I've been busy decorating like crazy, planning out the next few months cookie wise, then my brain just stopped. I wanted to do something different, not just for the sake of being different, but to force a little "out of the box" thinking. Oddly enough, it led me right back to a box..a cookie puzzle in a box. I had seen so many puzzle piece cookies come up on different sites for Autism awareness week, so that must be why puzzles were stuck in my head. How fun would it be to actually have to work for your cookies, right? Then it feels like a reward, no guilt. Just go with it, trust me.
So, I left to take my kids to the gym, Jon made a perfect cookie rectangle (7" x 9 1/2", about half a a batch of dough), cut it into puzzle pieces like the vision in my head (he is a saint and a mind reader), then baked them. Yay! After sanding down some edges, I flooded them all white, then it was like the perfect puzzle canvas. There are endless possibilites here, but I chose a birthday theme. I checked Pinterest for birthday cookie inspiration and these adorable cookies by Laura Vein at Sweet Treats Baking fit what was forming in my brain! So, here they are. The cookie stand part is my favorite, let me know what you think...
So, I left to take my kids to the gym, Jon made a perfect cookie rectangle (7" x 9 1/2", about half a a batch of dough), cut it into puzzle pieces like the vision in my head (he is a saint and a mind reader), then baked them. Yay! After sanding down some edges, I flooded them all white, then it was like the perfect puzzle canvas. There are endless possibilites here, but I chose a birthday theme. I checked Pinterest for birthday cookie inspiration and these adorable cookies by Laura Vein at Sweet Treats Baking fit what was forming in my brain! So, here they are. The cookie stand part is my favorite, let me know what you think...