I was so excited when I saw this challenge. It has felt like the Daring Cooks and Bakers were mind readers with my first two challenges being things I had been thinking about trying. Unfortunately, for this challenge the product didn't turn out at all like I had imagined.
One reason I was so excited was that I had the perfect opportunity to test out my decorating talent AND share the results at my sister-in-laws baby shower that I was co-hosting. So I headed to my local Ace Hardware and purchased the cutest little baby onesie cutter.
I am also always excited for the opportunity to use my pretty blue KitchenAid mixer that was a wedding present form my parents. Someday I plan to decorate my whole kitchen around this pretty thing (and my favorite color yellow).
The first go at the cookies didn't turn out so hot, probably because I used powdered sugar...and that meant an unplanned trip to the grocery store to pick up more sugar. Luckily, the little grocery store where we live had the baking sugar that the recipe suggested. So that was exciting since I hadn't been able to find it anywhere else!
The 2nd try worked much better.
Once it came to the actual cookie decorating I had a pretty hard time getting them to look the way I wanted. I wasn't able to get the royal icing to the right consistency. I'm not sure if it was an issue of process or patience, but I'm kind of guessing it was the latter. 
At least one or two didn't turn out awful, but that isn't enough to bring to a shower...
So, much to the excitement of my husband the cookies stayed home with him. After all they still tasted good :)
Here is the recipes for the cookies.
And the Royal Icing can be found here.
One reason I was so excited was that I had the perfect opportunity to test out my decorating talent AND share the results at my sister-in-laws baby shower that I was co-hosting. So I headed to my local Ace Hardware and purchased the cutest little baby onesie cutter.
I am also always excited for the opportunity to use my pretty blue KitchenAid mixer that was a wedding present form my parents. Someday I plan to decorate my whole kitchen around this pretty thing (and my favorite color yellow).
The first go at the cookies didn't turn out so hot, probably because I used powdered sugar...and that meant an unplanned trip to the grocery store to pick up more sugar. Luckily, the little grocery store where we live had the baking sugar that the recipe suggested. So that was exciting since I hadn't been able to find it anywhere else!The 2nd try worked much better.
Once it came to the actual cookie decorating I had a pretty hard time getting them to look the way I wanted. I wasn't able to get the royal icing to the right consistency. I'm not sure if it was an issue of process or patience, but I'm kind of guessing it was the latter. 
At least one or two didn't turn out awful, but that isn't enough to bring to a shower...
So, much to the excitement of my husband the cookies stayed home with him. After all they still tasted good :)Here is the recipes for the cookies.
And the Royal Icing can be found here.
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