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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

3D Cookies

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A friend had a "Dead Rock and Roll" theme Halloween party last Saturday evening. Everyone had to come dressed as there favorite dead rockstar. I was asked to bring something sweet to eat, so with all the hype over 3D movies these last couple of years, I wanted to make a special yummy treat that would have that 3D magic. You can use any rubber stamp image to make these cookies. It was so easy to make and it was a huge hit at the party! Everyone was walking around with their 3D glasses on eating the 3D rock and roll cookies - it was so much fun!!!!

What you will need to make theses cookies

3D glasses
white fondant
red gel food coloring
blue gel food coloring
rubber stamps
4x4 inch piece of felt
cookies - I used round ginger cookies
smaller round cookie cutter

Roll out your fondant on a clean surface. Once you get a nice size of the rolled fondant use your round cookie cutter and cut out as many round pieces you can.

Felt - this piece will be your stamping pad that you will put the gel food coloring on. You will need 2 pieces of felt - 1 for the red and 1 for the blue. Make sure you have enough gel on the pad to cover the image of your rubber stamp. Be careful to only get the gel on the image not on the negative space. It can make the cookie have a "ugly" spot.

Using your blue food coloring gel pad pick up some ink on your rubber stamp and press the image to the prepared round pieces of fondant. Do all your pieces of fondant because you are going to clean your stamp with soap and water to get it clean for the next color.

Now that you have completed the blue stamp and you have cleaned you rubber stamp it is now time to stamp the red gel food coloring. With you second piece of felt add the red food coloring as before with the blue. Use your clean rubber stamp to pick up some of the red food coloring and stamp all little off from the blue image to get the traditional "3D" look. Complete all of your round fondant pieces.

Once you have finished all the pieces of fondant with the 2 colors you can now add it to any cookie of your choice. I used ginger snaps and with a little white icing that comes in a can put a small dot in the center of the cookie that will be the "glue" that will hold your 3D fondant rounds to your cookie.

Add your 3D glasses and then your ready to go!!!!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pan Am Halloween Costume

Thursday, October 27, 2011

So excited this year to finally use my Pan American World Airways bag that I found at a thrift store 5 years ago. My Halloween costume is an inspiration from the Pan Am TV series that aired in early September. It was very easy to make from a standard pattern I purchased at a fabric store or you can transform a blue suit to get the look. Here is the pattern that I used for this look http://www.simplicity.com/p-5832-misses-miss-petite-sportswear.aspx

The hat was a simple pill box shape where I added the "wing" on the side with a gold button. Find a couple of vintage magazines, some white gloves, and cat eye makeup and then your ready to go!!! Happy Halloween everyone

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Sign up: 30 Days of List

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

I'm participating in 30 Days Of Lists starting September 1st.

What's it all about:

30 Days Of Lists

Not everyone can make a mini scrapbook every week or an art journal page every night. 30 Days of Lists is our encouragement and challenge to you that you CAN journal just something every day – even something as small as a list.

Every day through the month of September we will be posting a list prompt – anything from weekend goals to celebrity crushes. At the end of the 30 days you’ll have a collection of entries creating a small snapshot of your life right now.

It looks like fun!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Bloody Baklava

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

This year I really wanted to create something really gruesome to serve at a friends Halloween party. I came up with this recipe that was inspired by my childhood arch enemy Freddy Krueger. He was the terror in my dreams when I was younger, chasing after me with those razor sharp claws.

I took a spin on the basic recipe for baklava. It reminded me of skin with its many layers of phyllo dough. Once baked it has the crispy look of baked skin!!

Enjoy

What you will need:

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough
1 good amount of mixed chopped nuts
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup water
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup honey
red and black gel food coloring
lime curd - for puss optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C)

Chop nuts and toss with cinnamon in a bowl then set aside.

Boil sugar and water until sugar is melted. Add vanilla and honey. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Turn off heat then set aside and let cool.

Melt 2 sticks of butter. Once melted completely, butter the bottoms and sides of a 8x8 inch pan.

Unroll phyllo dough. Cut whole stack to fit the size of the pan. I just set the pan on top of the dough and cut around it to get the shape. Cover phyllo with a dampened cloth to keep from drying out as you work - per the manufactured directions. Place two sheets of dough in pan, butter thoroughly. Repeat until you have 8 sheets layered in the bottom of the pan - this will be the base for the baklava.

Sprinkle 2 - 3 tablespoons of nut mixture on top. Top with two sheets of dough, butter, nuts, layering as you go. I had about 4 layers before I got to the last layer.

My last layer I used Craisins Dried Cranberries to give a tart flavor.

The top layer should be about 6 - 8 sheets deep. Using a sharp knife cut into the skin either in a diamond or square shape all the way to the bottom of the pan. I cut the baklava into 5 long rows then turned the pan and cut again for a rectangle shape.

Using the same sharp knife - in each section make deep cuts or slashes on the tops of the baklava.

Your oven should be ready now to put your skin in. Bake for about 50 minutes until baklava is golden and crisp. Watch it about every 15 mins so you do not burn the dish.

Once you have removed the baklava from oven and immediately spoon sauce over it. Let cool before you add your blood.

Here I just some lime curd in a plastic bag with the end cut off very small - my cheap version of a pastry deco bag. This can be the puss is you desire.

With a plastic knife and the gel food coloring, add some blood along the cut lines. I used black in the very center of the cut for a more dramatic look.

Lastly I made the basic blood recipe out of karo syrup and red food coloring for the blood splatter on the plate. I placed the plate on the ground and stood on a chair letting gravity take over. With a spoon I just let the blood fall on the plate and splatter - super easy.

Once you have finished adding the bloody touch to all of your baked skin - put them on your bloody plate then serve to your Halloween guest!!!!!!

Hope you enjoy this treat.