Lucky St. Patrick's Day Cookies! (and a bit of a thank you)

Lucky ME got a request for 4-Leaf Clover cookies from 
Jenni of Bloom Designs!

She used them for her girlfriend's 40th birthday party!
Jenni is sharing that very same party on I Heart Naptime today!

Look at all the super cute tags and printables she made!!!
Guess what?!
Lucky YOU can download them for free!
CLICK HERE!

I'm Lucky for another reason too.
Know what that is?

Well...I'll tell ya!
(here comes the serious part...)
The prayers, emails and good thoughts we've received over the past few weeks  have been absolutely overwhelming.
Thank you all so much for your generosity of spirit.
Every word and wish was so greatly appreciated and helped our family come through a sad time feeling quite loved.
My husband's father has found peace in heaven.
Although he will be sorely missed,  we are all better for having known him and will keep him close in our hearts.
Je te volim puno, puno Dida.

Rainbow Ruffle Cookies!

Its officially rainbow season!

One of my favorite people, Paige, is turning six!!!

Last year she had a Disney Princess party....

which I made waaaay too many cookies for....

then those cookies turned into a blog....

THIS year its a Rainbow Party!!

When I heard a few weeks ago that she had chosen a rainbow party, I thought, 

"Oh that's great!  I haven't made those before, 

and I don't think I've seen too many of those around either...." 

...ahem.

Then the St. Patrick's Day craftiness exploded all over the place and

I saw more rainbow cookies than I could count!

All of them super cute, I might add.

So what's a cookie lady to do...

I wanted to make something I hadn't made before, and that I hadn't seen yet.

Hmmm....what do little girls love just as much as rainbows!

RUFFLES!!!

Here we go!

(I'm trying this tutorial business again...)

I do not own a rainbow cutter, and because of the rainbow explosion I mentioned earlier, 

there aren't any to be found...

I used the largest circle cutter from my set, and the littlest cutter to cut a hole in the center.

It looked just like a donut, then I cut it in half!  

Voila!  Rainbow!  

I added two heart shaped clouds for fun.

I outlined the hearts with a number 2 tip and let that dry.

Here's one with the regular cloud shape.

Someday....someday....I will remember to take all the in between pictures!

I used a number 101 tip and icing a little bit stiffer than piping consistency.

Being right-handed, I started on the left side and just....went for it...

My icing should have been a bit stiffer I think, and maybe a larger tip...

(I like to think about what I would do different the next time.)

Since I had six rainbows to do, first I did all the red, then all the orange and so on,

giving the previous color just enough time to start crusting a bit.

They were done in no time!

This is my new favorite cookie to make!

(until I make the next new cookie...)

Six is a pretty big birthday, don't you think?

Closer to ten, more than half a decade old!

That deserves more than one type of rainbow....

right?

(stay tuned...)

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B

Peanut Buttery 'Cut-Out' Sugar Cookies!

I've been keeping something from you all....

It's just that, I don't want anyone to judge....

but....

I have to be honest....finally.

My husband won't eat my sugar cookies.

(sigh)

We are....a house divided.

Some of us like sugar cookies.  

Some don't. 

(although I've heard rumors that Mr. Man has never tried one, 

I know that can't possibly be true.)

Some of us like peanut butter cookies.  

Some wish they could eat them but if she they did, 

they would have a migraine for a month and have to stay in bed under the covers.

Not good.

For many years there has been a stand-off.

If I bake sugar cookies, the husband starves.

If I bake peanut butter cookies, I can't eat any and I'm really bitter and grumpy.

I'm sure you can appreciate the traumatic nature of the situation.

So I did something I've never done before...

never, ever....

I MADE UP A RECIPE!!!!!!

I did!

Wanna see?!

Peanut Buttery Sugar Cookies

(The cut out kind!)

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp salt

Whisk together and set aside.

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 large eggs (pretend there are two up there)

Measure out sugar and vanilla, take eggs out of fridge and let come to room temp.

1 stick unsalted butter (4 oz)

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter.

1 cup ground peanuts

Measure and let butter come to room temp.

The peanuts should be ground until they resemble graham cracker crumbs.

Definitely smaller than in chunky peanut butter.

Mix butter and peanut butter with a paddle until creamy.

Add sugar and mix some more.

Add vanilla and eggs, mix until fluffy.

Add dry ingredients and mix until almost combined.

When I was writing up the recipe I only intended to use one egg.

The dough was a little too sandy for me, so I added another.

Add ground peanuts.

Mix it up!

You may have noticed something a little funny about my paddle up there.

It has a little silicone edge all the way around.

Know what it does?

NO SCRAPING!

I know my dough is perfectly mixed when it comes together and I 

can see down into the bottom of the bowl!

Divide into two disks, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Roll to 1/4 inch thickness, cut out into shapes and bake 8-11 minutes.

They were the teeniest bit brown around the edges, still soft.

Cool on trays!

Look how lucky Mr. Man is!!!

Lucky peanut buttery shamrock sugar cookies just for him!!!

Whenever I ask him if he needs anything, he just says 'to get lucky'.....

this is what he meant...right?

(wink-wink)

I haven't iced them yet.

(Not sure if the extra oil from the peanuts would make the icing splotchy.

I'll keep you posted if I can ice them before they are all gone!)

I'm thinking they would be divine with a drizzle of chocolate....

I hope you'll try my very first-ever recipe!!!

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by,

Lizy B