Train Cookies

I decided that I would take step by step pictures of the cookies I made for the boys birthday party.  I quickly changed my mind.  

I started off doing 'ok' but adding that one more step of taking pictures just made the task almost unbearable haha.  I was in the zone and didn't want to be bothered (or completely forgot) to take pictures.  

The them of the party was trains so of course I made train cookies.  I started with outlining the main color of the train.

and then I stopped taking pictures.  Oops.  I know, it didn't last long.  I do have some random ones so I will leave them for you. 

After piping the outline of the cookie I filled the cookie with the red.  Then I moved on to the other colors on the train.  Most of the cookies were train engines.  I had 3 'special' trains.  I did 3 large engines,  3 passenger cars (pictured above), and 3 coal cars (2 pictures below).

I also made 2 different signs.

The white and black railroad crossing sign (above) and the yellow RR circle sign (never took a picture).

This is where I stopped taking pictures all together.  I didn't even get a good picture of all the cookies on the cookie tray.  OOPS!

This is the best shot I got, but instead of seeing the cookies you see the label.

I remembered that I didn't take a picture of the cookies and I was able to click one real quick before too many were taken.  Sadly this picture is missing the large engine.

Of course I had to get pictures of the birthday boys eating their train cookies.

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Most of the kids that ate the cookies did a great job.  Mine on the other hand LOVE to eat all the icing off before actually biting the cookie.  Their cookie beards grew as they were enjoying their cookie.  

After taking the pictures off of my memory card I realized I never got a picture of the cookies so I grabbed the few that were left and threw them on a plate so you could get an idea of what they looked like.  

There were some really nice looking ones.  Of course I don't have pictures of those because they were the first tray I set out.  When they were eaten I started to replace them with the lesser ones.

I read that sometimes red, black, brown, and orange icing doesn't dry well.  I was so excited that I figured out how thin the icing should be the last time I made cookies.  I thought these would come out perfectly since my filling icing came out so great last time.  Again, some did... but others stayed tacky looking.  They look like they didn't completely dry (they were).  O'well, most of them were eaten anyway :)

Baby Girl Baptism Cookies

These cookies were made for a girlfriends little girls baptism.  

I'm finally getting better at filling the cookies.  Every time I decorate a sugar cookie I make the royal icing thinner.  Each time I think it's gotta be thin enough.  Each time it's not.  This time I finally got it right.  Sadly I did the bulk of the cookie before I did it right.  The white of the scalloped cookie is finally the right consistency.  Now I know to make the icing so thin that I think it will be too thin and it should be perfect.  

God bless little Avery and her family.  I hope they have a wonderful time on Sunday.  

Staple

These cookies are a staple in my home.

Oatmeal Raisin. I found this recipe and I don't think I will EVER try to change it!

Except maybe change up the dried fruit. These are Oatmeal Cranberry. YUM!!

VBS (Vacation Bible School)

This summer I helped out with VBS at my church. This is a program that runs for 1 week (Monday-Friday). On Friday night there is a closing program. People were asked to donate snacks for after the 'show'.

The church was decorated with pandas so I thought I would incorporate that on the cookies. These are the cookies I came up with.

Red, White, and Blue

For the 4th of July I made flag cookies and berry topped chocolate cake.

Don't mind the toothpicks. I almost forgot to take a picture before completely wrapping the try in plastic wrap.

Luau 1st Birthday

My girlfriend was having a Luau birthday party for her 1 year old. I offered to bring some cookies.

I LOVE how the flowers came out! I'm not loving the flip flops so much. They came out cute but I had a different idea in mind. Unfortunately I started them really late and didn't have time to do more than 2 steps. In my mind I had a 3/4 step cookie.

Cinco De Mayo Chips and Dip

I was invited to a Cinco De Mayo party and thought I would bring 'chips and salsa'. I found this recipe on another blog (so sorry I don't remember which one now).

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Strawberry Kiwi Dip and Pineapple Dip.

Blue & Green 1st Communion

These sugar cookies were made for a 1st Communion. The little boy asked his mom if she could get him blue and green cross cookies for their lunch party after the Communion. This is what I came up with.

This was the first time I used this type of icing. I was not too thrilled with the way they came out. His mama LOVED them and even better he was THRILLED! I have gotten much better with making this icing and have even more ideas how to make it better for me.