Happy Thanksgiving!

thanksgivingBeen a bit busy to post, with the holiday preparations.  I am hosting the family this year.  Not a HUGE gathering, but there are 7 adults, 2 just barely teens, and 4 kids.  This strains my seating arrangements since the 2 13 year olds and the oldest “kid” do not want to sit at anything called the “kids table”.  =)

I tried to pare things down, but some how “we have to have that!” kept rearing its ugly head.  I’m sure its way too much food and I will probably be kicking myself when I have to find a way to fit leftovers in the fridge.

In the spirit of developing new skills – I baked some cookies, and learned to make royal icing, and then decorated them with a flooding technique.  I just don’t bake much, and while this particular recipe and technique isn’t something a person would waste their time on in an emergency or TEOTWOWKI situation (I think this must have taken me about 4 hours to make the dough, frosting, bake, cool, and frost in stages), I do want to be more comfortable and less resentful of baking.

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As you can see, mine don’t look professional like the ones on the left, and could have been tidier (I think I needed a smaller piping tip for my edging, but I used the smallest I had on hand), but overall, I was pleased with my first attempt at “flooding” cookies, especially since I don’t have any experience with ANY kind of cookie decorating =)

Ironically, these cookies would be very easy to make using all food storage ingredients.  And they taste just like pumpkin pie too.  I think the family will appreciate them.