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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBecause the Coronavirus has really brought out the hermit in me I didn’t sent any Christmas cards and haven’t been in touch with many people. But on Valentine’s Day I was inspired to make a whole bunch of heart-shaped sugar cookies and on Valentine’s eve I was lying in bed and suddenly thought of a design I wanted to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’d made about five dozen rich butter sugar cookies on the 13th and that night I got out my cake-decorating stuff. I use plastic piping bags and was horrified to see that there were only two left. It was a box of 100 bags and I bet I’ve had the box for at least 15 years. But now what?! I had a yellowed piece of paper from the cake-decorating class I’d taken\u2026close to 30 years ago, I think? That cake-decorating class was one of the most useful classes I’ve ever taken. On the paper was a frosting recipe and a list of equipment necessary for decorating, and I remembered that I used to make piping bags out of waxed paper and scotch tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I decided to use parchment paper because it’s sturdier, but the tape wouldn’t stick to it, so instead I made five bags out of waxed paper. I thought that by doing all this stuff the day before I’d cut down on the time it would take to decorate. Even though it’s been a while since I’ve decorated a cake I knew that decorating always took quite a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At about 10:30 in the morning on Valentine’s Day I started the piping creations. I figured it might take an hour and a half, but I spent over an hour making the frosting, dividing it into bowls and tinting it. Then I started to fill the bags…and one of the waxed paper bags split open. Uh oh. I filled another bag and the same thing happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, either waxed paper isn’t as sturdy as it was when I used to make the piping bags 30 years ago, or maybe they ripped because i was using generic waxed paper? I’d made up my mind that I wouldn’t buy plastic bags again because they’re not environmentally-friendly. But when the waxed paper started tearing I realized I’m going to have to buy some more plastic bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what to do in the meantime? Most of the colors I’d mixed were different versions of pink and red, so I decided i could use my two plastic bags, one for green and one for everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started making roses, which have to be individually created on a short metal spike with a flat circle on top of it. I had a lot of little squares of waxed paper that I’d cut out who knows how long ago, which I placed on top of the spike to made a rose. I laid the finished roses on plates so they’d harden enough so I could place them on the cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the process I got mountains of powdered sugar all over the place, but I was pleased with how it went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It ended up taking about four hours. Here are the cookies with pink flowers. I also made some with a darker pink frosting and pale pink roses, and I don’t know why I didn’t take a picture of them. They weren’t quite as lovely as these. I think I must have made about 150 roses or so? No wonder it took so long! But I enjoyed the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAfter I finished, Mom and I got in the car and made cookie deliveries all over town. It was only to five people but they all lived far apart. I actually saw and said hi to a couple of the people who I gave them to, and it was good to see them after so much time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we got off on the exit off I-55 ,I noticed that Motorheads restaurant has a fancy new sign. I know we’ll get back there someday…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAnd that’s my exciting Covid Valentine’s tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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