Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Sesame Street Cookies-How to make Oscar The Grouch

Happy Tuesday! To be honest, after having a few days off I really didn't feel like going back to work. Except for Sunday that it rained all day,we had a wonderful weekend full of fun time with my little girl and a lot of food.I think I provably gained 5 pounds in 3 days from all the food I consumed.

I hope you had a great weekend too with friends and family.

I have to say that I had so much fun making these cookies for a birthday party in Kansas, although, I wish I had a Kopykake projector for the cookies, it would had been easier to decorate . I'm pretty much use to make Elmo since that is a very popular theme for children's parties, but Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch were totally new to me. This is my first time making then, and I don't think they came out that bad.
Big Bird Cookies

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Elmo Cookies
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Oscar the Grouch

I am not a cookie expert by any means, but here is a little tutorial of the making of Oscar the Grouch

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I didn't have an Oscar cookie cutter, so I improvised with an extra flower cutter that I had. You can also make your own template using cardstock or a big plastic lid from a container



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I found these pictures online of Big Bird and Oscar. I printed them out as reference and "templates" for my cookies.
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For flooding my cookies I don't like the icing too runny. If you have any questions regarding icing consistency,I would recommend you to visit Marian from Sweetopia, she has a fabulous tutorial and post about  How to figure out the right royal icing consistency.



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To make Oscar's tongue I used very thin red fondant instead of piping and flooding it with red royal icing. I used a very small heart shape cutter and attached the "tongue" with dab of piping gel.


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And here is the cookie!
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Well, I hope you all have a great week and thank you for stopping by.

12 comments:

  1. These are incredible and darling. The kiddos who get to munch on those are a lucky bunch!

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  2. Your cookies are always so perfect! I don't think I could decorate a cookie to save my life!

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  3. Complimenti, sono bellissimi !!!

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  4. Te han quedado perfectas y muy simpáticas.
    gracias por el tutorial y besos!

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  5. Kathia, They came out fantastic! I think I see Oscar cookies in my future:) Thanks also for the tutorial.

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  6. Wow! these are great! Faces that everyone knows and love are the hardest!

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  7. Thanks for the tutorial! Your Oscars turned out beautifully!

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  8. You did an awesome job on those cookies! They are adorable. And did I hear you right? You work AND do all of this with a child?? WOW. I always feel sorry for myself because I have to work, but now you will be my inspiration to fit it all in. LOL :-D

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  9. Wow - amazing! You are so talented with cake, cookies and anything baking! Thanks for taking the time to put together a tutorial for your readers! Hope you are feeling good!

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  10. I love these cookies and I want to make them for my grandson. You did a wonderful job! What recipe did you use for the royal icing?

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  11. Oh yeah I totally want a Kopykake as well, but yours look great just the way they are.

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  12. You don't NEED a kopy kake! The cutter reshaping is genius!!! Love Oscar! This is how I stumbled upon you...I have oscar to make and I was a looking for a cutter!! I feel WAY better now, and I am totally reshaping my cutter.

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