My greatest achievement this week was trying out that oil gelatin trick, the one where you put gelatin in dirty oil and then you put it in the fridge and the next day you get CLEAN OIL and a lump of gelatin with all the gross bits stuck in it.
Which tells you a lot about my week I suppose?
Hah.
It's finally started snowing up here and I realize my cape IS NOT DONE. Gasp! NEED TO MOVE. But, I have limited time to get OTHER projects done, so I don't know. I think we're on target for getting everything done? Maybe? I dunno. This is the first year that I've not been like.. DONE, you know? The holidays loom and nothing is done! But I suspect it will be fine.
AnyWHO.
Moving right along.
Today I'll share with you a trick about icing sugar cookies. Which, given our proximity to the holidays, might be advice a little too late. OH WELL.
For whatever reason, I agreed to help out with a fundraiser type thing and this involves making 220 iced gluten free sugar cookies.
Gluten free cookies are weird yo. The lack of gluten means you can roll the dough out over and over again, but they're a bit softer and don't necessarily want to keep their shape. PLUS you have to do weird math when you're at the local store that sells the weird flours trying to convert pounds of flour into cups so you don't have to leave the house again this week. (jokes on me, I don't think I have enough icing sugar!)
Which tells you a lot about my week I suppose?
Hah.
It's finally started snowing up here and I realize my cape IS NOT DONE. Gasp! NEED TO MOVE. But, I have limited time to get OTHER projects done, so I don't know. I think we're on target for getting everything done? Maybe? I dunno. This is the first year that I've not been like.. DONE, you know? The holidays loom and nothing is done! But I suspect it will be fine.
AnyWHO.
Moving right along.
Today I'll share with you a trick about icing sugar cookies. Which, given our proximity to the holidays, might be advice a little too late. OH WELL.
For whatever reason, I agreed to help out with a fundraiser type thing and this involves making 220 iced gluten free sugar cookies.
Gluten free cookies are weird yo. The lack of gluten means you can roll the dough out over and over again, but they're a bit softer and don't necessarily want to keep their shape. PLUS you have to do weird math when you're at the local store that sells the weird flours trying to convert pounds of flour into cups so you don't have to leave the house again this week. (jokes on me, I don't think I have enough icing sugar!)
So here's the trick - you're gonna need like 4 days for this project. Not 4 FULL days, but at least a half day for 4 days. You savvy? Hell, you could break this up into 5 days.
Step one: Make all the damn dough at once and stick it in the fridge. SERIOUSLY. Just make it all.
Step two: Bake your cookies but don't attempt to ice them. Either freeze, or keep them in airtight containers. Mine are dairy free so they're FINE out in an airtight container. Plus they're gluten free, they're not supposed to really taste like much more than sugar.
To ice your cookies:
Step one: Make all the damn dough at once and stick it in the fridge. SERIOUSLY. Just make it all.
Step two: Bake your cookies but don't attempt to ice them. Either freeze, or keep them in airtight containers. Mine are dairy free so they're FINE out in an airtight container. Plus they're gluten free, they're not supposed to really taste like much more than sugar.
To ice your cookies:
Mix up a thick icing. (legit it's icing sugar and water and food coloring. Sure milk tastes better but these had to be dairy free plus.. I'm lazy) I had tried to pour this into a squeeze bottle and this FAILED EPICALLY. A ziploc bag with the corner cut off works best. Make sure to massage the icing through the bag with warm hands as this will make everything easier. You want the icing to be thick enough that as you pipe it, it holds it shape. You dig? Then ice the outline of your cookies.
By the time you've outlined enough cookies to cover your table, the ones you started with should be dryish. Now you want to mix up your 'filler' colour, and you want this to be super thin. Not so thin that it becomes translucent, but thin enough that when you dribble some out onto the counter it spreads everywhere and makes a mess. THIS is ideal to put into a squeeze bottle, like those ketchup bottles you see at diners or bbqs. I found a cute one at an asian grocery store.
THEN all you do is squeeze some out onto each cookie, and VOILA it fills in the gaps. Depending on the shape you might have to wiggle the tip of the bottle around to get in the corners but it's a reasonably quick job.
REPEAT 110 TIMES.
And then do the rest tomorrow. Or today! Or over a week. Whatever no judgement.
Note: these WILL take a while to dry. Be aware that you'll be giving up your kitchen/living/dining room table for at least a day or two.
THEN all you do is squeeze some out onto each cookie, and VOILA it fills in the gaps. Depending on the shape you might have to wiggle the tip of the bottle around to get in the corners but it's a reasonably quick job.
REPEAT 110 TIMES.
And then do the rest tomorrow. Or today! Or over a week. Whatever no judgement.
Note: these WILL take a while to dry. Be aware that you'll be giving up your kitchen/living/dining room table for at least a day or two.