I got a little creative with the children at the weekend, we baked some fun Monsters Inc style cookies and decorated them with icing to get that really authentic effect. We had a shape cutter for Mike, so what better cookies to cut than Mike Wazowski.
Ingredients
200g unsalted butter at room temperature
200g caster sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
400g plain flour
For the decoration:
icing sugar for dusting
500g green icing
chocolate icing pen – to draw the face
Directions
Beat butter and sugar with KitchenAid, until pale and fluffy.
Gradually add the beaten egg a little at a time.
Mix in the vanilla extract.
Using a palette knife, mix in the flour. Then use your hands to bring the dough together to form a ball.
Wrap in cling film and chill for at least an hour.
Dust a work surface, then roll out the dough to about 5mm thick.
Use your Mike cookie cutter to cut out the shapes in the dough. Keep going until all of the dough has been used.
Use the embosser marker, if you have one, to get the lines in Mike’s face accurate.
Bake the cookies at 180degrees/gas 4 for 8-12 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before icing them.
Let the children run wild with the icing and finish off with a mouth and eyes.
jenny paulin
Tuesday, February 25, 2014these look monster-tastic! i also like the idea of adding smashed green smarties to the cookie dough x
Jaime Oliver
Wednesday, February 26, 2014this look amazing! x
Julie's Family Kitchen
Wednesday, February 26, 2014These look fun, I bet the kids love eating and making them.
Alison
Wednesday, February 26, 2014Great idea π
serendipity
Wednesday, February 26, 2014Such a cute idea.
Louise Perry Fairweather
Thursday, February 27, 2014they look fab x
Honest Mum
Friday, February 28, 2014Wow, these are amazing, my son would LOVE these! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Emily @amummytoo
Saturday, March 1, 2014They are ADORABLE! Definitely a recipe my kids would enjoy. Thanks for linking up with #recipeoftheweek π I’ve pinned and tweeted this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. Hope you join in x