Cookie Icing Decorating Idea

SONY DSCPut your cookie icing into condiment squeeze bottles. It keeps them wet and allows for more precise decorating.

Christmas Tree Cupcake

1502681_10154860678265442_216658596171319878_oMake your favorite cupcake recipe and let cool. Make using printed cupcake paper for more festive look but isn’t totally necessary. Use ice cream waffle cone and spread green icing on cone (this will allow a little more goof proof covering – if you are an expert icer then skip that step) pipe green icing in small stars until covered and set aside until you have all done.  Spread liberal amount of white icing on top of cupcake and stick the tree down into icing to make it stay in place. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve at party.

Cookie Christmas Tree

1425761_571965826220025_610631522_nThis is really cool and it is so much easier to make then you would think. Use a set of circle cookie cutters that has multiple sizes. Make a sugar cookie recipe like the one below:UntitledMake a good tasting green sugar cookie icing like:Untitled and liberally coat the tops of all cookies. While icing is wet place cookies in succession from largest to smallest making sure to gently place one on top of the other without squishing the cookies beneath to avoid making the icing ooze out of the sides. Finish the design with red hots and pipe icing for garland of your color choice.

Eclair Refrigerator Cake Recipe

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Cereal Shifting – Eliminating Excess Sugar

cereal shiftingHeres a quick tip – when you get to the last of your cereal pour into a sifter to eliminate the excess grounds from the cereal and excess sugars so you do not ruin a perfectly good bowl of cereal.