Aren't they adorable. I love that they all end up looking the same without me needing to try. Sometimes I have a hard time making my work all look exactly the same. I used one of the recipes that came with the cookie press kit. It's a sugar cookie that I added pink food dye to to make them pink. I've also made lemon cream cheese flowers and attempted a gluten free sugar cookie. The gluten free cookies did not do well in the press. They wouldn't stick to the cookie sheet and just spread like crazy. In the end I just balled them up on the sheet.
This is a picture of the cookie press I used with the butterfly dough inside it. I learned a lot about how to use the cookie press before trying this. Lots of information can be found online just by searching for 'cookie press'. I learned that you need to have clean room temperature sheets that aren't greased. The press is held directly on the sheet and you 'press' the dough onto it making sure that it sticks when you pull the press away. It kind of works like a caulking gun only instead of filling spaces in the walks of a house I'm creating sweet cookie shapes.
It came with about 20 different shapes to use. A bunch of them are holiday based (bats, pumpkins, Christmas trees) so I won't be using them for a while.
I also need to post some information on the newest pair of socks I knit.
My parents sent me this yarn for Christmas. I love the way the pattern worked out. It's so nice to have a yarn do the pattern work for me, especially since this is only the second pair of socks I've ever finished. (I have knit two other socks that don't have matches, they might never get one.) I'm hoping to get into more complicated sock patterns soon. Right now I'm working on a cardigan. I really hope I like the way it looks when it's done. Nothing is more frustrating than finishing a piece of clothing for myself only to discover that I don't want to wear it.
I have many pictures of things I've been baking in class. Hopefully they will get up here soon.
