In my ongoing effort to get a handle on the icing consistency, I whipped up a batch that was much thinner than my previous tries... by accident of course. I looked at a review of the last icing recipe I used, and I saw that one woman recorded the ingredient amounts she preferred.. which were different than the original recipe. That's what I decided to use this time. Also, I added Strawberry Jam to the recipe, so it would naturally color the frosting as well as add some flavor. The jam also accounted for the thinness of the icing. I have to say, because of the jam, the taste of this batch of cookies are amazing, definitely my best tasting cookies so far. And the thinner icing turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it was much easier to coat the cookies with the frosting, and also, I was able to pick up a new decorating trick by experimenting.
Here's the trick. I used two shades of pink for my frosting. After painting one shade as the base of the cookie, I used a tooth pick to create 3-4 lines going vertically down the cookie. Then I took the same toothpick and swiped horizontal lines across the cookie. The effect came out much better than I ever would have expected! But the reason it definitely came out so great was because of how thin the icing was.After I allowed the base coat of the cookies to dry, I had to make more icing for the piping of the cookies. This frosting was thicker than the last (more confectioner's sugar, less corn syrup), otherwise the decoration wouldn't have held. I used heart sprinkles that I found in my cabinet from who knows when (probably last Valentine's Day?) I guess I knew I'd be using them again some day!
A little experimentation later, and I wound up with my favorite batch of cookies so far! Here they are:
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