This past weekend I hosted a Cookie Decorating Party.
I'm usually not one to ice cookies -- normally a little colored sugar is all the decoration I do -- so this was new territory for me. I got some Christmas cookie cutters from the dollar section at Target and went to town making cookies of various shapes. All in all, I made over 13 dozen! (I have to add that this was probably overkill -- all my decorators pooped out before the end, so a couple of dozen cookies had to go "naked".)
I organized them by shape, ready to be handed out at the party.
I found
this recipe for the icing, and it worked great! There were four colors of icing: white, red (i.e. pink), blue and green. My husband picked up four piping tips and some disposable bags. I already had various doodads, sprinkles and such for added decoration. After covering the table with newspaper and providing each participant with a plastic placemat (boy, those things are useful!), we were now set.
Ten or so young people -- most, but not all, girls -- showed up. I thought their cookies turned out so cute!
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| Love the suspenders! |
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| Abominable snowman? |
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| Making sure to get some chocolate in |
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| These poor cookies had already been taste-tested ;) |
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| Pretty |
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| A non-traditional look |
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| Nice hair, gingerbread girl! |
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| I like the look of surprise on the snowman |
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| Glittery |
And my not-entirely-successful attempt at making the light above the table festive:
I'm off to wrap some gifts and plan our Christmas menu!
What a pretty light! You've decorated it beautifully. Thanks for the support in the demise of the oven. I think I'm getting a few stove-top ideas and thanks for yours. I can use the crockpot for dinner. Should be okay!
ReplyDeleteOH! now I get to see pictures of all those cookies...oh my, you are a cookie baker and what a great idea. I pass the "cookie bomb" title on to you!
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