Bon Voyage Cookies

My cookie dough was in the fridge, my decorating supplies were on the counter, and the Doppler radar was getting more and more ominous. I had planned to make a batch of Bon Voyage cookies to see off Kerri before she moved to San Francisco, but it was becoming clear that the weather was not on our side.

After throwing an impromptu goodbye bash at a bar before the storm, I was left with a batch of cookie dough and new cookie cutters that beckoned. So, I took one for the team and spent the rain-soaked weekend making cookies for me and D. All in all, I thought these turned out well for a first attempt. The design is inspired (okay, totally copied) by Bridget's cookies here. Her's obviously blow mine out of the water.

In addition to the maps, I also made airplanes and teddy bears, which called for making six (six!) different colors of icing. That was too many colors for my liking and by the end, I was so sick of washing out squeeze bottles that I started drizzling my flood colors into the borders. As you can see, that produced okay results. California managed to spread a bit beyond its boundaries.

I didn’t get any pictures of the planes. Those would have been cute, but I failed to really pipe the red trim. I think next time I would just do maps or planes, or at least spread the decorating over two days.

I used Martha's cookies and Bridget's icing. I used clear almond extract in the icing and I always use Corvosier in the cookies (because I'm a rapper).

Here's the best pic:

Happy baking! Madcap Baker B!