This weeks dessert is Happy Cookies. These cookies are sugar cookies decorated with the Chinese symbol for Happy! I cut my sugar cookies out with a circle cutter. I then iced the cookies with white icing, and used a black food marker to make the Happy symbol. This is the recipe I always use for cookies and icing. We have used this cookie and icing recipe in a past post at http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2011/05/do-i-really-need-that_29.html. Go to the post to see the recipe for the cookies and the icing. Lets pick up where we decorate the cookies.
Let it dry overnight.
I used food markers to write on the cookie.
The icing on the cookie has to be solid hard.
(I don’t know if that is a thing, but you know what I mean?!)
I copied the chinese word for happy from
www.Chinese-Word.com.
These are the finished cookies.
Don’t look too close. An artist, I am not.
(But I am trying to practice decorating.
This is something I really want to learn)
Thanks for joining me this week. I hoped you enjoyed everything
we prepared. Next week we are going to have a great menu with
some fantastic and tasty food. See you tomorrow for the culinary word of the week.
Cookie Costs:
Flour- .80
Baking Soda- .02
Salt- .01
Butter- 2.39
Sugar- .40
Eggs- .30
Almond Extract- .05
Total Cost- 3.97
(This makes about 6 dozen)
Icing
Meringue Powder .40
Cream of Tarter .10
Powdered Sugar 1.60
Total Cost 2.10
(You will definitely have some left over)
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