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sugar cookies - royal icing ?s

jac*n*abejac*n*abe
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I've been bitten by the baking bug (say that three times, fast!) and am ready to fire up the oven. I was planning on baking my old standbys but wanted to try something new as well. Those of you that have done the sugar cookie/royal icing thing - is it worth it? Haha. It seems like fun but a LOT of work. Did your cookies look good the first time or did it take quite a bit of practice? I'm just not sure if I possess the required patience ;) Also, are the cookies tasty? I don't know if I want to do all that work for a bland cookie, ya know?
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  • NDwife07NDwife07
    No clue on the baking questions, but your sig. OMG I'm dying.
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  • fruitcakesfruitcakes member
    I'm on the fence.  They're good, but they're a helluva lot of work!  I do like the way they taste, but I like iced cookies.
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  • jac*n*abejac*n*abe
    Thanks, Lauren! That pic cracks me up. I swear my son smiles but I can never frickin' get him to smile for pictures. It's always that slack-jawed stare. Little stinker.

    Man, Kelley. I was hoping you'd be like "heck yeah, they're awesome and so worth it!" I think I'm just going to go ahead and try them out. If they suck, I'll know not make them in the future.
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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    I tried it twice. They turned out pretty well, but did not look as nice as Annie's the first time. (I used the recipe on her blog.)  I think it takes practice to get it just right.

    The icing recipe she uses tastes kind of yucky (that said I really don't like icing anyways), but it tastes better when it dries.  I didn't like how I could taste the dried egg stuff, but I couldn't really taste it on the final product.  The cookie recipe she posted (Ella's white sugar cookies) is insanely good though.

    Here is a picture of the cookies I made the 2nd time I tried it. The first time my icing was too runny and it ran everywhere.  All in all, they taste amazing and I thought they looked fairly cute. 

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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    They are a lot of work but I didn't feel like they were much more work than making any kind of cut-out & decorated sugar cookie.  IMO they are all a lot of work :)
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  • IU_babyIU_baby member
    I prefer regular buttercream icing to the royal icing, but that's just a personal preference.  :)
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  • mandyallcornmandyallcorn member
    You could try these for some flavor.
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  • fruitcakesfruitcakes member

    Honestly, I would try it!  Though a total PITA, it's fun to see them in the end.  Just pick a fairly simple design to start with.

    Also, I wish I would have practiced a couple more times before doing Olivia's birthday cookies.  You definitely get better the more you do.

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  • jac*n*abejac*n*abe
    Thqnka for the input, experience and suggestions everyone! Kathy, yours turned out so cute! I was planning on using the cookie and icing recipe from PW's site today. I believe they have almond extract which sounds super yummy. I'll have to try the spice cookie recipe sometime if these turn out well!
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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    imagejac*n*abe:
    Thqnka for the input, experience and suggestions everyone! Kathy, yours turned out so cute! I was planning on using the cookie and icing recipe from PW's site today. I believe they have almond extract which sounds super yummy. I'll have to try the spice cookie recipe sometime if these turn out well!

    sounds super tasty. IMO the almond extract totally made the cookies I made!  

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  • critterchikcritterchik

    My friend Jenny and I have made these on several occassions and I loved doing it! I do NOT belong in the kitchen by any means but even I enjoyed making them.

    I can look for the recipe she used as well... if you want. But they were REALLY yummy and between the two of us we made some DARN CUTE cookies. :: rushes off to look for pictures ::

    I say give it a shot! ;)

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  • critterchikcritterchik

    Found Pics! Totally worth the time we put into it! The cookies were a hit. And we had so much fun making them!

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    Valentine's Day Cookies we made for the office.

     

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    Dinosaur cookies - made just for fun!! LoL Jenny made these. :)

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    Cookies made for the Jimmy Buffet concert this year. A friend asked her to do these for a party she was having before the concert. So I helped! LoL

    I really think they are fun to make! But they do take a lot of time.

     

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  • fruitcakesfruitcakes member

    I agree with PPs, the almond extract is much tastier, IMO.   I use this recipe for the cookies, then the frosting recipe from Annie's. 

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  • lemen99lemen99 member
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    Found Pics! Totally worth the time we put into it! The cookies were a hit. And we had so much fun making them!

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    Valentine's Day Cookies we made for the office.

     

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    Dinosaur cookies - made just for fun!! LoL Jenny made these. :)

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    Cookies made for the Jimmy Buffet concert this year. A friend asked her to do these for a party she was having before the concert. So I helped! LoL

    I really think they are fun to make! But they do take a lot of time.

     

    cute!!! nice job!

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  • jac*n*abejac*n*abe
    I love all your cookies, Rachael!
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  • critterchikcritterchik
    thanks guys! definetely not my venture. My friend talked me into it, but i loved it. give it a shot jac! I'm sure they'll turn out great! ;)
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