So we had cake, and of course, we had to have cookies, too. Actually, it was a bit of a marathon baking day on the 23rd, but I had help from my sous chef littlest brother who you may remember from my Cupcake Sliders & Cookie Fries post. Of course, Charlie helped out, too!
We made some chewy chocolate chocolate chip cookies based on my stout cookie recipe. We left out the stout, added a tablespoon of water, and divided the batter in half. In one half, we added a bit of coffee extract and regular semi-sweet chocolate chips. In the other half, we left the batter plain chocolatey and broke up a candy cane/peppermint chocolate bar and used that as the chocolate chips. Both cookies were a hit!
As for the other cookies, we wanted to get some rolled sugar cookies happening, but we were running short on time, so we used some from a mix. They actually rolled out better than I expected them to, and then we made up a thicker version of the glaze in Irksome Iced Sugar Cookies. I’m not a world class decorator by any means, but we got a couple of cute ones!
The arthritis in my hands was really bugging me at the end of this. Anyone have any tips or tricks for keeping your hands from hurting with all this piping?
Ginger is supposed to be good for joints!
The cookies look absolutely beautiful and sound delicious!