All tagged Sugar Cookies
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 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!
So since Brad was diagnosed diabetic, we have altered our way of living. I have also been trying to general eat better and lose weight myself. Well we have tried to find lower carb food and desserts. One alternative we made was splenda sugar cookies. Personally I do not like splenda. I prefer sweet and low. I think every person has their preference on sweeteners though. Anyhow, we made these and Brad and his family really likes them. I will say, they are not THAT much lower in carbs than the real thing though. They are probably far less in sugar, but our doctors said to focus on carbs not sugar. Anyhow, Brad does like these, so we will make them again I am sure.
I found this recipe on Pinterest a while back. I happened to have all of the ingredients on hand, so I decide to fix them one day for Brad. He loves cream cheese anything and sugar cookies, so it only made sense. They were super good, but I had to like quadruple the frosting recipe to cover all of the cookies. Check it out below!
