Iced ginger cookies - to start the year,..;-)

I wanted to share these cookies on chirstmas eve but i couldnt

then i thought i would share them before the year ends but i couldnt
thus today i made up my mind that  this post gonna be the first post of the year
as i wanted to share something sweet and something special,..;-)

recipe name iced ginger cookies
recipe source cook book
preparation time 30 mins
baking time 5 to 7 mins
baking temperature 100 degree centigrade
Ingredient
one cup whole wheat flour
half cup brown sugar
half cup unsalted butter
two tbsp cocoa powder
chopped glaced ginger one tbsp
milk one tbsp
pinch of salt
few drops of vanilla essence
to decorate the cookies
icing tubes red and white colour
sprinklers

Preparation
preheat the oven to 100 degree centigrade
line a baking sheet and keep aside
Procedure
In a mixing bowl cream the sugar and butter ,add salt and vanilla essence
add flour,cocoa and glaced ginger pieces ,adding milk to bind the mixture
knead on a floured surface until smooth
roll out the dough on lightly floured surface to one fourth inch thick
stamp out shapes using cookie cutters and place on baking sheets
bake the cookies for 5 to 7 minutes ,leave to cool till firm
decorate the cooled cookies with icing.

Linking this post to
In the Spotlight - Santa Stories hosted by Colours Dekor
Kids delight - Colour Palette event hosted by Veg Junction and started by Srivalli .
Bake Fest hosted by Pumpkin Farm Food event started by Zesty Palette.
wish all the readers of Asan Khana Happy New Year 2012.

Baking with Advay - Star and Moon Sugar Cookies

Wish all the readers of Asan Khana Happy Eid,

to explain Advay about Eid Festival

we baked together Sugar Cookies

shaped them star

,moon and sun shape

iced,sprinkled and they were ready ,..
Recipe of Sugar Cookies blogged here
Recipe of Royal Icing blogged here
to decorate and ice the cookies
royal icing
edible colour yellow,orange and blue
edible silver balls
orange,yellow and colourful sprinklers
this one is decorated by advay

Linking this post to
Joy from Fasting to Feasting Season 4 hosted by Kitchen Flavours
Weekly Story 46 hosted by Colours Dekor
Wish you all Happy Festival again

Iced Cookies - inspired from Daring Bakers

I still remember those days when Advay was a year old ,i had just started blogging,fascinated by the blogosphere i used to sit with laptop in the night time to bloghop,and to publish my posts.Night was just meant for blogging because day time  was spent with Advay and doing so many other things.
Now when Advay is three and half yr old i have to think of new ways to keep him busy everyday ,specially with his term break on ...:-)
Yesterday i thought of involving him with cookie cutting and decorating,he has done this before with iced cupcakes,we both were excited ,me because for the first time i was going to ice cookies,since past few days i have seen designer cookies everywhere in blogosphere ,i had to try this,i had prepared myself for the baking disaster if anything happened,Advay was excited to paint the butterflies.

Recipe adapted from Joy of baking.\
For this recipe prepared royal icing using egg whites.
i have halved the ingredients,for a first timer its the best thing to do,
Preparation
Prepared royal icing kept in airtight container

Prepared dough for cookies and kept in refrigerator

In the mean time prepared dinner of palak paneer and chapati,..:-)Preheat oven to 110-120 degree centigrade

by the time dinner was ready dough was ready to be cut into cookies.Advay helped me

baking temperature 110-120 degree centigrade
baking time 2-4 mins
oven -  convection oven

for the first tray i just kept six cookies,was quiet apprehensive u guys can understand
for the second load kept 24 butterfly shaped cookies.

once done remove on wire rack to cool down

Icing
tint royal icing with pink and blue colour
spread the icing on the cookies
decorate with edible silver ball,chocolate vermicelli,,.

we both thoroughly enjoyed cookie cutting,baking and decorating the cookies.
Felt good because both hubby and Advay liked the cookies,..
platter of iced cookies is off for Bake Off event at Champas space
Thanks to Daring bakers for inspiring me or i wouldnt have tried these,..;-)
sorry for bad clicks,..:-( i knw they r not good,.
Do check out DIY on how to jazz up jute bag on my other blog
thats all guys ,cee u all soon,..happy weekend ahead,..