The Game of Love

Today I tried my best to recreate these scrabble tile cookies that I saw on one of my favorite baking blogs, Bake at 350. Since Valentine's Day is coming up I thought it would be a festive way to prepare for the holiday. These are made from a basic vanilla-almond sugar cookie recipe with royal icing. I will admit, this was my first time using piping bags and, while I am pretty impressed with my first attempt, I definitely have found a new respect for cookie decorators! I think for those of you who already have some baking and decorating experience, that this would be fun to try. However, for those of us who are just starting out, I think learning the basics before attempting multi-step decorating like this would be a better idea. 


What I enjoyed most about making these though, was learning how to "flood" the cookies. (Flooding is a great step to let kids help with too!) Once you've added a simple outline on your cookies, you then water down the icing, and use a squeeze bottle to fill in the cookies. 


Happy Baking <3