Fancy Christmas Cookies

The other day I took on the job of making Christmas cookies. My sister teaches guitar lessons, and her students love my baked goods. So she commissioned me to make some beautiful little cookies for them! I got started on these little babies, and I even made pourable icing so they would look all sleek. Unfortunately the weather turned for the worst and only one of her students came, so I was left with approximately 2 dozen cookies. Oh dear. Anyone want me to ship you some cookies? ๐Ÿ™‚

For my full recipe and step by step instructions check out my snap guide here: Christmas Cookies

These little babies are so yummy!

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Try them out for yourself!

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Homemade Fondant!

I love pinterest. Then again, what teenage girl doesn’t? It feeds my addiction to baking. Lately, all I’ve seen are these gorgeous cakes. Covered in fondant, with beautiful colors, they make me melt with happiness! (Yes I realize that was a totally cheesy statement. Don’t worry ๐Ÿ˜‰ )
I thought, what better a time to try my hand at using fondant! Usually I never use fondant for my cakes because I simply think it tastes gross. Too sugary and thick. However I stumbled upon this fondant recipe recently, using marshmallows, and I thought, heck this could actually be good! Maybe it’ll taste like taffy!
The final taste test yielded a result, of 8 out of 10. I’m a tough critic, try it out and you can decide for yourself!

Ingredients:
About 2 cups of marshmallows (I used mini, but regular or jumbo would also work.)
Powdered sugar (you’ll need at least 3 cups handy, but will probably not use all of it)

Directions:

Melt marshmallows in the microwave on high for approximately 30 seconds.

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Start adding powdered sugar until a soft, non sticky dough forms!

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I rolled it out with a rolling pin and draped it over my little cake and did some decorating… Wanna see? ๐Ÿ™‚

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Thanks for reading ya’ll! Comment any questions you may have, I’m happy to answer them! Plus check me out on Snapguide!

Have a fabulous day!
Xoxo

Rikki
LittleSisterSweets