Here’s the cookie order I was working on this week – little cutouts of the state of Iowa! Aww, I love my state. ;)
I started by lining my sugar cookies in thick, royal icing.
After the outline dried, I filled it in with thinned out royal icing.
I use the sugar cookie and egg white royal icing recipe here (made with pasteurized egg whites,) and add a little flavoring to it. They changed the sugar cookie recipe, for whatever reason, since I first started to use it – but I’m sure it would taste the same!
Next, I added little red stars to mark the state capital, Des Moines.
I thought they turned out cute! The woman who I made them for is having a bunch of college girlfriends come into town and wanted to hand the cookies out as edible souvenirs…the best kind of souvenirs, IMO!
They all attended Iowa State University – whose colors are red and gold – so the color scheme was very fitting.
All packaged up with a sweet, red ribbon.
Hey Obama, why choose chocolate chunk, when you could have iced sugar?! I kid, I kid… ;) Seriously though…call me.
omg, I must confess my cookie delivery fail. It was so windy last night and just as my client opened the door a giant gust of wind came whipping by, distracting me, thus causing me to DROP THE BOX. I repeat – I dropped the box of cookies!! Ugh. She must have thought I was a raging lunatic as I frantically went through each cookie to make sure they were ok! Thankfully they were, and thankfully she was totally cool with it. ;)
Anyways, all’s well that ends well – I hope they like them!
1. Where do you place your hands on the steering wheel?
On my wheel where the horn piece connects to the wheel there is a little ledge and I hook my thumbs on it…
2. What state do you live in?
Alberta Canada -home to the largest shopping mall in the world…it’s a tiny bit migger than the mall of America.
3. What’s your favorite board or card game?
The Cranium people make another great game called Whoonu…it’s really fun you get card with things on them (ice cream, soccer, shopping) and you have to pick the 2 cards in your hand that the person will like the most. Then theyorder the cards that they get in order of what they like and you get points for your cards based on the rankings…it’s really fun because you learn a lot about your friends and also sometimes you get the perfect card for someone- like baking for you or the least perfect like suntanning for me…
1. Right hand on the wheel (sometimes toward the top), Left hand resting elsewhere.
2. Minnesota
3. Pictionary! My husband and I usually make a great team. But I also love Balderdash and Spicy Farkle. :)
those cookies are SO dang cute! i want to make some for utah! that is where i live. PBJ oats are a staple of mine. yours look great. have an awesome weekend, lady!
Very cute cookies.
1. This is sort of embarrassing, but around 7 and 5. Not good, right?
2. Georgia
3. Trivial Pursuit
Cute cookies!
1. I usually place them around 6 oclock. But I had an accident a few weeks ago, so I now think I drive like an old lady and grip the wheel to death at 10 and 2.
2. Cali, baby!
3. I’m not a big game person, but Apples to Apples is fun, and Scategories is a classic.
1. 10 and 2 because I’m a dork.
2. From FL, but living in Okinawa, Japan
3. I LOVE Settlers of Catan and Scrabble (as stated in number 1 – I’m a dork, but I’m ok with that!)
Am. In. LOVE! (with your Iowa shaped cookie cutter). Please tell me where you got it. I have to have one….
1. 6ish. But sometimes 9 and 3.
2. Minnesota! But Iowa-born. Alas, a Hawk rather than a cyclone :)
3. I don’t like games… Not any of them.
I love the cookies, they’re so cute! Do you do cookie orders out of state? I live in IL but my mom is an Iowa native (Indianola) and we still have family there (which is how I heard about your blog) and I bet she would LOVE some Iowa cookies :)
1. I’m usually a 10 and 2 person too, my boyfriend makes fun of me all the time too
2. I’m from northern IL, about 30-40 minutes north of Chicago
3. I love, love, LOVE card games and board games. We don’t go to bars anymore so a fun night is friends, a bottle of wine and a good game. We love Settlers of Catan, Scrabble, Risk, Apples to Apples and Phase 10 the best.
I love your blog too. :) And I had almond butter+raspberry spread oatmeal today (my favorite combo), so pretty similar!
1. 2 and maybe 9? haha I usually only have one hand on the wheel…I got voted worse driver in my high school senior year :/
2. AZ
3. Balderdash or Scattergories. Oh and I used to LOVE Boggle! :D
Those cookies are awesome! And I’m sure I’m a bit biased, being I grew up in Iowa, AND graduated from Iowa State…
1. I’m 10-2 all the way.
2. California.
3. Songburst!
The cookies are adorable! I NEED to try your recipe soon!
With what do your pipe your frosting on the cookie?! I tried to pipe some pretty design on a carrot cake I made Ben for our anniversary and used a ziplock bag….ended up squeezing too hard on the bag and a HUGE glop of frosting ruined my design as the bag busted. Oops. What do you use?
I know its no longer Thursday but I always like 3 question thursday
1) I have never paid attention-I will now think about it next time I get in the car.
2) Maryland!
3) I like Scattegories and Scrabble.
1) I’m a 10 & 2 nerd too. If I’m on a long (straight) drive though I just rest my left hand on the bottom left side to keep it steady.
2) Colorado native here!
3) Balderdash – oh my gahh. SO much fun.
I always get so hungry when I read your blog.
1. 10 & 2 most of the time I guess.
2. I’m from Oklahoma!
3. Yahtzee. My boyfriend and I are like an old married couple. We LOVE to play!
1. 10 – 2
2. East Coast… of Iowa ;)
3. Things… the game. http://www.thingsthegame.com/ SO FUN!!
Where did you get that amazing Iowa cookie-cutter!?
I am a 10 & 2er too!
I live in Southern California (most awesome)
I hate board games! I love golf!
Cute cookies! How do you get them so thick and sturdy?
1.) place my hands at 10 and 2-get joked from the fam sometimes- so proper:)
2.) IOWA – go HaWkS!!!!
3.) Spit, BLURT and scrabble and Blokus. Hard to find someone that likes spit as much as me to play it!!!! :)
Cute cookies! I bet they taste yummy, too. :)
1. Where do you place your hands on the steering wheel? I’m a 10 and 2 person, too.
2. What state do you live in? New York!!
3. What’s your favorite board or card game? Scrabble
What cute cookies!!
1. I usually put one directly on top and the other maybe on the bottom, or resting on the window arm rest.
2. California girl born and raised!
3. Love Life!!! Apples to Apples is pretty fun as well.