Planning a bachelorette bash? Why not add a personalized element in the form of cookies! These would also be great favors, baked with love by the incredible i am baker. Future bride Beth is a fan of Facebook, which was incorporated into these sugary treats!

 Recipe for i am baker, aka Amanda’s, Amazing Sugar Cookies

• 1-½ cup Butter
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• 2 whole Eggs Yolks
• 4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 2 teaspoons Almond Extract
• 4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder

In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined, about 2 minutes.

Add in 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks and mix until combined.

Add in vanilla and almond extract; mix until combined.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Slowly (about a cup at a time) add flour to butter mixture and combine. You can use a mixer or not, just depends on how strong you are.

Mix ingredients until they are combined, if you over mix this dough it may get tough.

Put dough in some Saran wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. When you are ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out, cut out cookies, and bake for 6-8 minutes.

Amanda’s Awesome Icing

• 1 cup Confectioners Sugar (powder dugar)
• 1 Tablespoon Milk
• 1 drop Lemon Juice (fresh Or Processed)
• 1 Tablespoon Light Corn Syrup

Combine powder sugar, corn syrup, and lemon juice in a bowl.

This next step is important: If you need a thicker frosting, say for outlining your cookies, add LESS milk.

Just a drop at a time. If you have already outlined your cookies and need a to fill in or ‘spill’ your cookies, you can add more milk (as much as you would need) to make your frosting very runny.

If you are using food coloring, be sure to use LESS milk. Most food colorings are liquid and can make your frosting more runny. If you are using a gel food coloring, your milk quantity can remain the same.

If you want more shine, use more corn syrup and less milk. This frosting will stay good for days in the fridge.

Recipe/images courtesy of i am baker

*2 terra cotta rose pots (The pots I used are 5” and 6” high. You can use any size as long as they are taller than the height of your cupcake and frosting,available at most nurseries and home and garden stores)

*2 yards ribbon (or what ever it takes to make it around the circumference of your saucer)

*Hot glue gun and glue sticks

*Sponge paint brush*Decorative or scrap book paper

*Acrylic paint

*Scissors

*Cupcakes

Step
1. Begin by painting both sides of your terra cotta saucers and only the outside of the terra cotta rose pots with your acrylic paint and sponge brush (see figure one and two). Paint a second coat if needed.

2. Allow the paint to dry completely.

3. Turn the saucers upside down and glue the bottom of the rose pots to the back side of the saucers using your hot glue gun. Use a generous amount of glue. (see figure 3)

4. When the glue has dried, turn your cake stands right side up and carefully glue your ribbon to the edge of your saucers. (see figure 4)

5. Cut two circles out of your paper to line the inside of the saucers. (see figure 5)

6. Stack stands and arrange your cupcakes.

*********** DONE **********

Ingredients
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 2 cups sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 cup shortening
* 3/4 cup water
* 2 large eggs
* 3/4 cup milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 4 ounces melted unsweetened baking chocolate (chocolate favor)

Step
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.

2. Combine all ingredients into large mixing bowl. Mix at low speed for 30 seconds, and scrape bowl. Mix at high speed for 3 minutes.

3. Fill liners 1/2 to 2/3 full of batter. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

4. Cool 10 minutes in pans then remove from pan, and place on wire racks to cool completely.

5. Frost when chocolate cupcakes are completely cool.

********Done********

To learn the 6 Easy Step to D.I.Y a Cupcake Wedding Cake, go to my prevous post Here!

Step 1: Determine your number of guests.

Step 2: Plan the decoration. From a simple buttercream frosting to edible petals to inexpensive Cupcake Caps, you have lots of options.

Step 3: Plan the cake & icing flavor. Cupcakes can be made in almost any flavor imaginabl,such as : strawberry vanilla, blueberry, coffee, chocolate, carrot… lots of possibilities, it depends of your favourite. You also can made a variety of flavors to let your guests choose.

Step 4: Choose a stand. There are lots of stands currently available. A well known cake supply company offers a 50+ cupcake stand for under $50. At that price, it is just as reasonable to buy as to rent. OR! If you’re creative, stands can be built by your own to.

Step 5: Set your schedule. Are you going to do this yourself or have your Aunt Betty do it for you? If you are going to do the baking, cupcakes freeze well (before decoration) and can be made a month out.

Step 6: Bake and decorate your cupcakes.

*********** DONE **********

(To get the recipe of D.I.Y a cupcake,go to my post on Here!)

(To learn the easy to follow step of D.I.Y a wedding cupcake, go to my post on Here!)

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