I am so excited this week! I changed my white-chocolate cookie dough a little from the original recipe and I am much happier with the outcome! I think it is still in need of some tweaking, but this week they were bordering on delicious! I also changed it up a little with the icing, and aside from the ensuing carpal-tunnel, I think it was a good result. I made fish cookies as an ode to my brother and his girlfriend's newest pet, Bernard. The jury is still on the compatibility with his three other siblings (all cats!) I used my regular icing to outline and fill the first layer on the cookies. Then I switched to a royal icing for the detailing. I also made a two toned look by using individually bagged colors in the same piping bag; and piped them out together! That, I thought was so fun! My son especially loved the cookies this week because he felt one step closer to getting his own pet fish. There is a cute pet store nearby that we walk to often and he always says "Hi" to each of HIS fish. He is a lover of all things animals, especially the extinct ones! We are redoing his room in to a dinosaur paradise! This week we even got him a big boy bed! He is so excited! I am so overwhelmed! Is my baby really big enough for a real bed! And after a handful of sleepless nights with my husband, myself, our wiener dog, 2 large stuffed animals, 3 plastic dinosaurs each with their own blanket, and then occasionally my son, squished into a full sized bed, he is finally "big enough" to sleep on his own! If we ever have to do that again, I will just bribe the kid with cookies!
My heart beats faster when I wake up to warm beautiful sunny weather! Springtime is my favorite time of year! I feel new and peaceful and happy! I have been a bit behind this week on cookie blogging because of the sun! Everyday I have been outside! I cant wait for the warm weather to plateau out and become summer! We have been busy bees these past few weeks too! A handful of days at the park, regularly scheduled family feasts, and many more days car shopping! In the world of new car shopping; I didn't know that such stress existed! Prior to moving back to a small a town we were a 1 car family and had the wonderful economical conveniences of the "L" or a cab. And when I say wonderful, I mean the trained patience we learned for using the CTA and large sense of financial fear from the ever dreaded parking ticket! Plus, we had all things with-in walking distance and rarely drove anyways. Since moving back we have still been a 1 car family for the past 6 months or so, and are more then ready to graduate to the next step! Oh the places we will go! We also acquired a permanent foster child this past week. Bernard the fish, previously mentioned, has found his new home here with us and is my son's new sole responsibility! Bernard's other "siblings" at his original residence were trying to "play" with him. And by that I mean the cats were a little too curious! He has already become a vital part of our home! This week I went for the butterfly cookie. I am pleased with the results of my three different designs and color combinations. I stuck with the cream cheese sugar cookie dough and am just so happy with it! I think it will become my new staple! I need to figure out how to add texture to my cookies in some form. I have used the sugar crystals and things similar to that. I tried these tiny little purple beads this week. I struggled getting them to stick and to be applied in a uniform fashion. I am thinking it will be a future goal and you may see more of all that jazz in future posts. For now and until next week, enjoy!
