9:00pm - Scout entered the kitchen, and this is what he found... after 2 hours of work, I only had 11 snowmen partially decorated, and 7 circles with white icing. He asked me how I planned on finishing this, and I said I had no idea... so, he rolled up his sleeves, and joined me in the kitchen.
We came up with a plan of attack... base layers for all the cookies, accents will be applied later. I quickly realized that the amount of icing was not sufficient for the cookie inventory on hand. 9:50 - Another batch of icing (I swear this happened yesterday?)
9: 55 - Icing explosion in the mixer - so much white powder, I was expecting Kate Moss to show up at my door any second.
9:58 - What? Not enough sugar to make the icing... how did that happen? I had 10 cups of sugar at 7pm! Although our neighbors are very nice, I think this is a bit late for going next door for a cup of sugar. Plus, I need about 4 cups... of powdered sugar... not the standard request.
10:02 - Driving to the grocery store for sugar - hoping that they are still open.
10:04 - Phew... they are open until 11. Sugar in hand, headed home for the final stretch.
11:22 - Scout is ready to throw in the towel. He heads up to bed, and I finish up...
One hour later, all the cookies are decorated! Total investment: 5 1/2 hours, 12 sticks of butter, 20(ish) cups of sugar, and two tired decorators....
Plate for the contest:
1st place for Best Looking cookies!!!
1st place for Best Holiday cookies!!!
(did not win Best Tasting or Best Overall, but I think that is just cause voters wanted to give other people a chance!)
Scout's favorite: snowmen with green scarves
My favorite: peppermints or santa hats. Hey, I can have 2 favorites - it is my blog!
2 comments:
Oh my gosh!!! Those are beautiful. I'm embarrassed to even think of what mine will look like. You are some type of pastry savant. Many congratulations on the big win!
BEAUTIFUL COOKIES. I loved the pinwheels. Way to go.
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