{***remember those "blogger fonts" that Kevin and Amanda posted? This is the "Bake at 350!" Very strange and cool to use your own handwriting as a font!***}
I have news for you...
IT'S JUNE!!! Yes, JUNE!
Kiddo's last day of school was today. Is it me, or are the school years getting loooooonger? I'm pretty sure when I was a kid, we got out in mid-May and school started again after Labor Day. (And we walked to school uphill BOTH ways, in the snow, in Houston.) ;)
Anyhoo...kiddo & I decided to go with summer themed cookies as a little thank-you gift for his teachers.
The shells and sand dollar cookies are so simple to make, but I really love them. Sometimes simple is good.
To make the cookies, you'll need:
- seashell-shaped cookies
- royal icing tinted with AmeriColor
Bright White and Turquoise
- icing tip #2
- disposable icing bags
- squeeze bottles
- toothpicks
With a #2 tip, outline the shell shape in turquoise.
Thin the white & turquoise icings (reserve a bit for later) with water, a little at a time, until it is the consistency of thick syrup. Cover with a damp dishtowel and let sit several minutes.
Stir gently with a rubber spatula to pop any large air bubbles that have formed. Transfer to squeeze bottles.
Flood one side of the shell with thinned white icing. Use a toothpick to guide into corners and edges and to pop and air bubbles.
Flood the other side with turquoise.
Let the cookies sit at least one hour.
With a #2 tip (I used a PME tip 1.5), pipe the detail. Either lines....
....or dots.
Let dry overnight.
PS.....did I mention it's JUNE?!?