All tagged Cookies
When deciding food for Melody’s Doc McStuffins themed birthday party, I tried to keep it foods I knew she would eat as well as keep it simple. Very last minute, I decided to make some iced cookies. I had Brad use his 3D printer to make me two cookies cutters. One was the number 6, and another was a bandaid from the TV Show.
As I have mentioned many times, Melody loves chocolate chip cookies, but she hates any I ever make. So anytime I see a new, good looking recipe to try, I try it. These were by far my favorite of all that I have made. They are HUGE. But Melody still prefers Chips Ahoy!
As I mentioned in many posts it feels like, I wanted to make cut out sugar cookies for Melody’s Snow White birthday party. Well I worked on a recipe for a while and finally perfected a cookie recipe and a cookie icing recipe. I used this recipe to also make apple cookies for Melody’s end of year teacher gifts. Well Emily asked if I could make Paw Patrol cookies for Lydia’s third birthday.
So I have made chocolate chip cookies before, but Melody won’t eat those. And I am really trying hard to find a recipe she will eat. But honestly, she wouldn’t even eat this one. I made these for her actual birthday. But all she wants is stinking Chips Ahoy! Oh well, these are really good but taste much better served warm.
So let it be known (and I am almost certain every mom agrees), May is the worst month of the year! In addition to the normal end of school year craziness, there is Melody’s birthday, our anniversary, Mother’s Day, and the list goes on. So to add to this I had to come up with end of year gifts for her two preschool teachers, her three dance teachers, and I wanted to send something to all of the teachers at her preschool (there are only 9). I didn’t go as crafty as I did for Christmas (preschool and dance), but I did make a few homemade gifts to go along with the gift cards I bought!
I decided earlier in the year that I wanted to make iced sugar cookies for Melody’s birthday party this year. They are so expensive to buy, but they make parties so adorable. So I searched and found a recipe that worked perfectly (cookie recipe and icing recipe). It took me quite a few attempts to get the icing perfected, but eventually I produced the perfect consistency for icing cookies.
I made these sugar cookies a while back to test out the recipe I found. They cookies themselves turned out delicious. The website also had a icing recipe that I wanted to try. My first attempt was a failure. It was far too runny. But with time I got better. I still have some trouble getting it just the right consistency, but the good thing is you can add a little more milk or powdered sugar to help. Also keep in mind the liquid that will be added from any food coloring you use.
Brad is a sugar cookie lover in our house, but I have cut back on making them since he is diabetic. Well I still make them for special occasions, and currently I am making them to test icing them for Melody’s third birthday coming up. Well this recipe below is my favorite for making cut-out cookies. This website also has an icing recipe, but I will include that later once I perfect mine, ha!
As I have mentioned before, we always do a very low key Valentine’s Day. We never buy each other crazy expensive gifts or go to fancy restaurants. We always cook in (usually lasagna), and we have even been known to set a limit of $5 for gifts, ha!
Since this is Melody’s first year of preschool, it is also the first year I have to do teacher gifts. I went back and forth with a lot of options I found on Pinterest, but I ultimately decided to do something similar to the dance teacher gifts. Instead of mason jars, I opted for mason jar cups. Since it was a cup, I decided to do their first initial instead of something Christmas related. Lastly, I include a gift card to a local bakery.
One of Melody's favorite desserts is chocolate chip cookies. I have never really made them because Brad won't eat them. But since I discovered she loves them, I decided to make some. I used a Martha Stewart recipe I found online. I did half her recipe.
I have mentioned it before, but on occasion I like to bake during the week before Brad gets home. It is a nice treat for him. The other day he kept mentioning his love for cookies. I am not sure if that was a hint or not, but I decided to try to find a new recipe. I wanted something with lemon and white chocolate chips. I found a recipe that I happened to have most of the ingredients, so I made it!
So Mondays tend to be my most productive days around the house. I also plan to cook the most complex meals of the week on Mondays. Some Mondays I even feel the need to make dessert. I usually try to make something that will last all week, and one that Brad can take to work. Brad loves cookies. I knew I had some oats, but I did not have any butter. So I googled until I found a cookie recipe without butter. I made a few tweaks to the original. Check it out below.
