I tried Penny's cookie recipe which I really love as far as working with the dough and I really love the taste. It says you don't need to chill the dough but I did anyway and they still seemed to spread. Was there anything else I could have done to stop the cookie's from spreading? I chilled for a good 30 - 45 minutes
I also turned some extra BC I had in the fridge into RBC ~ first attempt at making and working with RBC. I loved working with this, kind of like playing with play doh. I also stuck the cutouts into the freezer for better handling and put them on the cookies as soon as they came out of the oven. Do you think I rolled the RBC too thick?
I'll be putting the finishing touches with RI tomorrow. These are cookies I'm doing for my son's birthday party as the favors for all his friends (he's turning 5)
Any tips on what I should/could have done differently?
This is actually my first attempt at decorated cookies ~ I also made cupcakes today for a cupcake cake and a 1/2 sheet cake as well ~ DH is making dinner since I was in the kitchen ALL day.
Oops, I put the picture in the gallery since I don't know how to attach within my message
I just used Pennys recipe for the first time as well and LOVED it. Although it does say not to chill the dough, I also did as well. I chilled mine for about 2 hours and my cookies spread very little (you can see them in my photos). If you chill them this long and they still spread, you could try adding a little bit more flour next time. I used less flavoring so I had just a bit less liquid in my dough.
Hope this helps!
The recipe isn't on CC, and I don't think I can copy the recipe in my post but here is the link
http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues/2000-12-01/statefare.php
As far as converting my BC to RBC here is what I did, I had quite a bit of colored BC sitting in my fridge from doing 2 FBCT, and from the help of chaptips from CC here I just added corn syrup, mixed that in and then I had to work in a little more powdered sugar until I had like a play doh consistency. I then rolled it out between parchment paper and cut with my cookie cutter. Once I cut it I put it in the freezer to stiffen up and then put it right on my cookie as it came out of the oven. It was actually pretty easy. I even tasted it and it was pretty good. I definitely will do this again, it was alot of fun.
I just added corn syrup, mixed that in and then I had to work in a little more powdered sugar until I had like a play doh consistency.
Was there a ratio of any sorts or do you play with it until you get to the play-doh consistency?
Tug, I really kind of played around as I had about 3 cups worth of the royal blue so I started with 1/3 cup of corn syrup as chaptips suggested. It was pretty sticky so I just kept adding powdered sugar until it was easier to work with.
I probably only had about a 1 1/2 cups worth of yellow so I started off with around 3 tablespoons of the corn syrup, again kind of sticky so I worked in powdered sugar until I got it workable to roll out
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