I wanted to create a unique gift for my mom 70th birthday and a new big heart cookie cutter just arrived on time. This is a 9in gingerbread/honey bread/mezeskalacs heart with unique lace design. This unique gift could be customized for any occasion, birthday, anniversary, retirement, engagement, and you name it.
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It was a great pleasure to create these colorful mezeskalacs hearts, which are very unique in East Europe country fairs. There was no country fair in my childhood without a mezeskalacs vendor. They sold huge decorated hearts for keepsake which we cherished for a long time.
I did a little bit of research about the tradition behind the design and the shiny mirror in the middle.
These traditional Mezeskalacs (Hungarian honey bread) are not designed for eating and can last indefinitely with care given to storage. The phrase “Szeretlek” means “I Love You” in Hungarian. These are wonderful gifts for grandparents, grandchildren, or anyone worthy of your love and appreciation.
For a beginner it is always hard to make sure that the icing consistency is right for the design. I had lots of trouble at the beginning. I just wanted to make flooded cookies, but the icing was too thick and it did not run at all, or the opposite happened, that it was way too fluid to draw lines. Actually, it is not exactly true, I was able to draw the lines, but after a while the lines just run into one big mess, instead of staying in the position I laid them down.
Sooner or later, let’s say later, I learned how to determine the right consistency of the icing.
Mostly I use 3 different consistency.
Are you one of those many people who admire decorated cookies, but afraid to try it yourself?
This is what you need to make decorated cookies!
Don’t be! It is easier than you think! At least the beginning is not so difficult.
Decorated cookies are great gifts for teachers, friends, and everybody with sweet tooth. It is also a great project with your kids on a rainy day, or homemade present for grandma.
First, you need a good recipe for making decorated cookies!
It can be shortbread, sugar cookie or gingerbread. I have tried a lot of different recipes before I settled on my own sugar cookie recipe.
Every year I create 3-4 new Easter cookie design for the season, this is one of my new once. It was a hit around the kids last weekend who were looking for Easter cookies already.
