Walker's turning one! That means it's time to make more cookies. Betsy ordered the perfect cookie cutters - a cowboy hat and boot. We wanted the hats and boots to be tan and thought chocolate would taste good. I used at least 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa for one recipe of royal icing. Unfortunately I dissolved the cocoa in water before adding it to the already mixed royal icing, which eventually got the icing a bit thin. It still hardened without making the cookies too soft. After reading other recipes, I realized that I should have dissolved the cocoa in the water with the egg whites. I think the cocoa kept the flood icing from being shiny, but that's alright because cowboys don't wear shiny boots to the rodeo. When it was time to add details to the cookies, I tinted the royal icing with brown and added a little black to make it darker. Cameron came up and helped decorate. She's very creative. Just look at these adorable cookies.
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