Thursday, February 12, 2026

Red Velvet Roll-Out Sugar Cookies


 Recently, I decided to make red velvet roll out sugar cookies to decorate for Valentine’s Day - you know, red for hearts.

A quick online search led me to this recipe for the cookie dough.


The cookies baked up with a nice flat surface and held their shape well with no spreading.

I then decorated the cookies with ready to roll fondant, using a number of different techniques to add the finishing touches:  


These used a cookie stamp highlighted with cachous:




I cut out different colours of fondant and added details with a knife and sprinkles for the icecream cones.

I think they turned out great! And it’s so much easier than decorating with royal icing.


Tuesday, February 10, 2026

TWD - Trufflish Nuggets


This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Trufflish Nuggets. 

These are gluten free cookies made with a host of store cupboard ingredients, including coconut, cocoa, almonds and chocolate, bound together with egg whites before baking.

They are perfectly fine cookies; not exciting, but a good way to use up odds and sods.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.