16 November 2005
I went to Page's yesterday at the recommendation of one Mermaid King, to buy piping tips for icing. I'd found some horrible cheap ones at the grocery store, which I bought for my trial run of snowflake cookies (our company Christmas presents this year). I'd also bought some stainless steel bowls and a butcher-block style cutting board from a nicer supermarket, and I swear these few items have made me more organized.
See how shiny they are? You couldn't help being organized with reflective properties like that at your disposal! The wooden block is mainly for rolling out dough; the only area of counter to roll upon happens to be right next to the stove knobs, which gets in the way. The block raises the surface above the knobs, and it's also ten times easier to clean.
The cookies. I'm not overly impressed with these (though I do like the piping -- done with the crap tips); there's just no wow factor. I think I'll stick to sugar cookies, which don't spread and lose the snowflake shape, as these did. I've got a reliable, tasty recipe for sugar cookies, and I can use multi-coloured icing on top, which makes my job more interesting. But click here for another shot of the gingerbread versions, which have now been et by the quality inspectors.
Mmmm! mmm mm mmmm. Mmmm. MMMM. Tasty, tasty delicious snowflakes - and soooo pretty. Sorry for eating them all, but I couldn't help it. MMmmmm.
posted by Inspector "Princess" Mermai at November 16, 2005 06:45 PM
Ok, it's my turn...how is it that *I* didn't get cookies with pretty piping when I lived ten feet from *you*? I mean, sure, you shared that huge carton of mini Oreo cookies...and you offered me chocolate cake for breakfast...and...I'm sorry, what was I trying to get at again?
Oh yeah: you deprived my sweet tooth. Shame on you.
posted by Laura at November 18, 2005 01:02 PM
Ah, the giant carton of mini Oreo cookies -- it lasted us months. Good times. I've always treated your sweet tooth right, baby.
posted by Anna at November 18, 2005 02:58 PM
wow, if these cookies dont have "the wow factor" I'd LOVE to see the ones which do! They look fabulous!
(on that note, your links at the top of the page aren't working!)
posted by Catherine at November 24, 2005 10:25 AM