Sandwich Cookies...

and I don't mean Oreos. I decided to make some cookies that looked like the ingredients to a ham and cheese sandwich. I am so pleased with how they turned out. I used a Wonder Bread crust trimmer to make the bread cookies, a large pumpkin to make the ham, a maple leaf (I cut the leaves out a bit thicker than normal and then rolled them out to normal thickness to distort the distinct Maple look they had), a large square and two small circle cutters to make the Swiss cheese, a large circle to make the tomato. They were such huge cookies that before I baked them I cut them in half on the diagonal and am really happy I did. It made 49 cookies. I packaged them up with bread on the bottom then the fillings then bread on top so remember if you do this to make twice as many bread as the other fillings. If you aren't packing them as "sandwiches" then just make what you want. Every stage of this process made me smile. All in all it was a very fun easy project. I think they would be fun for a picnic or BBQ.

Dr. Rodney Rathbone and Lego blocks

Miles' favorite Lego character is Dr. Rodney Rathbone. His grandma asked me to create him in cookie for Miles' birthday party. Pretty pleased with how they turned out.

Foxy 2nd Birthday cookies

A few things I've done lately-

While making cookies for a birthday that is coming up, I had leftover dough so made birthday cookies for Boden's 2nd and tried a heart/bride design idea that a friend sent me. And I made my friends, Doug and Kathy, some tool cookies. The cupcakes were for our Valentine's family dinner.

Cataloging and sorting

Today it is snowy and cold so I tackled tracing around every cookie cutter I own and putting them in drawers in some semblance of order.

Hipster and The Peanuts Gang

What can I say? The Hipster cookies cutters that Bobbi gave me for Christmas hadn't gotten a chance to be used yet and so today I gave in to the temptation. While I was at it I created the Peanuts Gang just for fun. They may be my favorite creations to date. Amazing what you can do with a cat head cookie cutter and a small flower (Sally). A circle and flower (Lucy). A circle (Charlie and Linus). A circle and scalloped triangle (Peppermint Patty). I dropped some of Patty's hair color on Linus' face so he looks a little like he has a tan on that side. But fortunately he was dry enough to wipe it off for the most part. The hipster cookies are just too fun. So many uses. These are for no particular reason I just wanted to make them. Someone will eat them.

Happy Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown....

I haven't been well enough since before Thanksgiving to even want to try making cookies. Thankfully I am on the mend. Today was cold and cloudy and begging for cookies. I have looked all over for Charlie Brown cookie cutters and then realized...his head is round...his ears are round...his nose is round...ok, not that difficult! So I pieced these 4 cutters to make the cookies. They make me smile.