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Peppermint Candy Cookies & and a trip to . . .

You won't believe how easy these cookies are to make!!!


This cookie idea was inspired by stolen directly from Martha Stewart Living, December 2009.  Why I waited a whole year to make them, I'll never know.

**{update 11/9/11: it was brought to my attention today, that even though these cookies are IN the Martha magazine, they are the work of Danielle Boglivi-Fiori a stylist at The Martha Stewart Show and the founder of Sweet Dani B."   And here I thought Martha was toiling away in her kitchen.  So, just to be clear, I got them from Martha, Martha got them from Dani. }**
These peppermint candy cookies would be so cute for a cookie exchange, Christmas gifts, holiday open houses...anything, really.

To make them, you'll need:
    With a #2 or #3 tip, outline the candy and wrapper in light grey icing. (We're trying for a silvery look.) Reserve some of this icing for later.

    Thin the white and red icings with water, a bit at a time, until it is the consistency of thick syrup.  Cover with a damp dish towel and let sit several minutes.

    Stir gently with a rubber spatula and transfer icings to squeeze bottles.

    Working 6-8 cookies at a time, fill in the centers in white.  Use a toothpick to spread to edges and pop large air bubbles.
    While the icing is still wet, go back over the same cookies and draw a cross and an X in red icing. directly on top of the white icing.

    Drag a toothpick through the icing in 3 circles, going the same direction.




    Thin the grey icing as described above.
     
    Fill in the wrapper.
    Wait about 1 hour, then add the detail on the wrapper with the unthinned grey icing.

    Let dry overnight.
    The next day, brush the "wrapper" ends with dry luster dust, using a small paintbrush.  This will give the cookies a sheen, instead of an opaque silver look.
    Now...to the trip!

    If you're on twitter, I've been teasing a little about making a trip to "the happiest place on earth."  There's a reason that for the last two weeks, I've been singing:

    "Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you..."

    Saturday, I am going HERE to decorate cookies with some gals.  Did you click over?  HERE, I'm going HERE!!! 

    {Who wants to *squee* with me?!?}

    So, think of me Saturday, will you?  Send good thoughts so I won't forget how to decorate cookies, and that I don't faint, and that I remember to suck my stomach in.  OK?

    I am so, so, so excited!  {You might be able to tell by all of the all of the !!!}

    I'll be sure to report back from the land of butter, Wranglers and Ethel Merman! SQUEE!!!

    You won't believe how easy these cookies are to make!!!


    This cookie idea was inspired by stolen directly from Martha Stewart Living, December 2009.  Why I waited a whole year to make them, I'll never know.

    **{update 11/9/11: it was brought to my attention today, that even though these cookies are IN the Martha magazine, they are the work of Danielle Boglivi-Fiori a stylist at The Martha Stewart Show and the founder of Sweet Dani B."   And here I thought Martha was toiling away in her kitchen.  So, just to be clear, I got them from Martha, Martha got them from Dani. }**
    These peppermint candy cookies would be so cute for a cookie exchange, Christmas gifts, holiday open houses...anything, really.

    To make them, you'll need:
      With a #2 or #3 tip, outline the candy and wrapper in light grey icing. (We're trying for a silvery look.) Reserve some of this icing for later.

      Thin the white and red icings with water, a bit at a time, until it is the consistency of thick syrup.  Cover with a damp dish towel and let sit several minutes.

      Stir gently with a rubber spatula and transfer icings to squeeze bottles.

      Working 6-8 cookies at a time, fill in the centers in white.  Use a toothpick to spread to edges and pop large air bubbles.
      While the icing is still wet, go back over the same cookies and draw a cross and an X in red icing. directly on top of the white icing.

      Drag a toothpick through the icing in 3 circles, going the same direction.




      Thin the grey icing as described above.
       
      Fill in the wrapper.
      Wait about 1 hour, then add the detail on the wrapper with the unthinned grey icing.

      Let dry overnight.
      The next day, brush the "wrapper" ends with dry luster dust, using a small paintbrush.  This will give the cookies a sheen, instead of an opaque silver look.
      Now...to the trip!

      If you're on twitter, I've been teasing a little about making a trip to "the happiest place on earth."  There's a reason that for the last two weeks, I've been singing:

      "Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you..."

      Saturday, I am going HERE to decorate cookies with some gals.  Did you click over?  HERE, I'm going HERE!!! 

      {Who wants to *squee* with me?!?}

      So, think of me Saturday, will you?  Send good thoughts so I won't forget how to decorate cookies, and that I don't faint, and that I remember to suck my stomach in.  OK?

      I am so, so, so excited!  {You might be able to tell by all of the all of the !!!}

      I'll be sure to report back from the land of butter, Wranglers and Ethel Merman! SQUEE!!!

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