My Cookie World

 I have been baking again!  Having soo much fun. Everyone Seems to enjoy them and I have people I see in town now that sees me wanting to know if I have a cookie for them! Since I have been sharing my bakes I have learned that people really really do get a kick out of someone actually being nice an sharing a homemade goodie with them. Some even tell me how it just makes their day. So while I am having fun it is spreading Joy to others that need a little pick me up in our upside down world.
   These pictures are 14 batches of cookie dough recipes! I think that is also 7 batches of Royal icing I made also.  I started out with one single recipe to see how many cookies it would make then after that I decided to just start making double batches since that seems to be my average amount of cookies I was baking.
The grand total seems to be .............
About 1 cup of vanilla since October but that was for all the cooking not just cookies.
14 cups of shortening (instead of butter due to allergies)
14 cups of granulated Sugar
14 eggs
42 cups of flour
8 lb. powdered sugar
8 oz  meringue powder
20 fl. ozs water

    I have been having great fun! Time to work around normal life and energy seems like it takes 3 days to make a batch of cookies.
1 to mix dough and frosting
1 to cut and bake
1 to decorate

  Here is the place I got the cookie recipe from: ( I changed it up a little for me)
Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
https://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/best-sugar-cookie-recipe-ever/

This is where I got the royal icing recipe from. (This one I stuck with the original recipe)
The Best Royal Icing for Decorating Cookies
https://www.thehoneyblonde.com/royal-icing/2016/02/the-best-royal-icing-for-decorating-cookies

Here is the little 16 year old girl  Mimi's Baked Goods that got me going on all this ! Watching her has been expensive! LOL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCypmBzC_b4P3FmQ_CcU98UQ

This was my anniversary present of 47 yrs it was $ 59.99 !!!!! For a rolling pin!! But it is terrific and is perfect for rolling out stuff at a consistent thickness. Mimi's Baked Goods was kind enough to tell me what kind or rolling pin she was using and where to get it.

The Cookie Countess Precision Rolling Pin - 1/4"

    Now I am getting myself a Christmas Present. I am paying for half of it with gift cards ! 2 of them for $50 for taking a health insurance survey and one for $25 for test driving a car at a local car dealership that had promotions going on. I don't feel so bad about spending the money when I managed to get half of it with mailbox money. LOL

https://www.thecookiecountess.com/products/max-airbrush-bundle?_pos=1&_sid=4e5e9744b&_ss=r
Bundle: Airbrush Max
Save 20% Original price $ 310.79   ( Black Friday Deal )  Current price $ 248.63 See $125 of this is the gift cards

I forgot a picture of the Paw Patrol cookies grandson wanted.

This is the Nathan Bedford Forest Confederate Battle flag I took these to the Sons of Confederate Soldiers meeting. Supposedly when the North saw this flag coming with the star missing in the middle they knew who was coming and they better run because this guy could really do the damage on the battle field.  This was a first try. I might be able to do better next time.

  

These are Halloween cookies I made and shared with family and friends. Some even got shipped off to family in Texas and Arkansas. My favorites here were the Voo Doo Doll and the Frankenstein Cookies

 

I saw a President Trump cookie cutter on Amazon. I thought it would probably be a collectors item. More than anything it was just too fun! I told folks if you like him lick him if you don't break his neck! Most people didn't break his neck. LOL

 

    Thanksgiving cookies! I learned a new technique on those turkeys to get the colored tails. I gave the turkeys blue eyes and found out later when you start eating them from the feet the darn blue eyes are looking at you making you feel weird. So I told folks they may want to start eating from the tail feathers first.! LOL
    My Favorite here was the pumpkin pie cookie look alike and the yellow turkey tails. These were a big hit at the Thanksgiving parties with most people. Kids for sure couldn't get enough of them.