Thank You Cookies

Do you have someone to thank?  Do it with cookies!

I made these cookies for our administrative assistants on my team:

The system we are implementing at work is a cloud system.  Meaning our data will be delivered to us via the internet, so that's what the little clouds represent.

For variation, you can say thank you in different languages.

I also made some cookies for our former Boy Scout Committee Chair.  She is getting the Heart of Gold one because she truly has a heart of gold.  She remained as the Chair long after her son became and Eagle Scout and aged out.  She handled most of the business by herself and we don't know how she did it!  We miss her dearly.

 

These were so fun to make.  Of course, I say that about all of the cookies I make!

Below is the technique I use to flood cookies with scalloped or intricate edges.

I fill two piping bags with the same color but with different tip sizes.  I use a #2 to outline the cookie and then a number #3 to flood it.

 With the smaller tip, I pipe the edges and then fill in the pattern.

Then with the bigger tip, I fill in the cookie.  This is called flooding.  The reason I use two bags is that you have to pipe the edges and immediately flood the cookie if you want it to be seamless.  Otherwise, you will have a visible mark between the edge and the rest of the cookie.  So I don't recommend piping the edges on all of the cookies first and then going back and flooding them.

Have a great Sunday!

XOX