One of my favorite things to bake (and eat) is cookies. So while I had originally figured my business would be strictly cakes and cupcakes I have decided to do cookies as well. My first "Cookie Creation" was a Christmas Cookie bouquet. I made 5 of these actually. Chey and Noah's teachers each got one and Isabelle's cheer coaches got them as well. The finished product was wrapped in a clear cellophane bag with a big red bow and lots of ribbon. They were a hit! I also recently made megaphone sugar cookies for Isabelle's cheer squad. For both of these cookies I painted on an icing that dries with a hard glossy finish but isn't super hard like royal icing. And while I am a big fan of buttercream I don't love it for cookie decorating because it can get smooshed too easily. (However, I did use it to put the finishing touches on the Christmas cookies.) The "paint" icing is perfect though. Just the right amount of soft and sweet and it doesn't take away from the delicious flavor of the cookies. For the megaphones I even used lemon as well as vanilla flovoring and it made for a wonderful tasting icing!
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