{"id":4867,"date":"2012-04-18T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2012-04-18T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:19:00","slug":"sailboat-cookies-and-life-preserver-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/sailboat-cookies-and-life-preserver-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailboat Cookies and Life Preserver Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister Lindsey came down to Houston to help throw a baby shower for a friend of hers, and she asked me to make cookie favors. \u00a0I made these sailboat cookies to go along with the sailboat (but not all out nautical) theme.<\/p>\n

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Here are the invites, made by my sister Lisa.<\/p>\n

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And here are the finished cookies in their cellophane bags complete with Merci!<\/em> tags, also by Lisa.<\/p>\n

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I had to share these cute and kitschy cupcakes. \u00a0These were kind of a pain to make. \u00a0The life preservers are mini donuts, cored (very carefully) with an apple corer, covered in white candy coating to make for a smooth surface and then piped with red icing. \u00a0We put a blob of frosting in the middle of the cupcake, placed the donut on top, and then frosted using a star tip around the donut.<\/p>\n

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And a start-to-finish on the cookies, Day 1 to Day 3.<\/p>\n

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If I could make a living doing this, I would.<\/p>\n

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