Saturday, February 13, 2010

Valentine's Day Cookies

After being inspired by her and this article in Southern Living, I decided to try to make some Valentine's cookies of my own.  I usually do make heart cookies,  but have been wanting a more "finished" look for them.  I have never used Royal Icing before, but recently read about how versatile it is, so I thought I would give it a try.  How fun!  Here are some pictures of my results.  I am pretty pleased with how they turned out, although I haven't actually tasted them yet.

 

  

I'm also having fun experimenting with my camera!  Happy Valentine's Day!

16 comments:

Jessica Ryan said...

Love love love them! You could totally sell those for a lot of $$!

Pamela said...

They look divine!

bevy said...

Those are gorgeous! I'm with Jess... you have inspired me!

Suzanne said...

Beautiful! You are so talented...if you get tired of painting furniture, decorate cookies!

Sally said...

Those look so pretty and yummy!

Chatty Cricket said...

LOVE!!!!

Henley on the Horn said...

WOW! Now, that'sIMPRESSIVE!

The 5 Bickies said...

WOW...Your cookies are magazine perfect! I bake tons but have never tried royal icing on cookies. I think I might be ready to try!

3 Peanuts said...

They came out beautifully!!! GREAT job!

Gabi said...

Thanks everyone! Bickies, I TOTALLY recommend trying Royal Icing. I'm never going back now! I just need to go to Michael's to get some more decorating tips, and then look out! :)

ALR said...

Those cookies look divine! I would love to have one. Happy Valentine's Day to you!

KK said...

OMG, these are magnificent!

Elizabeth said...

i found you through plainfancyliving's blog (she's my bff). i can't believe this is the first time you used royal icing!? my mom and i try every holiday to do this and they end up being a royal pain....these look perfect. i'm impressed!

Gabi said...

Elizabeth, thanks for stopping by! I followed a pretty exact tutorial on how to the royal icing. It certainly made it easier! :)

Coryanne Ettiene | Kitchen Living with Coryanne said...

please pop over and make these for our children, they are fab!

Pamela said...

Hey~ I nominated you for an award on my blog ...

http://lymeiscrazy.blogspot.com/2010/02/happiness-award.html

Please don't feel like you have to do anything with it -- you certainly can if you want or you can just graciously accept it and move on :)