Happy New Year! 2013!

As usual, I am behind schedule "fashionably late".

That sounds much better, hehe!

So here are my New Year's cookies I made.

 

I did these for (as luck would have it)...

A "belated" New Year's party!

 

I used my favorite cookie recipe and this time, instead of using royal icing...

I used glaze.

I am beginning, like my husband, to enjoy the flavor of glaze MUCH MORE than royal icing.

I also love the smooth texture that you get EVERY SINGLE TIME with glaze.

With royal icing, it's always a gamble for me.

I always have "some" kind of issue...too thick, too thin, bubbles, cracking, etc.

With glaze, I just get a nice smooth surface, with a lovely sheen, and smooth texture...

EVERY SINGLE TIME!

 

 

I did use royal icing to pipe my designs and lettering though.

I think that is going to be the new way I decorate ALL of my cookies.

Glaze for flooding...royal icing for piping intricate details.

Royal can be made thicker and is perfect for those tricky details.

This was also the first time I tried ColorMist!

I used a gold and a silver.

It came out really well for a first time try!

I was really happy with the pretty metallic shine I got!

 

I was very pleased with this batch of cookies in general.

Everyone at the party was too!

Happy 2013 my friends!

 

 

 

 



New Year's Cookies 2011

Made up a batch of the new recipe I discovered on a fellow baker's blog...chocolate chip cut-out cookies.  And let me tell you, it is mighty tasty!

After I did the "Michigan Cookies"...I had some leftever and decided to do a few New Year cookies.

I could've made them more fancy, but didn't want to deal with mixing up a lot of colors late at night.

Somehow my cookie decorating always ends up dragging into the late hours of the night.

They're just simple.  But we really enjoyed the taste/flavor of these chocolate chip cut-outs.

Now we have some variety when I want to do more practicing/decorating!

There are two more flavors of "cut-outs" that I want to share.

I won't share those yet until I've tried and tasted them!

We hope you and yours have a very Happy New Year.

Thank-you all for following me...my blog, my Facebook, my Twitter.

Thank-you to those who have placed orders.

I wouldn't have ever had the courage to start this journey without the encouragement and support I get from all of you.

And for that, I say thank you!
Here's to a happy, healthy, prosperous 2012!