A Slice of Life.......Dexter Cookies

The new season of DEXTER will be on tonight!!!!!

For those of you who don't know what Dexter is about, I'll explain.  Dexter is a forensic Blood Splatter analys

t who is also a serial killer. He kills those who have gotten away with their crimes. Very good stuff! 

Okay this is one of my FAVORITE television shows.  I just love all the crime series......Dexter, CSI, Cold Case, just to name a few.  It's no wonder I'm scared when I'm home alone at night.

Never the less, I love them.  We started watching Dexter when we lived in Germany.  I was instantly hooked on it.

 It's my one and only reason for justifying the OUTRAGEOUS cable bill I pay.   I need to have Dexter....and True Blood.

With the upcoming premiere of Dexter Season 6,  it was no surprise, I had to make some cookies.  There were so many ideas floating around in my head with this one. The design I settled on was quite simple. As a matter of fact, my three year old did the blood splatter.  These are great cookies to make for a  beginner.

To make these Dexter inspired cookies you'll need:

• white royal icing
• red royal icing
• square scalloped cookies
• #2 tip
• disposable piping bags
• paint brush used ONLY for food products

1. Make cookies using your favorite sugar cookie recipe.  Allow to cool.
2. Outline cookies with white royal icing using #2 tip.  Let dry 30 minutes.
3. fill entire cookie with royal icing.  Allow to dry completely. 6-8 hours.
4. thin down red royal icing to the consistency of milk.....very watery.  
5. Dip paint brush into thin red royal icing. Splatter the cookies. DO NOT touch cookie with paint brush. You are just slinging the icing on the cookie for a splatter effect.  Allow cookie to dry a few hours. 

This cookie is so EASY even a beginner can do it.  Like I said, my three year old did the splattering.  It wasn't mess free, but it was FUN for her.

So who else watches Dexter?  Are you ready for the season premiere tonight?

The Monster Mash.......

When I saw the Wilton monster cutters at our local store I just had to pick them up.   They were too cute.  I love anything Halloween.......I love anything for that matter.  We'll just say I like to shop.

Halloween is such a fun holiday though.  I have such great memories of Halloween from when I was a kid.  It was so fun to go door to door getting candy.  Sometimes we would sneak and return to the same house to get more. Those were good times.  Times when people handed out homemade popcorn balls and such.

Now there are too many crazies out there and you have to inspect all the candy your child received.....I don't mind searching though...that's when I can steal the candy I want :)

My favorite memory from Halloween was when I wanted to be a vampire and hand out candy.  My step dad built me a coffin....yep.....it was AWESOME!!!!!!

We had black lights set up and a fog machine. I laid inside the coffin and opened it as the kids walked up.....good times.  That was the year it was "UNCOOL" to trick-or-treat.

Now I have kids and it's COOL to trick-or-treat every year.  One of the many rewards of being a mother.

What's your favorite Halloween memory?