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Valentine Sugar Cookies

February 17, 2010 By Carole

So I got it in my head that I wanted to try baking and decorating some sugar cookies. This first started at Christmas but life (and Christmas!) got in the way. Last week, though, I got to thinking about it again. A lot. So, despite my pneumonia and bronchitis, I decided to give it a shot.

Big Pink Cookie Heart

I managed to decorate 5. The others are just plain and they are staying that way. Good thing I don’t get paid by the piece.

Purple Cookie Heart Edge

Truly, this is difficult. Just getting the icing into the decorator bags makes a mess!

Big Pink Cookie Lips

And then the edges bled when I tried to flood the cookies.

Plaid Cookie Flower

I did better when I gave up on the whole flooding thing and just went for pretty designs, like swirls and plaids.

Pink Cookie Heart Edge

I guess, in the end, they looked pretty good and I know they tasted pretty delicious.

It was a learning experience, that’s for sure. I think I’ll try this again when I don’t have pneumonia. Ya know?

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  1. Laurie says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:07 am

    Pneumonia? Really? Hope you get better very soon. Cookies sound pretty ambitious.

  2. Geri says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:09 am

    They’re beautiful! I made my fav sugar cookie recipe with Royal icing for the first time. I didn’t have a pastry bag or tips and my food coloring supply consisted of blue,green and yellow. The valentine cookies were plain white and frosted with a knife. They still were a hit and pretty yummy. How did you make those lovely teardrops?

  3. Lisa says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:10 am

    Pneumonia! Jeez, you really did get knocked down – cookies can definitely wait (though they are lovely). Get well soon!

  4. Dave Daniels says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:37 am

    Carole, those turned out beautifully. I asked my mom about runny frosting, and she said to refrigerate the bag once the frosting is inside for about an hour. Makes it stay put more better. [I know, good English, huh?]
    If you start now, you can be ready for Halloween cookies. 🙂

  5. margene says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:52 am

    The few you did are beautifully done! You look like you’re quite practiced, just a bit shaky from illness. When I’m sick I just make excuses and do nothing. You create!!

  6. Judy says

    February 17, 2010 at 7:54 am

    They are beautiful!

  7. Manise says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:09 am

    The 5 you did decorate are fab! Love the “floaty” hearts.

  8. jill says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:23 am

    Very ambitious for a sick girl (or a healthy one, for that matter!). Pneumonia is not nice and does require weeks to recover. Don’t expect more than five cookies from any of the activities you set out to accomplish – at least for a while. Slow and easy wins the race.

  9. Sara says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:40 am

    You did a lovely job on them. Cookie decorating gene never made it to me!

    And, you did this while sick – that’s even more impressive!

  10. Ruth says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:47 am

    I think five decorated cookies is overachieving, considering how sick you’ve been. The hearts are my favorite.

  11. Jo-Ann says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:16 am

    I don’t make decorated cookies when I’m healthy, so props to you for attempting them while you were so sick! They came out beautiful … I especially like the bright pink w/ the white swirly hearts.

  12. Luise says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:31 am

    These cookies are (almost) too beautiful to eat. They look as professional (what’s a professional cookie?) as the ones around the corner at Hi Rise — and they have to have cost less to make! Do get well — and ice more cookies!

  13. Marilyn says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:32 am

    The cookies are so pretty. I don’t think I could have eaten them after spending so much time and effort on them!

  14. Nora says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:32 am

    I’m so sorry about the illnesses. The cookies are so pretty! I always think cutout cookies are too much work even without the frosting, so my hat is off to you!

  15. Birdsong says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:50 am

    They look beautiful AND yummy…. gee, I sure hope you are starting to feel better. This has been a long haul for you, and pretty severe illnesses. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

  16. Hillary says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Those are really pretty. I love decorating cookies. I made some for the kids to decorate during the holidays but I was very jealous of all the kids and wanted to do some myself. The only problem is that if i made them then I’d eat them too.

  17. katjconsult says

    February 17, 2010 at 10:05 am

    Wicked nice! I hope you get to feeling better soon.

  18. Carrie says

    February 17, 2010 at 10:07 am

    point me at your icing recipe, pls. I have some sugar cookie dough in the oven that was meant to be baked on V-day, but we were all too tired. I want something that dries not-sticky so I don’t spend the next week scrubbing frosting off walls, floor and couch.

  19. JessaLu says

    February 17, 2010 at 10:55 am

    Love the hearts on the heart – get better soon, okay? Don’t make me come over there…

    p.s. using ziploc bags for royal icing is way easier than trying to use a bag, put the icing in and snip a corner and viola! good to go.

  20. Kim says

    February 17, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Wow…they are beautiful!! I hope you are feeling better now.

  21. Beth says

    February 17, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    They look wonderful!

    Sorry to hear that it is pneumonia. I guess that explains why you’ve been feeling so cruddy.

  22. Mary K. in Rockport says

    February 17, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    I think they look pretty good. But the pictures made me hungry.

  23. Doris says

    February 17, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    They look great! Now I want some cookies….

  24. Cookie says

    February 17, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    Young lady, you had no business baking while so sick. Do I need to come over there?

    However, they are beautiful cookies.

  25. Suzanne says

    February 17, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    The cookies look great! Hope you are feeling completely better soon.

  26. heather says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    those are some very cool looking cookies! much better than any of my attempts at decorating. too bad pretty cookies aren’t a cure for pneumonia and bronchitis, eh?

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