Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Rusty




We haven't made cookies in such a long time. We have a whole bunch of ideas, but we need to practise to get comfortable again. We like to use wax paper cones for piping the icing. We found the trickiest bit of the whole process may just be getting the consistency of the icing right. And getting the colours right. And, now, working around the humidity. We dragged out our old food dehydrator. It seems to do the trick.


We had a general idea of what we wanted to 'paint', 
but we didn't worry too much about making all the cookies identical. 
Spontaneous is more fun!

Here's the sketch:


These are big cookies. About 4 inches wide!
My grandmother's shortbread cookie recipe.

Have a sweet day!






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7 comments:

  1. KateJune 12, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    I suppose that those wouldn't mail very well. :)

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  2. WendyJune 13, 2013 at 1:01 AM

    Oh, I LOVE those! The orange kitty looks just like my Rusty. With a little imagination, the other could be Ginger. I don't think you're getting rusty at all. I've never seen cookies like those. I think they are extremely attractive!

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  3. UnknownJune 13, 2013 at 7:16 AM

    Are you SURE they wouldn't mail very well?

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  4. PaulaJune 13, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    I don't think that you are rusty in the decorating department at all. These are wonderful and very cute.

    For Kate: Decorated sugar cookies will mail quite well as long as they are packaged individually in their own little bag and lots of tissue is used to divide and support them in the cookie box. Once the cookies are packaged and arranged in the cookie box, they should be inserted into a larger box for shipping. Using lots of paper, or bubble wrap or shipping popcorn to stabilize the cookie box so there is no movement between it and the shipping box the cookies should arrive at their destination safe and sound. Hope this helps everyone :)

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  5. BeckyJune 13, 2013 at 11:42 AM

    Adorable. You make the most beautiful cookies that I've ever seen!

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  6. MariaJune 14, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    I agree! No rust to be seen anywhere! These are adorable. You definitely have not lost your touch. I love seeing your cookies - all works of art! I look forward to your next batch.

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  7. monika@mysweetprairie.caJune 20, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    WOW WOW! We LOVE your illustrations... and especially these icing ones : )))

    xo
    Monika & Arwen

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