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| Cake it Pretty: 4th July Desserts Round Up and Recipes!! Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:17 AM PDT   With 4th July round the corner, I'm so delighted to have our talented Hani share with you some red, white and blue dessert ideas and yummy recipes for all your patriotic celebrations - Including some of her fabulous recipe photos also featured in the "1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies and Cakes" Book!!  Today I'll show you how you can make these cute little flag cookies, using the same recipe I used for my Watermelon Checkerboard Cookies last year, if you haven't seen them go check them out, they are so fun to make and really great for Summer Parties. This cookie dough is great to work with, it can be flavored, colored any way you like, it handles well too. Cookie Dough Recipe: 2 1/2 cups (350 grams) all purpose flour 1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter room temperature 3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated white sugar 1tbl orange essence or 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1egg How to make them: 2 bowls with 280 grams of dough and one bowl with 190 grams of cookie dough. These are just approximate numbers. * I colored one batch of 280 grams with red food coloring, and second one I left uncolored Small batch I colored with blue food coloring. * Using 2 painter's sticks as guides I rolled the white and red dough into a rectangle, 5 inches wide and about 9 inches long. I cut it in half, making 2.5 wide strips of dough, at this point I placed both rolled cookie dough strips into the freezer, until firm. * Blue dough: I rolled into 2 inch rectangle about 9 inch long, cut it in half into a 1 inch stripe and chill until firm.You will have some blue cookie dough left that you can reuse later if needed. When ready to assemble the cookie, have some water and pastry brush ready, we will brush each layer with water so they stick together.  * Gently brush red cookie strips with water and place white cookie strips on the top, Press slightly. Now ,cut these in half and you should have 4 strips layered, red and white, in about 1.25inch wide 9 inches long. * Cut the blue cookie dough strips in half, forming 1/2 inch wide and about 9 inch long strips. * Layer strips as shown in the picture, make sure you brush each layer and sides as well with a tiny bit of water so they stick together. If you have any red and white cookie strips left over, make another blue cookies trip and continue making flag pattern using cookie strips * Place the block into the freezer , until firm. In needed trim any imperfections. * Bake at 350F for 5-9 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Finished cookies make a perfect treat for 4th of July celebration, don't you think? ~♥~  More 4th of July Treats: These along with several other sweet treats of Hani's are published in the publication 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies and Cakes (1000 Series)   |
| Cool Customers: Alice in Wonderland Inspired Tea Party! Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT  As promised last week, we have some rather wonderful, "real" Alice in Wonderland Party photos to share with you! They were sent to us by one of our Cool Customer, Anelise from the Brazilian blog Cupcake Art! Check out the stunning details below...         WOW!! Thanks again Anelise for sharing your fabulous party with us! :) Party Credits: Styling and photography: Anelise - Cupcake Art Party Printables (except licensed characters) by Bird's Party Click here to see our complete Alice in Wonderland Inspired Party Collection!  |
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