{"id":1631,"date":"2021-12-27T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T04:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2021-12-28T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T23:43:39","slug":"have-it-all-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/12\/27\/have-it-all-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Have-it-all Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[Random fact: there are streets in Eugene named Haviture Way and Tradition Alley.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, holiday cookies. Seems like they are either really good to eat OR really pretty to look at, but never both. I&#8217;ve come up with a trick that will let you have it your way &#8211; choose your cookie dough for flavor but make some traditional, festive shaped cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201207.jpg 1939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Merry and Bright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I like Cook&#8217;s Illustrated classic &#8220;Chewy Sugar Cookies&#8221; from Nov\/Dec 2010. The recipe instructs you to carefully roll the soft dough into balls, dust with sugar, and bake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here&#8217;s the trick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Mix your favorite soft cookie dough (sugar cookies, gingerbread, etc)<\/li><li>Line baking sheets with parchment paper<\/li><li>Roll dough into ping-pong-sized balls (a portion scoop makes this very quick)<\/li><li>Place dough balls, widely spaced, on your parchment-lined baking sheets. Lay another sheet of parchment over them, and flatten, one at a time, using a smooth-bottom dish or bowl. They should be about 1\/4 inch thick.<\/li><li>Chill dough on baking sheets for several hours or overnight.<\/li><li>Remove top layer of parchment and use cookie cutters (simple shapes are best here) to cut a shape out of each circle of dough. Carefully remove excess dough from around shapes and set aside.<\/li><li>Bake cookies, one pan at a time, according to your recipe.<\/li><li>With the scraps, make the expected cookies- roll balls of dough in sugar, flatten slightly, and bake. For Christmas I like to use red and green sugar, dipping different sides in the colors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These shaped cookies will spread more than the conventional kind &#8211; embrace their rustic, puffy nature. Once they have icing and sprinkles on them, they will look great. Gather your elementary schoolers and get decorating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201253.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Let&#8217;s have a cookie party!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to keep it simple and make icing with 2 Tbsp of cream cheese, 2 Tbsp of milk, and as much powdered sugar, stirred in gradually, as needed to get the consistency you want. Add a drop of food coloring if desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201531-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201531-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201531-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_201531.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>These cookies will not be staying around for long.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like holiday cookies are either really good to eat OR really pretty to look at, but never both. Until now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[129,56,36,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}