Pirate Sugar Cookies

Just a quick update on the pirate sugar cookies made for Master Prince's birthday that's been stuck in the draft box for ages - opps!

Though I had a great time making them, I realize that the most difficult part (for me) is getting the icing to dry properly and without cracking - they need an air-condition room in our humid weather. Also the Wilton brand meringue powder seems to work the best. Its pricey but well worth it.

pirates wanna be

looking for treasure me hearties?

X marks the spot!

The maps were much easier to make compared to the pirate mates.

Btw, I was so annoyed that I couldn't achieve the nice smooth icing sugar finished that I actually enrolled into a cookies class. Had a lot of fun - as you can see the samples made below. Ahem, also stuff my face quite a bit in the class since I had so many OPPS accident...to cover my clumsiness, just stuff them into my tummy (no more evidence). Fortunately the class was small, cookies were tasty and there were many spare cookies available to decorate!! Unfortunately they didn't set properly either when I brought them back - blame the humidity....my biggest enemy for the perfect sugar cookie! :(