So today, Kira came over to help me with my science experiment. Yes, baking is a science (and an art) and I needed help because I didn't want to look like a fool trying to create beautifully, bakery-approved cookies by myself because I knew they would not turn out beautiful and certainly would never be considered to go into a bakery window. Also, I had homework to do. She obliged.
Recently, I have been seeing these royal icing recipes on so many other blogs that call for meringue powder (which I have never heard of) and these cookies were gorgeous! I recalled the days of girl scouts when my mom made countless batches of royal icing using egg whites for our graham cracker gingerbread houses, so this mysterious powder seemed legit. So I went to Wal-Mart, picked some up and attempted to make this recipe. I learned a few things. At first, our frosting was runny like most royal icing but I thought... the longer you whip meringue, the stiffer it gets... so I should whip it longer, right? Low and behold- it worked! All those years of watching cooking shows finally paid off in one simple moment. See how these first frostings are drippy and not appealing? Well, here is the stiff peaked.. and I was excited!
So, we got to decorating and I realized something. I, Elisabeth Bowring, will never be a cookie decorator. Nor, will I ever host one of those undeniably, enviable, perfectly perfect cookie blogs. And I am okay with it. Today was the start and triumphant finish of my cookie decorating career. May it rest in peace. However, maybe we failed so miserably because I accidentally put an extra 1/2 cup of sugar or probably a total of an extra cup of flour into the recipe? Or maybe it was because of the fact that we don't have decorating piping bags or fancy tips? Either way, I'm just not artistic. And I don't have the motivation to do that many dishes in the end that it requires. But here is the finished product!
We made daisies for Spring, of course! And I wasn't too disappointed and thought it was a home run for our first try!
Well, we got to talking and Kira has a super cute blog and I decided right then and there that I wanted to blog! So here I am, when I still have homework and I'm just really tired, typing away and playing around with backgrounds and fonts... Hence, my blog name. I find that every time I have something legitimate and pressing to do, I am off wandering, doing something else... completely unrelated. It's because I'd rather be doing something I want to do, rather than something I have to do. Character flaw. I've accepted it... embraced it even! And gosh darnit... I'm gonna be a blogger, and I will like it!
We shall see how long this lasts.
