My senior English students just finished a major, major project at school, and they did an awesome job!!!! They are so proud of what they were able to accomplish, and I'm such a proud teacher! I want to reward them, and I don't know if I should make cookies or cupcakes. I've never made the fancy cookies with the royal icing decorations, so I don't know how much time it takes to make and decorate them. I want my students to know that I valued what they did so much that I took the time to make them something. I have to make 100 of whatever I make. Transporting the "baked item" will also be an issue.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated! I don't want a baking catastrohe!
Well 100 cookies would be much easier to transport than 100 cupcakes...
I dunno, but your such a nice teacher 
cookies are not so messy and overly "filling" and easier transport-but i have no cookie experience
I was thinking about doing a plain white with either the school's letters or 07 for the graduation year in the school's colors. How long would it take for this to dry? Also, I was looking at the royal icing recipes. Is one better than some of the others?
None of the schools in my area allow homemade treats. They have to be individually packaged & storebought. I'm sure you've checked, but just thought I'd throw it out there in case...
None of the schools in my area allow homemade treats. They have to be individually packaged & storebought. I'm sure you've checked, but just thought I'd throw it out there in case...
My school won't allow it either- too many allergies out there- need to be able to read the labels. I teach elementary- and can't even do any math or science activities with food. Stinks!!
Cookies definitely. Cupcake are messy in the classroom. You might use RBC rather than royal icing. There was a discussion of embossed cookies in January that you might find interesting. http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=107561&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0 If your seniors are anything like mine were, they would be happy with a cut out cookie with buttercream frosting and '07 piped on the top. By the way congratulations on the senior project- it feels so good when an assignment works out. I hope you are blowing your horn in the front office about it. Drag your principal in to admire their work when you pass out the cookies.
The project was a huge year long project, and the students just finished the final phase which was presenting an 8-10 minute speech in front of panel judges. The other senior English teachers and I had to schedule 190 seniors to present over two days. It took a lot from us too! Our administration and those who volunteered to serve on the panel have had nothing but praise for the students' hard work!
I told my kids today that I wanted to do something that showed how much I appreciated them, and one class said for me to make each of my senior classes a cake. So, that will be four different cakes to show them how much I appreciate them. That might be easier than making cookies and cupcakes. Looks like I'll be baking this weekend and next week.
I mentioned that I wanted to bake something in front of my principal, and she just grinned. She even said that the students could wear jeans and their senior shirts that day too!
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