Well, ventured into the cookie world yesterday!
I used the NFSC recipe on this site, it worked great, but it seems to have a salty aftertaste with it. I used salted buter so there are two things I want to try. The first is popcorn salt so that it dissolves better into the batter. The second is to cut the salt back to 1/2 teaspoon.
I then also made Antonia74's icing, it was very yummy. Learned that I should outline cookies, and then thin it outline to fill in the outline to save time.
My camera battery is dead...and I can't find the charger, so I didn't take pics to post. But the heart cookies that I made and decorated with various sprinkles turned out really cute. I then also used alot of the cookie cutters that I have had sitting in the drawer for at least a year, it felt good to use some of them at last. I had puppy dogs, baby rattles, letters, all kinds of stuff!
I have an order for my heart shaped cookies from a co-worker for Valentines Day...she liked what I did for my test run.

Welcome to the world of Cookies! LOL. It's hard to leave!

I would say if you cut back on the salt (like you said), then the taste should improve. When I use salted butter, I usually don't add any more salt.

That's great! Congrats on your order for cookies!

M0use, I'm going down that road as well. I just fell in love with cupcakes, so I'm going to try the cookies as well. Wish me luck!

good for you!
If you make more, you should join the cookie club!!

Thanks tayesmama for the suggestion.
Firstlady good luck If you roll out your cookiei dough between two sheets of parchment paper before chilling the dough, it will make it much easier for you. Nothing worse than trying to roll out cold cookie dough.
Well, I had one of the big 5" heart cookies left, it had white frosting and red cake sparkles on it, it looked kinda pretty with the sparkles on it. I took it downstairs to give it one of the cafeteria girls at work that is really nice.
Well, I didn't see here when I first got there so I got in line to get a fruit smoothie first. Well, there were 2 girls that were standing behind, and one of them came up to me after I paid for my smoothie asking me where I got my cookie. I told her that I made, but I make them for a hobby and that I am selling them for Valentine's Day. Gave her my first name and my work extension. So I might have another order!

Here are my prices that I came up with (so far):
Cookie Cutter Cookies          
Simple Shapes          
2 - 2 1/2" Heart w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $0.50  single
2 - 2 1/2" Heart w/ Frosting & Writing        $0.75  single
2 - 2 1/2" Heart w/ Fondant        $0.75  single
3" Heart w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $0.75  single
3" Heart w/ Frosting & Writing        $1.00  single
3" Heart w/ Fondant        $1.00  single
4" Heart w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $1.00  single
4" Heart w/ Frosting & Writing        $1.25  single
4" Heart w/ Fondant        $1.25  single
5" Heart w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $1.25  single
5" Heart w/ Frosting & Writing        $1.50  single
5" Heart w/ Fondant        $1.50  single


Complex Shapes          
2 - 2 1/2" w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $0.75  single
2 - 2 1/2" w/ Frosting & Writing/Detailing        $1.00  single
2 - 2 1/2" w/ Fondant        $1.00  single
3" w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $1.00  single
3" w/ Frosting & Writing/Detailing        $1.25  single
3" w/ Fondant        $1.25  single
4" w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $1.25  single
4" w/ Frosting & Writing/Detailing        $1.50  single
4" w/ Fondant        $1.50  single
5" w/ Frosting & Sprinkles        $1.50  single
5" w/ Frosting & Writing/Detailing        $1.75  single
5" w/ Fondant        $1.75  single

Way to advertise!

Hey good luck and congrats on your orders!.
I tried cookies for the first time yesterday. They are a little bit hard, but I madem eggless. I replace the egg so I do not know if that is why they are a little bit hard. I'll try the original recipe NFSC this weekent. I cannot way to decorate them.
Whish me luck!

When I make sugar cookies, I never use salted butter. I just add the salt as directed.

how do you join the cookie club?

how do you join the cookie club?

click here for Cookie Club:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-88211.html
Directions and rules on the first post - SEE YOU THERE!

Welcome to cookies! It is very addicting.

I see you are from my neck of the woods. Fellow Wisconsinite here!

Woo-hoo!
Do you belong to ICES? If not, our chapter is looking to increase our numbers! Also I am in charging of hosting this year's Spring Day of Sharing, and non-members are more than welcome to attend. I have more info posted in the events forum.

No I don't.

I strictly do cookies and I have so much more to learn.

I've never taken any classes, but would like to some day soon.

i find it impossible to stay on just one avenue. first i only dabbled in cakes then a few cupcakes, now cookies. it's all just too much fun.

Congrats on your order!
I'm going to make the NFSC this week just to see how they come out and just give them to neighbors and coworkers to see how they like them.

Well, I did it! I made my official batch of NFSC cookies. Forgot to take pic's though
I cut down the salt from 1 tsp to 1/2 tsp and I didn't have any salty aftertaste when I used the salted butter. I also added in a tablespoon of vanilla instead of 1-2 tsp, I really like how they taste with the extra vanilla.
I outlined my cookies first with the antonia's icing and I then thinned it out for flooding the cookies. I love squeeze bottles- they save on bag use!
I kept them simple though, white icing with a variety of sprinkles related to valentines day.
4- 5"hearts
10- 2 1/2" hearts
10- 2" hearts
plus extra cut-outs with rest of dough....at least 3 dozen cookies

Congrats m0use!


When making NFSC dough, I generally use unsalted butter in the recipe.....but if I only have salted butter on hand, I always omit the salt in the recipe completely. I think you'll find it tastes great that way.

Thanks antonia74!
I brought some extra cookies that I had iced and decorated with rainbow sprinkles into work today and I got RAVE reviews on them. I ate one to try it and I definetely didn't get an salty aftertaste when I cut the amount of salt down to 1/2 tsp.
Hubby was sad that I took them to work instead of him getting them...well I told him that was his own fault because he didn't speak up fast enough when I asked him about it last night. So I told him I would make more since I still have cookie dough left over sitting in my fridge.

I am making the NFSC for the first time right now and the dough is very crumbly, making it hard to roll out and cut into shape. What do I need to do to the dough to make it less crumbly? I made the dough then chilled it for about and hour and a half.

Thanks.

-Bethany

I always roll my dough out before putting it in the fridge for 2 or more hours then I cut them out put them on the baking sheet and put them back i the fridge while I cut out the rest of the dough so I can bake them...it's a weird system but it works for me.

I added a little bit of water to my dough and then kneeded it a bit to help it stick together better and be less crumbly.
I learned that if you are going to roll out your dough between the parchment paper and then chill, don't cheap out with wax paper. My dough stuck to the wax paper after I cut my cookies, they didn't want to come off very nicely.