Jumbo Animal Cookies

So here's one final foray into sugar cookies before I embark on our October assignment: Project Pumpkin.

I loved these cookies for lots of reasons, but the biggest one was it only required one color of icing. After my Bon Voyage adventure, it was nice to commit to a single color. That made for a super easy piping experience, which was a nice change of pace after my maps, planes, and bears (oh my!).

To make these taste more authentic, I added half and half lemon and vanilla extract (mainly because I actually had lemon extract. I don't think it'd be worth buying just for this). The taste was really good, though my overzealous application of rainbow sprinkles overpowered the cookies a little.

The only other issue I encountered was not chilling my first batch of cut cookies long enough. My baked lions and elephants were a bit on the amoeba side. However, by my second tray my animal crackers actually looked like animals. And with the help of some piping, even the blobs resembled their ancestors.

Next time I'd make half white ones and half pink. These were a big hit at the office.

Here's a walkthrough:

Mid-tracing.

Flooded.

Sprinkled.

Happy Fall! B

P.S. I should also note that this idea was stolen again from Bridget @ Bakeat350. Thanks, Bridget! I promise to stop stealing your ideas. They're just too darn good.