Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas

I've been busy the last few weeks (aside from the normal being a mom and wife busy).  So below are pictures of some of the goodies I've made...
First up, Cake Balls and Oreo Truffles
This is only one flavor of Oreo Truffle pictures, but in the end I made three...Regular Oreo, Chocolate Cream Filled, and Mint.  Sorry, I don't have a picture of the cake balls (but they look about the same).  For those the flavors are Red Velvet, Chocolate, Spice, Carrot, Lemon, Strawberry, Cherry, and Holiday Funfetti (White cake mix with sprinkles in the mix).  I think the Funfetti ones are my favorites because the Funfetti icing is green, so you end up with green cake balls.

I was able to knock all these out in about 4 days time thanks to the help of my wonderful family.  In the past, I've gotten help here and there from Gerry or the girls.  But this year, the girls were a tremendous help.  They crumbled up all of the cakes and helped roll them into balls.  They also helped put the sprinkles on, which is usually the only thing they do.  Gerry helped roll the Oreo Truffles and helped with sprinkles on those.

After I filled my fridge with Tupperware containers full of cake balls and truffles, I moved on to fudge
 and Zebra Nipples.
Then Saturday night I decided to make M&M cookies.  I bought way too many bags of Christmas M&M's at CVS and decided to try to use some of them up.  ( I think I still have 4 or 5 bags left...don't tell Gerry).  We took most of these to church with us on Sunday, so there are only a few left.

 After that, I decided to make Sugar Cookies.  I may have made a few too many.  My original plan had been to have some of those ready to go to church with us Sunday night for friends, but that didn't happen.  So we have 2 batches of regular Sugar Cookies and 2 batches of Chocolate Sugar Cookies sitting around the house tempting us.  I'm slowly finding homes for all of them (no, I'm not eating all of them; I've actually only had one so far...ok, ok, it was a big one, but it was just one).

The girls were a big help again, and cut out almost all of the regular sugar cookies.  Below is a sampling of some of the finished cookies.








And last, here are my beautiful girls with the cookies they decorated.  I think they did an awesome job.

These two were Natalie's favorite; she asked me to get a pic of her holding them....The one with the S is the one she made for Santa.


I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! 

Monday, October 15, 2012

Another Cookie Night

Yep, that's right, I made cookies two nights in a row.  Why, you might be wondering.  Simply because I had leftover icing from yesterday's batch.  Normally I save it with the intention of making more cookies in the next day or so, but it never happens.  Well I was determined to make more this time, and I did it.  I made chocolate sugar cookies today.  I stuck with the Halloween theme because the icing was already colored to coordinate with those.  So here they are:

I made a few others; but these were the cutest from both batches of cookies.  And I'm really excited about the cookie in the middle.  I made it with my new cookie cutter from Karen's Cookies:  http://www.karenscookies.net/Karens-Cookies-Exclusives_c_112.html.  I used the large rectangular, although I bought one of each size.  (glad I did too, she sold out very quickly)

Sunday, October 14, 2012

I'm Back

After a long hiatus, I'm back to cookie making.  We moved this summer, which didn't leave time or the place to make cookies.  Then I had to put my craft room back together so I could find all my hair bows for craft shows.  My last show was last week, so it's cookie making time!!!

I had helpers both with mixing/baking and with the icing.  Sadly, I'm a little rusty and the girls weren't much better, but we enjoyed bonding while we created.












While making these, I realized that I first started making cookies this time last year.  Unfortunately, they didn't turn out so well.  Oddly enough, I didn't give it.  The mess actually encouraged me to find a better recipe and to learn how to decorate them.  I've definitely come a long way in a year, and still have a very long way to go.  But the best part is that I get to eat cookies while I learn.
(I was going to post pictures of my cookies from last year, but they were so bad, I don't think I even took any).

Saturday, May 5, 2012

More Baking

I've spent my afternoon baking.  Here is the cookie cake....

It got a little messed up because I decided to try to cool it on the cooling racks instead of the way I normally do it.  So it now has a crack in the middle, but it will still taste yummy.

Up next...M&M cookies....

It just wasn't my day for cooking.  I ran out of white flour, so I mixed white and wheat...not too big of a deal.  Then I used the wrong size scoop and ended up with gigantic cookies.  Which would have been fine, but I needed 36 cookies and the gigantic size only made 30.  So I had to mix up another batch.  The second time I used the correct scoop and they turned out great.  So now I have an abundance of cookies.

And last, just for fun, here's my wonderful husband being a good sport at the soccer game today...



He sported the sunglasses for the entire game, but would only wear the antenna during half time.  Originally he was going to wear yellow zebra socks like the girls wear with their uniform, but someone else needed the extra pair.  So we came up with this idea instead.  Too bad it didn't help the girls get a win.

Go Yellow Jackets


Sorry for the lack of blogging about cookies.  I haven't blogged because I haven't made any cookies lately.  Things have been very hectic and I have been bummed that I could not fit cookie baking into the schedule.  But I finally found some time this week.  Today is Natalie's last soccer game of the season, and it's our turn to take snacks.  So what better snack for the Yellow Jackets than a big soccer ball cookie and a bee cookie for each girl.

I had big plans to make more decorated cookies for a service project I do with my church, but I couldn't find that much time in my schedule.  So they'll have to settle for m & m cookies.  Oh, and we have a soccer party tonight.  I'm taking a cookie cake to that one.  So still lots of cookie baking going on, just not necessarily the fun, cute cookies I want to make.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A New Recipe

I love the sugar cookies you can buy from the store...you know the ones...they are very soft and usually have pink icing on top with sprinkles.  They are my absolute favorite cookies.  I try not to buy them too often because I'll eat them and they are very high in calories.  But when it comes to cookies, sometimes you just have to endure the extra calories. 

I came across a recipe on Pinterest for cookies that should taste like the real deal you get at the store.  So I made them tonight.  I haven't tried them yet; you are supposed to let them sit for a while so the flavors can blend.  But I can say that the little bit of dough I tried was pretty tasty.  My youngest was helping with the sprinkles and she and I sampled the icing too, and we both loved it.  So hopefully that means the cookies will be awesome.  I can't wait!!! 

Here's my version, but I couldn't go with the standard pink because I like to be different sometimes.  So I went with purple icing. 

Wrong Name?

I think I may have chosen the wrong name for my blog.  Instead of My Cookie Addiction, I think I should have chosen My Baking Addiction.  I've always loved baking, and just got into decorating cookies recently.  That's not to say that I haven't always baked cookies, just not iced ones.  I like the name though, so it will stay the same, but don't be surprised to see things other than cookies.

So on that note, I made some cupcakes last night.  I've been looking at this recipe for a few weeks now, wanting to try it.  They looked so delicious, but we were going out of town for Spring Break and I didn't think they'd travel well (besides, I was already taking sugar cookies and Oreo Truffles with us).  I feel a little guilty that it's a box mix prepared according to the directions, followed with a tub of icing.  But you put some of the icing inside the cupcake, ice the cupcake, and top it off with mini chocolate chips....HEAVEN!!  Here's a picture of the cupcakes.  Sorry I didn't show you the inside, but just imagine yummy frosting inside too....kind of like a Hostess cupcake...Yum!!



Saturday, March 17, 2012

More Cookies

I feel like I abandoned my blog.  I just got it started, and then disappeared for a while.  Sorry about that.  Things got a little hectic for a bit.  We decided to go to Alabama to see friends and family for Spring Break, and on top of that, I decided to make cookies to take with me.  It takes 2-3 days to make a batch of cookies; the icing has to have time to dry before you put it in a bag or it's a big mess (trust me on this one, I speak from personal experience).
So anyway, here are some more cookies I've made recently.  And since today is St. Patrick's Day, I have to start with the shamrock cookies...







Here are some cupcakes and zebra print cookies I made for Natalie's Birthday:


Below are Breast Cancer Ribbon cookies; I was trying out a different chocolate cookie recipe and thought they would be fun to make.

And last, I made cookies shaped like Massachusetts.  Natalie had to do a state report and got Massachusetts.  As luck would have it, their state cookie is chocolate chip and I found a cookie cutter shaped like the state and had a chocolate chip recipe I wanted to try out.  So here they are:

They were pretty tasty in the end, but that little boot piece was a pain to get out of the cookie cutter, especially if a chocolate chip happened to be in that part of the dough.

I've really enjoyed making cookies and now find myself looking for reasons to make more.  I really should be working on hair bows for upcoming craft shows, but instead, I want to make cookies.  :-)  Guess that just means that I picked the appropriate name for my blog.  

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Welcome





Welcome to my blog.  I created it to share my new addiction...decorating cookies...with the world.  In addition to cookies, I also make and sell hair bows, dabble in jewelry making, and teach preschool.  My first attempt at cookies was for Halloween, and to say it wasn't pretty would be an understatement.  I've learned a lot since then.  In January, I found several ideas on Pinterest, which led me to other blogs that helped me figure out what I needed to do to make better looking cookies.  As a result, I've improved quite a bit.  Below are pictures from my first two attempts.  I'll show you pictures from batches in my next post.


                                                                      1st Attempt:

2nd Attempt: