*cough* so who is sending redkop cookies to try :D ....................mari you know watermelon juice needs tequilla :lol:

You'll just have to come fetch the cookies yourself :thumbs:

I do make these melt in your mouth cookies called secret kiss cookies.

[Redkop]

ok so when do the pats trounce the bears weekend and i will be there :thumbs:

[Breeze]

ok so when do the pats trounce the bears weekend and i will be there :thumbs:

Probably the first time they play them :rolleyes:

[wdwgrandma]

I love to make rum balls, bourbon balls, or even amaretto balls for the holidays!

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, when my children were quite young and I was a stay at home mom, I would make dozens of iced and decorated cookies to share with family over the holidays. It reached a point where one year I made 65 dozen cookies. That was the last year I made cookies. It was too much work and I'd lost my enjoyment in making them.

[OKWTink]

Well, I USED to make some rather nice cookies, and some candy like affairs. That is until I got hold of that bad sugar. Severe trauma ensued and I've not done the cookie baking thing since then.

Wonder if I have any of those recipes left? <<<<goes off to look around>>>>>

[tajainaz]

I love to make rum balls, bourbon balls, or even amaretto balls for the holidays!

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, when my children were quite young and I was a stay at home mom, I would make dozens of iced and decorated cookies to share with family over the holidays. It reached a point where one year I made 65 dozen cookies. That was the last year I made cookies. It was too much work and I'd lost my enjoyment in making them.

I always loved making decorated cut-out cookies, too, Donna! I still have my
mother's cookie cutters from the 1940s.

Definitely can to losing enthusiasm for baking! When my mother and I reached 35 trays one year, we quit! We had to start baking in mid-November. I had an assembly line going every night when I arrived home, and spent the weekends preparing some of the ingredients (nuts, candied cherries & pineapple, dried apricots, dates, etc.). I'd bake everything prepped the previous night, clean up and measure dry ingredients and check to be sure we had everything else we needed, then start over the next night.

Definitely took some of the joy out of it!

Won't be baking this year, but I think I'm going to start gently in 2005.

[Cindernaenae]

I have my grandmother's cookie cutters. It's hard to find them that nice and sturdy anymore. DH and I still make cut out sugar cookies. Actually I made them with a friend last year.

We used to get together with my cousins and make them every year when we were kids. Found out that my cousin's 4 year old hasn't seen them made!!! Will have to have him over this year and show him what he's missing.

I can't wait!!! I think I'm going to make some pumpkin shaped sugar cookies for Halloween.

Definitely up for some good holiday recipes!!

[Dawn]

65 DOZEN!!!

I make chocklit chip cookies once in a blue moon but not at Christmas. That's the time of year for buying cookies. Or eating someone elses. :evil:

[Redkop]

Or eating someone elses. :evil:

Well tink said she was going to ship some :woohoo:

[Dawn]

Is this the same Tink that set fire to the kitchen while using the fryer while not fully clothed?

[Redkop]

Is this the same Tink that set fire to the kitchen while using the fryer while not fully clothed?

:lmao: tell me more about this :D

[Whitequeen]

Breeze! Give me the 'Kisses' recipe, would you? :thumbs:

I haven't made Cookies for years. I've just started my Christmas Cake orders though. :D

[Redkop]

wil you ship me some cookie queenie :sorry:

[Whitequeen]

Might.....................might not. :p

[JuniorMickey]

My grandma has some good Christmas cookie recipes. My favorite thing she makes during the Christmas holidays are the Chocolate Bomb and 7-layer bars :D

[luvthemouse]

My DH thinks I make the best Chocolate chip cookies in the world.... but that's just his opinion. I think he tells me that so I'll make more...
Every year, one of my mom's friends has a cookie exchange party. Last year we baked 9 dozen to share. Of course you come home with 9 dozen too....

[BevW]

Red, you're so pitiful....maybe during the UOG December thing, SOMEBODY will bring you cookies?

I can make the best Gingerbread cookies! Well, like Krista's DH says, my DH says that about my gingerbread.

Jeez Donna, 65 dozen? I bet your house smelled like the Main Street Bakery! Yummy!

[Breeze]

I'm going to leave this thread as the "official talking about baking cookies thread" and this afternoon when I have more time I am going to start a new thread for the recipes and of course all the technical cookie baking questions that will come up (see Dawn we've got it all covered for you) :thumbs:

Red honey, we'll figure out how to get some cookies to you I promise :hug:

[OKWTink]

NO! She WON'T tell you more about it redkop! :eek: Suffice to say, I am-errrr, was, a better cookie baker than French Fry maker. :D :D

[MystikPiglit]

Hey, I'll trade you my secret rum ball recipe for you secret rum truffle recipe :wink:
It's a deal :D .
Unfortunately the recipe is sooo secret that I have no idea where I put it.:doh:
Send me a reminder when I return from hols! :thumbs:

[BevW]

:lmao: :lmao:

[marivigi]

Ok....

Where ARE those recipes??? :waiting:

[Sungal]

Mmm...food my favourite subject!
Today a girl at work brought in Millionaire Shortbread as a trade for her cuddly cat that we kidnapped (long story), but I will have to get the recipe because they were divine.
Ooh any good recipes for egg-nog? :D

[OKWTink]

Oh now you are talking. I have a killer recipe for egg nog. I'll try to get it posted before the weekend is out.

[marivigi]

Ok.. Ill start

Here's is the recipe for watermelon juice.

You cut up the watermelon, remove all the seeds and put it in the blender, then you blend it some more (3 parts juice, 1 part water) and add enough sugar for your liking...

Ok there...

who's next??

[OKWTink]

That's it? No special watermelon type? No special size of cutting up? No special methods to seed? No straining? It's just that simple? Huh. Doesn't sound like I can catch anything on fire with that recipe.

[marivigi]

there are watermelon types??? We only have one... its green on the outside and red on the inside

cutting size... it really depends on your blender... lol

seed?? .... you have to remove them.. which is kind of tricky.. thats it...

Oh!! Well.... Tono once spent over an hour make a pitcher.... so Im not sure he would agree its simple... :lmao:

[OKWTink]

Yep, there's types! :D There is the little round dark green one, there is the yellow fleshed one, there is the huge oblong lighter green one, there is the seedless one, there even is a square one!

Oh, I can imagine it could easily take an hour! All that cutting and seeding and blending! :eek: But at least no fires! :D :D

[marivigi]

Yep, there's types! :D There is the little round dark green one, there is the yellow fleshed one, there is the huge oblong lighter green one, there is the seedless one, there even is a square one!


Oh ... well.. we have different names for those.... :wink: those arent watermelons (sandias) over here... those are carambolas, zapotes and other....

[Redkop]

hang on a sec................cut into pieces and blend...........take seeds out...............ok i have the hang of this watermelon juice...............where do you add the tequilla :D

[Shogun]

Doesn't the tequilla go into the glass first before you pour in the mellon juice?
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[Redkop]

Doesn't the tequilla go into the glass first before you pour in the mellon juice?
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exactly :D

[BevW]

RED!! Take seeds out BEFORE you blend...:lmao:

[candyman]

Well, I USED to make some rather nice cookies, and some candy like affairs. That is until I got hold of that bad sugar. Severe trauma ensued and I've not done the cookie baking thing since then.

Wonder if I have any of those recipes left? <<<<goes off to look around>>>>>

i have missed this somehow

how can sugar be bad ?

steve

[Johnie]

Who wants to share their rum ball recipe with me? rum balls are soooo yummy.

I make Christmas Rocks every year. It's a recipe from my grandma.

[OKWTink]

Christmas rocks? OK, 'splain that one. :D

Bad sugar, candyman. Very bad sugar. It wasn't pure cane (so who would have thought to read the darn ingredients on a bag of SUGAR). I won't go into precise detail, but it made a wicked mess out of a refrigerator full (and I do mean full) of many kinds of cookie dough and brownies (I'd mixed them all the day before to bake the next day). That was the end for me. Never again.

[Johnie]

They look like rocks.

They have walnuts, candied cherries, cloves, cinnamon, raisins and dates in them. They are soooo good and I don't like fruitcake (kind of reminscent to that)

[OKWTink]

What holds them together? :confused:

[Johnie]

:lol: the usual stuff like flour, sugar, eggs. I didn't think I needed to add that. Sorry :blush:

[candyman]

Christmas rocks? OK, 'splain that one. :D

Bad sugar, candyman. Very bad sugar. It wasn't pure cane (so who would have thought to read the darn ingredients on a bag of SUGAR). I won't go into precise detail, but it made a wicked mess out of a refrigerator full (and I do mean full) of many kinds of cookie dough and brownies (I'd mixed them all the day before to bake the next day). That was the end for me. Never again.

i don think i have ever seen that sort of sugar

steve

[OKWTink]

Trust me Johnie, when it comes to baking, you need to explain everything to me.

candyman, it had additives of other "oses" which resulted in a much softer end product. The brownies were so soft that they would hold together when cut in to squares. So, trying to salvage them, I made spheres out of them by pressing the bits together. I'm sure you know exactly what a "sphere" of brownie looks like. :blush: Rolling them in powdered sugar didn't help. :sigh:

I forget the brand name of that sugar, but you can bet I never bought anything other than 100% pure cane sugar after that!

[Johnie]

Baking is the one cooking thing I do well. However, I do seem to have some difficulties. My grandma sent me a recipe and had all the # marks in the recipe. I had NO idea what that was supposed to mean. # equals pound :blush: I learn something new every day.

If you want a free cookie cookbook, you can go to this link and order one (or more). They are free, you pay for shipping.

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[BevW]

Well, so far we've got the watermelon juice receipe that Red is for sure going to use this year. Anyone else? Or are we supposed to pm each other? I'm so confused, but then it's too early in the morning for me for Saturday.

[luvthemouse]

Nah, I think we should just post them...otherwise some mailboxes would get very full. I love to bake. I just like cooking in general actually. Ok Tink, where's that egg nog recipe? (LOOOOOOVE eggnog....yum!!!)

I make some pretty mean Kaluha Balls.... I also have a recipe for a Kalhua bread that has to sit wrapped in kalhua soaked cheese cloth for 2 weeks.... I'll be glad to share if anybody wants the recipes...

[BevW]

No fair!! I can't eat any of that! How about non alcohol stuff? Can I bake it without the alcohol? Please???

[luvthemouse]

Yep! It can be done without....

[candyman]

sounds good too cause i dont like booze either !
steve

[mistybeatle]

Oh geez you guys!!,


I'm for sure going to get blacklisted from weight watchers now!!!


:rotfl:

especially after i got caught at Godiva chocolates last month .

oh well!!

[Cindernaenae]

Well, this is a TOP SECRET family recipe, but seeing as how we're all family here, I'll share with you :wink:

Sugar Cookies
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Butter
2 Eggs, well beaten
3 and 1/2 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
Roll out to desired thickness and cut using decorative cookie cutters. (My mom likes her cookies thin and crispy, I like mine thicker and soft)
Bake at 350 degrees F for 7 to 8 minutes, or until golden brown on bottom.

Icing
3 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, softened
1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Tablespoons milk
Mix powdered sugar and butter. Stir in vanilla and milk.


Once mixed separate into different bowls for each color of icing desired using food coloring drops, or gels (I like the gels, because they don't thin out the icing too much.)

[Cindernaenae]

Puppy Chow
1/2 Cup butter
1 C peanut butter
12 oz pkc of chocolate chips
12.5 oz pkg of Crispix cereal
Powdered sugar, at least 3 cups

Melt butter, peanut butter, and choc chips together just until smooth. Put cereal in large bowl and pur melted mixture over it. Stir gently to coat all pieces - it will clump together.

Put at least three cups powdered sugar in large paper bag. Add cereal mixture. Roll top of bag closed and start shaking. Add more powdered sugar until each piece is coated.

Ok who's next?

[ssttrasotm]

Ill trade a secret caramel recipe for any tasty recipe (with alchohol or with out)

[Dawn]

What's a cup in UK measurements?

Anyone?

[Whitequeen]

Just to make things more difficult.....it all depends on what you are measuring. :D

1 Cup of Flour = 125gm
1 Cup of Sugar = 200gm
Icing Sugar = 120gm
Brown Sugar = 220gm

Any help?

[Dawn]

It helped me find the cookie aisle in Tesco. :D

[luvthemouse]

Just to make things more difficult.....it all depends on what you are measuring. :D

1 Cup of Flour = 125gm
1 Cup of Sugar = 200gm
Icing Sugar = 120gm
Brown Sugar = 220gm

Any help?

Why is that? Do you measure things is Teaspoons and Tablespoons? And can I send anybody over there a set of American measuring cups?

[Dawn]

We just weigh stuff like flour and sugar on the scales. Cups are what we drink tea out of. :D

[OKWTink]

There's an idea luvthemouse! Perhaps we should exchange measuring implements (both UK and US)! That would make things a bit easier, eh?

Whitequeen, is the difference between the measures because in the UK ingredients are more often weighed (dry ingredients, that is)? At least that's the impression I got from that other UK chef. You know, that Oliver guy? :lol: Whereas here in the US (for home bakers anyway) we most often simply measure by volume. Although I do have a scale, I honestly don't use it for much other than portion control.

[OKWTink]

:lol: Thanks Dawn! You're too fast by half!

[Breeze]

Why is that? Do you measure things is Teaspoons and Tablespoons? And can I send anybody over there a set of American measuring cups?

That's a good idea :thumbs: We can get both things at any dollar store and since they are almost always plastic, they would be very light to so won't cost much to ship over.

Okay anyone wanting a set of measuring cups and spoons let me know and I'll see what I can do :D

[Whitequeen]

Yes 'Tink, you measure by volume, we measure by weight. So your measurements depend upon how the item packs together in the cup. This is Food Science folks!!! :lol: I knew it would come in handy one day. :thumbs:

[luvthemouse]

I'm on my way out to Wal-Mart in a few minutes. I'll pick up some measuring cups and spoons while I'm out. I'm so used to our method that weighing would be a royal pain!!!

[Dawn]

So you don't just use any old cup then? It has to be a standard size one?

[luvthemouse]

Oh no, it is a measured cup! Dawn, I'll send you a set as I still have your address. Anybody else?

[OKWTink]

It's an eight ounce measure, dry differs from liquid. It's a precise measurement, not any old cup. :D

[Dawn]

Oh wait, I see what this is. This is a conspiracy to get me to bake dozens and dozens of cookies for Christmas. I'm not falling for any of this again. Last time I listened to one of you I ended up knee deep in glitter making my own Christmas cards. Well you're not going to get me this time. I will not be baking cookies. Nope. No way. Never.

:unsure:

[OKWTink]

Are you certain about that, Dawn? You sound a little wishy washy on the topic to me! :rotfl: :wink:

[BevW]

This conversion thing is going to be confusing isn't it? I don't have scales...well, I do, but I don't think I can cook by the pound. :)

[Breeze]

Oh wait, I see what this is. This is a conspiracy to get me to bake dozens and dozens of cookies for Christmas. I'm not falling for any of this again. Last time I listened to one of you I ended up knee deep in glitter making my own Christmas cards. Well you're not going to get me this time. I will not be baking cookies. Nope. No way. Never.

:unsure:

Oh come on Dawnie, just think of the smell of fresh baked cookies wafting through your house. It's easy honey, we'll help you through it :thumbs:

Maybe we can find some easy bar cookie recipes for you to make :D

[BevW]

Renae, on that sugar cookie recipe, do you put the dough in the fridge for any length of time or just mix it all up and roll it out?

If I don't have to put it in the fridge, that would be great.....save me some time and effort in cleaning out space! :lol:

[marivigi]

Renae... another question :D

the icing goes on top of the sugar cookies, right??.. Ive never done icing before!!!!

[OKWTink]

Yep, on top. You can put it on in such a way as to actually make "pictures." Instead of chosing just one color, for instance, you can choose several colors to make the cookie look more realistic. I'm not saying it very well but you get the idea!

[marivigi]

Thank you Tink!!! :)

Ive seen those cookies with icing on top, but they aren't common in MExico... so...

Anyway.. you put the icing, and then, you put them in the fridge for the icing to dry?, or do they go back into the oven?

Im just too dumb.... Never ask to taste my cookies... lol...

[OKWTink]

No, not back in the oven. Just ice them, and then leave them a bit. They'll "set." I always found it better to not stack them though. If you must, be sure to put a layer of waxed paper, or cling wrap between them.

[marivigi]

Again.. Thank you Tink!! .. I promise to try to make them!!... Just not sure anyone will want to eat them! :lol:

[OKWTink]

No problem! It's hard to picture what to do if you've not ever seen it done. You'll never catch me even attempting to make churros! :eek:

[BevW]

Gingerbread!!! Yum....

1 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 tablespoons vinegar
5 cups SIFTED all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 to 3 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg, molasses and vnegar. Sift together dry ingredients, blend together. Chill for 3 hours.

Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut in shapes. Place 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 5 to 6 minutes. This makes about 5 dozen cookies.

You can ice them when they've cooled. I normally just eat them plain. :)

[Dawn]

Oooh I like the sound of that one.

What's shortening?

[OKWTink]

Crisco? Spry? Ummm...solid vegetable oil? Hydrogenated. Very bad for you. :D

[Dawn]

Solid vegetable oil - that's sounds familiar.

[BevW]

Lard? This is going to be confusing...I can just feel it.
If you want US measuring utensils...let me know Dawn! These cookies are the best IMO....not just cos I make them... :lol:

[BevW]

Who ever uses this recipe, I normally put 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon, just cos I love cinnamon. and the 2 to 3 teaspoons of ginger...I do 2 1/2.

[Dawn]

Lard? :sick:

Can I use the solid vegetable oil instead?

Not that I'm weakening in the cookie stakes you understand...

[BevW]

Dawn!! I found this, and I thought of you!!

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE!

1 Box devils food cake mix
1 can Hershey's Chocolate syrup
3 pkg Knorr Chocolate mousse
2 8 oz containers Cool Whip
4 Heath or Skor Candy bars

Grind up candy bars in food processor. Bake cake mix according to directions in 13 x 9 inch pan. While cake is still warm, poke holes in cake. Pour chocolate syrup over cake and into holes. Let soak in and cool.

Make mousse according to directions ( you can use chocolate pudding if you don't have mousse). Using a large bowl, layer in the following order. First place pieces of chocolate cake in bowl until bottom is full. Next put a layer of chocolate mouse, then a layer of cool whip...top with candy bars...chill and serve.

[marivigi]

wow Bev!!

those sound so yummy!!

I dont understand many of the ingredients, or the instructions... lol.. :lol: but gingerbread and chocolate.... who can beat that!!

[BevW]

They are good Mari...don't worry if they don't make sense. The very first time I made these cookies, I was 15, and instead of "creaming" the shortning and sugar, I cooked it so it was really vegetable oil and melted sugar. The cookies came out ok, but HARD!

and Dawn, solid vegetable oil it is. I just couldn't think of another word! But don't use butter! It makes the gingerbread taste funny.

[Cindernaenae]

Wow, I go away to do laundry and look at all the questions!!!

Nope, this recipe doesn't have to be refrigerated before baking. I do remember my mom used a recipe when we were little that had to be cooled (we'd sit the covered bowl outside for awhile).

Mari - We color the icing in mostly 3 colors, red, green, and yellow. My mom's favorite is a green christmas tree shaped cookie. Just let the cookies completely cool, then ice, let the icing set or dry before putting them away, just like 'Tink said. And I do stack them in a Tupperware container with waxed paper in between.

I don't get too fancy, but you can also put the colored sprinkles, or balls, or whatever you fancy on them while the icing is still wet.

[BevW]

Have I thanked you yet for reminding me about my own laundry?
Gee, thanks Renae...for reminding me about my own laundry.

[Cindernaenae]

You're so very welcome :oops:

[OKWTink]

Oooooooh, don't replace shortening with lard unless you are making pie crust. That would be most nasty! Blech. Would most likely make the cookie taste like an old boar hog. :eek: :sick: (I don't like it for pie crust either, but lots of folks do. I suppose it's ok for a savoury pie, but it's nasty for a sweet pie. But again, lots of folks like it for those types too).

[Breeze]

Could those of you who posted recipes here please do a copy and paste/post them in the goodies and cookies thread too so no one misses them :thumbs:

[Whitequeen]

Dawn. Shortening is Butter. :thumbs:
Use Butter in Cakes & Cookies.
If used in Pastry all Butter can be used for a rich pastry or half lard & half butterfor a more economical pastry.

[JuniorMickey]

Dawn!! I found this, and I thought of you!!

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE!

1 Box devils food cake mix
1 can Hershey's Chocolate syrup
3 pkg Knorr Chocolate mousse
2 8 oz containers Cool Whip
4 Heath or Skor Candy bars

Grind up candy bars in food processor. Bake cake mix according to directions in 13 x 9 inch pan. While cake is still warm, poke holes in cake. Pour chocolate syrup over cake and into holes. Let soak in and cool.

Make mousse according to directions ( you can use chocolate pudding if you don't have mousse). Using a large bowl, layer in the following order. First place pieces of chocolate cake in bowl until bottom is full. Next put a layer of chocolate mouse, then a layer of cool whip...top with candy bars...chill and serve.
My mom makes a similar thing that she calls a Chocolate Bomb. It uses Chocolate Pudding instead of mousse (not instant) and the cake, pudding, cool whip and candy are layered in a large bowl. It is very rich but very very very yummy

[marivigi]

One More question

About the icing...

What do you use to put in on the cookies? a knife? your fingers? Im having a 7 year old and a 4 year old do it... so... any ideas??? Thanks!!! :D

[OKWTink]

A thin bladed flat knife works best. Four year old? Ummm...fingers are probably going to be the implement of choice! :yes:

[Cindernaenae]

I am going back to re-do the icing recipe. Posted that from an email from my parents. Not sure where they got that recipe, but it's so wrong. I tried it and the icing was so runny.

[marivigi]

Thanks.. fingers it will be then :D

Well, dont worry Renae.... no rush.,... :waiting:

No really.. I think Ill make them during the weekend...

[OKWTink]

Actually, if you wanted to use a single color on the cookie, for example all green on a Christmas tree, you could have it thin like a glaze and just pour it on. That would save on the fingers and thin knives! :D You could then sprinkle the multi colored non-pareils over it. And so on...

[marivigi]

Thanks Tink!!! :excited: thats an excellent idea....for the trees....

but.. what about the presents, and reindeer and all the other stuff? lol....

Actually... I think I really do want them to get dirty... lol.. and to eat the remaining icing from their fingers... it just seems more fun...

Im gonna make a terrible mother, right? no manners!! :slapme:

[OKWTink]

Nah, you'll be a wonderful mother. Creativity is important!

For Santa you could use a thin red, and follow up with red sprinkles. Reindeer you could use chocolate/chocolate sprinkles... etc.

But slathering it on with knives and fingers is really much more fun. You can add detail too! :yes:

Licking the fingers, of course, should wait until all are frosted! :eek: :wink:

[marivigi]

Nah, you'll be a wonderful mother. Creativity is important!

Thank you :D

For Santa you could use a thin red, and follow up with red sprinkles. Reindeer you could use chocolate/chocolate sprinkles... etc.



Oh!! this is an excellent idea for colors and what to put over the icing!!!!!

Licking the fingers, of course, should wait until all are frosted! :eek: :wink:

ooouuh, really? :sorry: ... well, we'll see what we can do about it... but she's only four.... :lol: