Today I wanted to share a cookie decorating tradition that we started a couple of years ago. I used to make Dustin decorate gingerbread houses, but once Harrison was born, I wanted something he could participate in as a toddler. So I changed our tradition to decorating cookies–which is much easier for a toddler!!!
Last year I moved over to using the Sweet Lorens sugar cookie dough since I found out I had a gluten allergy. And this worked out well this year since it’s also dairy free for Banks! I just press the cookies down with a spatula once they come out of the oven and we all decorate circle cookies. Not the most fun, but the best we’ve got with two food allergies.
I also make homemade buttercream icing and used food coloring that was made with vegetables and not the artificial dyes–so the colors aren’t like the conventional ones.
Regardless, we all had a great time and even Banks had fun decorating! Next year it will be so much fun with Merritt decorating cookies, too!! Oh, and next year I’ll have piping bags for all of us instead of knives and toothpicks LOL
Banks did really good decorating for a 1 year old, and then he got to eat a plain cookie once he was finished. He doesn’t like his fingers being messy, so I didn’t have to worry about him licking the icing off of his finger. Instead he held it out for me to wipe icing off of each time he got icing on his finger ha!
These are Dustin’s and he was still decorating long after we left the table haha. I was most impressed with his cookies that had a water nozzle and water spraying out of it.
Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas, Marilyn!!