What I did today

[Masked Man]

I attempted to make sugar cookies today using royal icing. I've never done it before so it looks a bit messy and my colors could have been brighter. Thought I would post a photo of my cookies so you all can see. Still, not bad for a first attempt. I have to take these into work tomorrow. I hope people like them.

 

[tree]

Did you make the dough?
Or use a cookie roll (ready made dough from store)?

 

[Masked Man]

Did you make the dough?
Or use a cookie roll (ready made dough from store)?

I made the dough last weekend. I let it sit overnight and then cut them out and baked them. They've been in the freezer since last weekend.

 

[tree]

Possibly of mild interest:
https://www.romper.com/life/make-ah...at-freeze-well?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

 

[wards]

Look lovely, my wife and daughter love baking.. I just enjoy eating them

 

[Masked Man]

Possibly of mild interest:
https://www.romper.com/life/make-ah...at-freeze-well?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Great link - I think I might make the gingerbread ones next weekend.

I was looking at a plan that outlines making a full gingerbread house but I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet.

 

[tree]

Gingerbread house making is fun.
Doesn't have to be big.

You could practice technique first by
using graham crackers....

 

[Masked Man]

Gingerbread house making is fun.
Doesn't have to be big.

You could practice technique first by
using graham crackers....

That's true. The plan I have isn't a big house. It's pretty small. But it's all the icing that it would require to hold it together and decorate it.

Not to mention I have no idea where I'd put it lol!

 

[tree]

I had a gingerbread house in the back room one year
and was not at all happy that a possum had opened
the back door and come in to gnaw on the house.

When I was a child I made sugar cube houses with
frosting for mortar.

And I have made various sized gingerbread houses.

No idea where you'd put a gingerbread house?
If it were only 3 by 3 inches, and you eat at a table,
seems like it would fit in about as much space as a
saucer.

If anybody still uses saucers for cups and the whole
cup/saucer thing hasn't been replaced with take out
or mugs.

 

[Masked Man]

If I didn't have a cat I would leave it out by the tree. But the cat will try to eat it - he eats anything.

 

[tree]

Maybe something like....
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bell jar

 

[DaisyRose]

Oh my goodness, those cookies are amazing! You have a special talent with baking.