My recipe is similar to ddaigles, but I think it has less sugar. It cooks at 400 degrees F for 5 minutes. Also a bit of a fragile cookie, but tastes great! And just starts to brown around the edges in that time.
Liz
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My recipe is similar to ddaigles, but I think it has less sugar. It cooks at 400 degrees F for 5 minutes. Also a bit of a fragile cookie, but tastes great! And just starts to brown around the edges in that time.
Liz
I LOVE a shortbread cookie frosted like a sugar cookie for taste, but the darn things are too fragile to make in mass. That's why I was delighted with the NFSC. It was the first cookie I've used that you can under bake (less than golden brown) and dip/frost right out of the oven. It's like the old timex ad's: takes a beating and keeps on ticking.
I looked at the spec sheet for Brill's White and Glossy - it lists the percentages of each item, so something in there must keep it glossy - it has agar - could that be it? Mostly sugar, then water, then corn syrup. Rest is agar, coloring, potassium sorbate, citric acid, etc. I've never seen agar in a glaze recipe, so maybe that is the key.
Liz
I get it from New Orleans...but it is a Brill product. I tried to paste a pic but it would let me. I'm sure to the weight it would cost a lot to ship.
Liz...I'm glad you can understand all of those ingredients...it's a foreign language to me! LOL
I also use the White & Glossy to dip my cupcakes and to pour over my king cakes and bundt cakes. Again, the amount of time I heat it up determines the consistency.
When flooding cookies you have to be very quick. You can't do the toothpick tricks like you can with royal. It starts to get a top crust immediately. It takes a little practice to get use to it. But because it starts to set up so quick..I never have it run off the sides of a cookie like I would with royal if I got too close to the edge.
I've been using it for years so I completely know it's process.
I googled it too.
It's what I think of as fondant, that you'd use on petite fours or doughnuts. The stuff I've purchased before on jobs was always a pain because you'd have to thin it in order to use it...plus if you over heat it, it looses it's shine. Although there is a brand that you can buy in powder form so it lasts forever and you make it the consistency you want.
But the catch is, I like how cheap homemade frosting is compared to buying buckets of fondant. I'd have to raise my prices if I used a commercial product. I'd like to find something I can make myself.
I would never use it on petit fours nor describe it as fondant. It's not the "traditional" petit four icing (to me)...I make that. When I use royal, I have to thin it (with water) to get the flooding consistency I like. Royal is probably much cheaper. I just like the different products I can use the W&G with.
You might want to find a couple buddies and split the tub/cost to try it out. The small tub is still HUGE.
I'm going to see if any of my local distributers carry it....to avoid shipping fees. Thanks!!
AI must say, I always thought cookies were going to be really easy and cakes needed more attention so i always focused on them but now, cookies are really starting to get on my last nerve!! I need to buy some patience...redbull maybe?!
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I must say, I always thought cookies were going to be really easy and cakes needed more attention so i always focused on them but now, cookies are really starting to get on my last nerve!!
I need to buy some patience...redbull maybe?!
chocaholikk: a case of 'em. There are some cookie decorators posting photos of their decorated cookies that are simply amazing. Nerves of steel and talent!!
The first time I saw a professional decorated sugar cookie was a decade ago in the People magazine.
The gal was charging $10.00 a cookie. She earned every penny of that $$.
A@MBalaska im sure she deserved it too. I guess im going to give up for now n try again in a few weeks time (I say that n see some amazing cookies on instagram etc n then set out to have a try again) Cookies r on my priority "to master" list now Who thought cookies were going to give me such a hard time lol
my one cookie saving grace is stencils. They are the easiest way for a no-talent non-artist like me.
MB....you mastered PT4s after the 2nd pour....I'm sure you can tackle cookies with the same vengeance!
I love that mug cookie. Where did you get the cutter? Stencils are so pretty. I have only done a couple stencil cookies...but call me psycho...just like the PT4s...I really like decorating cookies!
copper gifts .com actually I find myself looking at their website for an hour once I get there and start looking at cutters. The best part of their website is that they show examples of decorated cookies for most of the cutters. Sometimes they have 2 or 6 examples.
Ok I'll admit it, I can't pipe for crap, but I have dozens, a hundred , over a hundred cookie cutters.
I'm just crazy about the cutters. I'm turning into a collector.
did these years ago, I'm sure I could do much better today, but these are from the big copper cutters also.
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im sure she deserved it too. I guess im going to give up for now n try again in a few weeks time (I say that n see some amazing cookies on instagram etc n then set out to have a try again)
Cookies r on my priority "to master" list now
Who thought cookies were going to give me such a hard time lol
chocaholikk: me! but the funny thing is that not everyone will take a piece of cake, but almost everyone will take a cookie. So it's a nice thing to make for people.
ps: if you haven't seen these cookies from Geminirj your missing a truly joyful experience. I hope it's acceptable to link to this awesome photo page............
http://cakecentral.com/g/a/69/geminirj-set-cookies/u/50198/flat/1
AOMG my jaw just dropped looking at that link! Thanks fpr sharing...I'll hav to have another try soon
MBalaska, aren't you the sweetest? So glad you like my cookies! I really like those beer mug cookies of yours!!! I haven't had much luck for quite a while posting photos here (I think my computer is the problem. Or it could be operator error....) But I gave up after a while, and just post on Flickr.
chocaholikk, it's really true that practice makes perfect! I know I'm far from it, but cookie decorating is my therapy, so I keep practicing. Don't give up!
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[B]chocaholikk: [/B] me! but the funny thing is that not everyone will take a piece of cake, but almost everyone will take a cookie. So it's a nice thing to make for people.
ps: if you haven't seen these cookies from Geminirj your missing a truly joyful experience. I hope it's acceptable to link to this awesome photo page............ [URL=http://cakecentral.com/g/a/69/geminirj-set-cookies/u/50198/flat/1]http://cakecentral.com/g/a/69/geminirj-set-cookies/u/50198/flat/1[/URL]
AI just tried this recipe on Halloween http://cakecentral.com/a/no-fail-sugar-cookies And my cookies came out amazing! I didn't even want to frost them! It was my first time making sugar cookies from scratch so I was really surprised. I used the almond extract and took some advice from another forum to take them out of the oven when the cookies lose their shine! 6 minutes in my oven perfect every time! Soft and delicious!
BTW ddaigle: if you're looking for something special, unique,
or needing a custom made cookie cutter just for your business, these folks have made some really nice ones.
It's where I got my best polar/grizzly/black 'bear' cookie cutters and the rifle cookie cutter.
(as I said I'm a cookie cutter collector fanatic, and I love making cookies for people)
ecrandal copper cookie cuttershttp://stores.ecrandal.com/StoreFront.bok
AWow..MB... Their cutters are amazing.. . I also have hundreds of cutters but that's because I bought them for a dollar. Lol
I only have a couple copper ones that I got at Copper gifts.
Thanks for sharing that link.
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