I’ve been in cookie production mode for a couple of days.
A dear friend of mine lost her husband in January; it was expected but still quite sad. Al loved my sugar cookies. For the last couple of years while he was in his decline, I made cookies for him every few weeks so that he could have cookies but my friend wouldn’t have to bake. I made different kinds but the frosted sugar were always his favorites. So for his Celebration of Life I am making them in his memory.
At the same time I am doing my spring bonnet sugar cookies for a shower this weekend as well. My oh my – everything always falls at the same time.
I figured I’d be safe with six batches of the dough. I made that, two batches at a time, on Wednesday. I laid everything out ahead of time so I could whip through – only took me about 25 minutes. The dough does need to chill for a while; that’s why I made it on Wednesday.
Then yesterday morning I rolled out all the dough, cut all the cookies and baked them. 206 fluted squares, 16 large bonnet bases, 16 bonnet cops and 20 llama/alpaca shapes (new cookie cutters that I just got a couple of weeks back). Took about 4 hours from set up to clean up. No burned batches and no dog sneaking cookies off the counter, although I did have to keep a close eye on YA every time she wandered into the kitchen.
This morning, while you are reading this, I’m doing the icing and sprinkles. All of Al’s cookies will have white icing but I’ll use a variety of sprinkles (I have plenty!). I’ll be setting up in the living room on the card table so I can sit and watch tv while I work. If I have time, I’ll do the llama/alpaca cookies and hopefully the bonnets. I used a flow icing on the bonnets so they’ll be last. If I run out of time I’ll finish the bonnets Saturday morning before the shower.
Phew!
Why couldn’t the Cookie Monster make his bed?