Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Show-stopping red velvet shortbread cookies!


Photo from Diamonds for Dessert
Do you have a Christmas cookie exchange or swap coming up in December?  If so, you will want to file this recipe away for that event.  Susan, at Diamonds for Dessert,  has transformed a red velvet shortbread recipe (I was going to say "a basic red velvet shortbread recipe", but there's nothing basic about red velvet!)  into these adorable fireplace cookies.  I can't even imagine that level of creativity, and homemade cookies too.  SO cute. 

You can find the recipe and tutorial for decorating here: red velvet shortbread cookies.  The "fireplace mantel" is white chocolate; the flames and garland are royal icing.  And those lights?  They are the hands and feet of gummy bears, snipped off.  I am just not sure I could bring myself to do that, but I must say they are the perfect medium to produce real-looking Christmas lights.  I think small candies, like M&M baking bits, might also work, but would not look as real.

I can't see myself making dozens of these, but a batch or two, in the company of creative grandchildren, sounds like fun!  The shortbread sounds delicious, too.

8 comments:

  1. I've never seen these - very cute!

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    1. Aren't they, Vicki? If I can get to these early in the season, I will try making some with a few of my grandchildren.

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  2. Anonymous9:20 PM

    Amazing! Some people are very clever.
    I don't think I could amputate the poor gummie bear hands/feet either - I'd have to make do with less realistic icing dots!
    Les

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    1. I know ... so very clever. An idea I would never have thought of.

      I tried to avoid the word "amputate" in my post but that is exactly what I was thinking. Just not sure I could do that. I do think maybe the M&M mini baking bits might give the same effect.

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  3. Those are cookies?? Wow!!

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    1. Yes; they are cookies. Amazing idea, isn't it?

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