Any Home Bakers Here?

[jnicholes]

I am going to bed now, I am exhausted. I'll type more tomorrow.

 

[ValerieJ]

Good night.

 

[jnicholes]

@ValerieJ,

Thanks.

 

[BullChick]

I was encouraged to also post here so I figured I would share again! I've been looking into decorative desserts for quite some time, particularly cookie decorating. I have been experimenting with a few sugar cookie recipes and finally picked a good one. Found a royal icing recipe I really like as well. My goal is to take some beautiful cookies for family Christmas so I need all the practice I can get. In between a pile of dishes and messy hands covered in icing, here's the evolution of baking/decorating as I try to get better! I told my husband I want to decorate cookies so nice you're scared to eat them because they're too pretty!

Halloween - Attempt #1 at decorative cookies. Mainly trying to get the cookie recipe down at this point and get familiar with royal icing. A bit burnt as I learned to adjust time, and the poor pumpkin looks goofy.
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Family Birthday - My second attempt at these cookies- nailed the recipe and times, so this was about getting a plan for decorating and how to go about it. Learned more about adjusting thickness of icing and how to stage the icing so it didn't run together. These were cute penguins!
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Thanksgiving - Tonight's my third go at sugar cookies. Unfortunately, messed up some of my royal icing coloring so they didn't quite get the right color due to too much or lack of food coloring. Because this is the season for pies, these cookies all resembled various holiday pies. Lattice on them wasn't wide enough but still, for my third ever attempt I'm pretty happy.
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[pennyJo1960]

Hey,

I am not trying to sound morbid, but I feel a need to say this:

There was an accident while I was hunting, and I almost died.

No, I was not shot by another hunter, I slipped and fell in freezing cold water. I had to swim back to shore. It was scary.

I am just letting you all know that I am okay. I am not hurt except for a few minor scratches.

I am thankful to be alive!

Jared

Stay safe do not want to loose you accidents can happen

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was encouraged to also post here so I figured I would share again! I've been looking into decorative desserts for quite some time, particularly cookie decorating. I have been experimenting with a few sugar cookie recipes and finally picked a good one. Found a royal icing recipe I really like as well. My goal is to take some beautiful cookies for family Christmas so I need all the practice I can get. In between a pile of dishes and messy hands covered in icing, here's the evolution of baking/decorating as I try to get better! I told my husband I want to decorate cookies so nice you're scared to eat them because they're too pretty!

Halloween - Attempt #1 at decorative cookies. Mainly trying to get the cookie recipe down at this point and get familiar with royal icing. A bit burnt as I learned to adjust time, and the poor pumpkin looks goofy.
View attachment 1967165

Family Birthday - My second attempt at these cookies- nailed the recipe and times, so this was about getting a plan for decorating and how to go about it. Learned more about adjusting thickness of icing and how to stage the icing so it didn't run together. These were cute penguins!
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Welcome to the thread cookies look great @DigMyChicks is our lead cookie, cupcake everything artist

Thanksgiving - Tonight's my third go at sugar cookies. Unfortunately, messed up some of my royal icing coloring so they didn't quite get the right color due to too much or lack of food coloring. Because this is the season for pies, these cookies all resembled various holiday pies. Lattice on them wasn't wide enough but still, for my third ever attempt I'm pretty happy.
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[pennyJo1960]

Okay this was dinner did fried potato's in the oven, tri tip steak on the grill the Son stood out there with a umbrella over him and the grill and beets and was asked about great oven mitts this is what we use

 

[ronott1]

I was encouraged to also post here so I figured I would share again! I've been looking into decorative desserts for quite some time, particularly cookie decorating. I have been experimenting with a few sugar cookie recipes and finally picked a good one. Found a royal icing recipe I really like as well. My goal is to take some beautiful cookies for family Christmas so I need all the practice I can get. In between a pile of dishes and messy hands covered in icing, here's the evolution of baking/decorating as I try to get better! I told my husband I want to decorate cookies so nice you're scared to eat them because they're too pretty!

Halloween - Attempt #1 at decorative cookies. Mainly trying to get the cookie recipe down at this point and get familiar with royal icing. A bit burnt as I learned to adjust time, and the poor pumpkin looks goofy.
View attachment 1967165

Family Birthday - My second attempt at these cookies- nailed the recipe and times, so this was about getting a plan for decorating and how to go about it. Learned more about adjusting thickness of icing and how to stage the icing so it didn't run together. These were cute penguins!
View attachment 1967166

Thanksgiving - Tonight's my third go at sugar cookies. Unfortunately, messed up some of my royal icing coloring so they didn't quite get the right color due to too much or lack of food coloring. Because this is the season for pies, these cookies all resembled various holiday pies. Lattice on them wasn't wide enough but still, for my third ever attempt I'm pretty happy.
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You are getting some nice decorations goin on those cookies!

I can't wait to see the christmas cookies

 

[ronott1]

Hey,

I am not trying to sound morbid, but I feel a need to say this:

There was an accident while I was hunting, and I almost died.

No, I was not shot by another hunter, I slipped and fell in freezing cold water. I had to swim back to shore. It was scary.

I am just letting you all know that I am okay. I am not hurt except for a few minor scratches.

I am thankful to be alive!

Jared

It is good to have you back here with us!

Be careful out there

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@ronott1 - Thank you so much!

I've got a few ideas on how to decorate them. Some of the family have kids, so it will probably be tiny snowmen cookies for the kids, and a blue/white theme of full size cookies for adults. I also saw videos of a "christmas tree" cake I'd like to try for just us.