Shamrocked!
(No, I did not run a marathon.)
The boys and I spent the better part of afternoon/evening (both before and after dinner) making shamrock-shaped, green sugar cookies. It was a scream, given Asher tried so hard to help just as much as Lucas did. Asher was covered in flour from head to toe. The cookies are … a little too floury, with all the extra kneading and rolling and patting and dusting we had to do. Still, Lucas proclaimed them "Delicious!"
I tried substituting coconut oil for shortening because they say coconut oil is way better for you, but it was so stiff I couldn’t mix it in well. I wonder what the trick is. Must try again. Coconut oil is funny because sometimes it’s harder than shortening and sometimes it’s completely liquid, depending on the temperature of the room.
Is "food coloring" actually safe? I mean those four little tear-drop shaped bottles that come in the box one buys at the grocery store. Schilling brand, is it? The stuff that colored nearly everything I ate from age 2 to maybe age 11. Really safe? I hope so, ‘cuz we now have a lot of green cookies.
December 31, 1969 at 5:00 pm
March 3, 2009 at 5:04 pm
As for them being “really safe,” I cannot say. I know that I don’t use them for baked goods for because he’s allergic to artificial dyes. We use Whole Food’s “India Tree: Natural Decorating Dyes” instead. (I don’t know if it helps.)
Last I checked, Sacramento’s Whole Foods did carry the India Tree brand. Here’s their location information: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/sacramento/
Hugs,
ME