EqualiTEA Cookies (insert pun dog)

 

Friday was such a wonderfully monumental day.  Equality rang throughout the country and all I wanted to do was celebrate (in between crying out of happiness.) I celebrated kinda the only way I know how- it's either a dance party or baking with glitter.  I chose the latter for this occasion, but lets me honest, it was a little bit of both.  

I knew I wanted to make rainbow colored SOMETHING.  At first I picked cupcakes, bc they are kinda my go to, but we just moved and the space of our kitchen is kinda tight, so I thought I should stick with something a little more compact.  I chose Tea Cookies… equaliTEA cookies, that is.  Heheh.   

I grabbed "Vegan Cookies Invade your Cookie Jar" for my roll-out dough.

I looooved how fluffy this dough got-  though it ended up not being such a great thing. Haha.

I will be the first to tell you that I am terrible at rolling things out.  I avoid making pies for this very reason. After being left in the fridge overnight (per recipe) this dough melted almost immediately.  I added about a cup more flour to it to stiffen it up when all was said and done.

Not perfect, but again, I'm not great with dough. (Also- there's nothing some really colorful icing and glitter can't cover)  I learned a lot this time that I will take into consideration for the next go around. 

I'm DEFINITELY a "throw it together" royal icing-er.   Just start out with a cup of powdered sugar, and add 1/4 vanilla (or any other flavor), and just add a teaspoon of milk (I use almond milk) until it gets to where you can stir it.  You want it to be thick so that it dries well on the cookie.

Lets be honest, the decorating is always my favorite part.  I just dip the cookie in and hang it upside down and scrape off any extra dripping icing. You want the tops covered, but anything extra is going to go rolling over the sides before it dries.

I painted tiny glitter hearts on the bottom of each cookie, which I TOTALLY forgot to take a picture of bc I was running late and wanted to get the kitchen clean before I left. (...bc I'm a SUPER considerate girlfriend… *insert Rene rolling his eyes here*)  I made the glitter "paint" out of 6 tablespoons of white sugar into 2 tablespoon boiling water.  I added a bunch of Disco Shaker edible glitter and viola!

I ended up taking these cookies to said party, and other than forgetting the host was gluten intolerant, I'd say they were a success.

Yay for love winning! and Glitter!

Jess

find your true blues and keep 'em close

I am someone who loves just about everyone.  I never meet a stranger and I'm always happy to be friends with almost anyone.  But I also have best friends, and they're kinda everything to me.  Some of these friends live far away-  like on the other side of the country, far away- and some are in Georgia (one is actually named Georgia) and one or two are speckled in other cities.  Some of my best friends I see maybe only once or twice a year and 2 of them I have weekly breakfast with.

Speaking of these two… One of them had a birthday yesterday- and we threw her an epic day of party on Saturday.  Pictures of our adventures below:

Started the day by making her Glitter Rock Candy, which I learned from A Beautiful Mess.  Theirs is rose flavored, (which I didn't have time to order,) so mine is ginger.  HIGHLY recommend. The edible glitter is a brand called Disco Dust.  

Next on the list: Pedicures at Nouvelle.  (no pictures. womp womp)

Then on to our bestie birthday photo booth tradition at West Egg that just happened to be out of order this time.  Haha.  We DID discover our favorite latte ever though, so our trip was not in vain.  

Next: Dr. Bombays Underwater Tea party for a surprise birthday tea! This place is seriously adorable and magic.  

Then, per bestie birthday party tradition rules, we headed back to relax/get ready for a couple of hours which usually has a photo (and Phhhoto) shoot. 

 

And we always end things with a bang.  For my birthday it was glitter pizza and a dance party.  Saturday it was Tacos and KARAOKE. 

(#babealert)

All this to say, my true blues are what make me who I am.  There will often be times that I'm gushing about all of my best pals bc I love the heck out of them.  They're all so beautiful and wonderful and stupid talented in their own different ways and I draw so much inspiration from them.  

Gifs by Phhhoto