Simple Polka Dot Heart Cookies

I did not get as much done this weekend as I would have liked to. Did you? Who ever does right?

I had plans of doing lots of photo editing on Saturday, but that didn't happen. 

I did have good reason though. See, we have a transformer in our front yard. You know those big boxes that are for electrical stuff. Well my neighbor ran her car into it. Bam NO POWER! 

No power=No computer.

Seriously! I have no idea how she managed that.....it's 10 feet into my yard. So I didn't get my pictures edited that I wanted to. 

I did however manage to take a nap with the baby, enjoy peace and quiet with the tv off (that was a blessing), and get a foot rub from the hubby. So, it wasn't so bad without power. 

Ok....let's talk cookies. These cookies are very simple. So simple that anyone can make them. Really they're that easy. Wanna learn how? 

First outline heart with white royal icing and a #2 tip.

Fill cookie with white flood icing.  While icing is still wet, drop black sprinkles onto cookie. I used some flat ones from a Halloween set of sprinkles. You can get them

here

.

If you have pre-made

royal icing hearts

you can add one while icing is wet. If not, wait until cookie is dry and pipe one on with a #2 tip and red royal icing. 

That's it. Easy as can be.

For other easy heart cookies check out:

Glorious Treats: Simple Heart Valentine Cookies

Sweet Sugarbelle: Simple Dotty Valentine Cookies

Bake at 350: Valentine cookies with va-va-va-vanilla

 I hope y'all have a fabulous Monday.

Royal Icing Hearts

Slade had his four month old check up this week. You mom's know what that means....SHOTS! A mother's nightmare.   Luckily this time he only received two injections.

The first one he didn't even let out the slightest whimper....oh but the second one he was not pleased with. It was the saddest little cry I ever heard. Totally broke my heart.

He's over it now and on to being a happy four month old. Smiling at everything. He even giggles...but only at me. I'm his favorite. He told me this.

I heard him.

It's true.

Well even if he didn't actually say it because he can't say words yet, we all know it's true. You can just tell.

Pay no attention to the picture of him sleeping on daddy with his favorite toy. I'm still his favorite. Daddy is just snuggly.  I fall asleep if I lay on him too. He's good like that. 

This week I made tons of cookies. Which means tons of icing.....leftover icing. Since I had a good bit of red left over I thought I'd put it to good use and make some royal icing hearts. They were really easy to make.

Wanna give it a try?

Ok, put your red icing in a bag with a #2 tip. If you want bigger hearts, use a bigger round tip. I used a #2 for mine.

Get out a sheet of wax paper.

Begin by squeezing a dot onto the wax paper, then stop squeezing as you pull down.

Then squeeze another dot next to first one....stop squeezing and pull down forming a heart.

Repeat this a five thousand times or until you're sick of piping hearts. It's totally easy.

Let these dry for a day. You want to be sure they are completely dry. Then just simply peal them off the wax paper. Store them in an airtight container and use on cookies, cupcakes or whatever else you want to add little hearts to.

 Hope y'all have a totally fabulous weekend!