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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Star Wars Imperial Ration Travel Biscuits

I'm always on the lookout for food in the Star Wars universe. I caught up on The Mandalorian Season 3 and Episode 3 delivered with some of the Empire's travel biscuits!

In an episode that dives into some of the Imperial side (ala Andor) we learn that some of the characters miss the travel biscuits that were part of Imperial ration packs.

I had to make some of course! They only showed the "yellow" biscuits but there was mention of red biscuits so I added some of those in too.

You can use your favorite shortbread or sugar cookie recipe. Mine is listed below.

Cut into rectangular shapes and add smaller lines inside with a knife while still warm

(at least what I could tell from screenshots of the episode). Mine are probably not as neat as they could be, but I was so excited to make them with some leftover dough.

I'm sure the Empire is nice and precise with exact sharp lines!

Package in some cellophane treat bags.

Print out some Imperial logos to add to the bags.

Have with some Imperial tea or your fav drink.

My teenage kid who is still a huge SW fan approved!

Star Wars Imperial Travel Biscuits

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 Tbl sour cream or Greek yogurt
2 tsp vanilla

1 dash of red food gel if you make red ones

Preheat over to 350 degrees

Mix sugar and coconut oil until fluffy
Add egg, sour cream and extract and mix until well incorporated
In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt
Slowly add flour mix to egg mixture
If making red biscuits take about 1/2 cup and mix with a dash of red food gel
Press mix into 9X9 pan. Bake for 18 mins or just golden on top. Let cool.
Cut into equal rectangles and while warm add smaller rectangle lines inside each biscuit
Package 4 into cellophane treat bag. Add printed Imperial logo and tape on top

Monday, November 14, 2022

Rainbow Glass Gem Corn on Cob Sugar Cookies

Ever heard of glass gem corn?

It's a little like maize corn that you see in the fall but the kernels are more translucent and resemble strands of glass when on the cob. And it comes in some really cool rainbow colors.

In case you're not familiar with glass gem corn, here's a short video explaining some more about it

I went down a IG rabbit hole looking at all these colorful heirloom corn photos the other day so of course I had to try making some.

I started with a base of sugar cookies cut out into cobs (I freehand cut these out)

For rainbow kernels, I used jelly beans. I tried at first to use the whole jelly bean as kernels but they seemed too big so I cut them in half.

Use some melted white chocolate to attach the "kernels"

Fill in as closely as you can get them

Husks are made from wafer paper cut out roughly in husk shapes (see in pic below) then painted with a little brown food color mixed with water. While still wet attach the paper to back of cookie and let dry.

When dried the husks crinkle a bit to give overall shape/texture. I also sprayed the jelly beans with some edible food spray in pearl color to give them a more glass-like appearance versus regular maize corn.

I really like how they came out but next time I may try to make them more 3D versus flat for more effect. If you'd like to see more of the real thing, you can go down a glass gem corn rabbit hole on Instagram here!

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Cute Horror Movie Pumpkin Spice'men Cookies

It's officially October so here come all the Halloween treats and ideas!

I usually do some character-inspired gingerbread cookies around the holidays but found pumpkin spice cookie mix so decided to mix it up and make some pumpkin spice'men cut out cookies since it's also pumpkin spice season.

Once the cookie dough is mixed up and chilled, roll out and use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out shapes.

I had to make some of my favorite slasher villains from the 80s

Jason Freddy Krueger Michael Myers cookies

A couple of villainous kids!

And a couple other favs that are just plain disturbing

(white sprinkles used as Pinhead's face nails!)

And the creepiest clown of all from It

In cookie form I think they are pretty cute for horror film anti-heroes!

Who is your favorite?

To make pumpkin spice cut-out cookies:

1 pouch of Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix (I used Better Crocker brand)
1 Tablespoon Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg

Mix all together until cookie dough comes together.
Chill for about 30 minutes
Roll out dough and use gingerbread man cookie cutter
Decorate with various colors of melting candy wafers

Monday, January 31, 2022

The Book of Boba Fett Character Cookies

So if you ever wondered what happened to Star War's Boba Fett after he fell into the Sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi - wonder no more! Disney+ is now streaming The Book of Boba with all your questions answered - I think!

To celebrate one of the most famous bounty hunters, I had to make some cookies. This is my most fav no spread sugar cookie recipe from In Katrina's Kitchen. It works great every time I make character cookies. I used a combination of natural food colors and also food gels for tinting.

Then just use it like play-do to make The Book of Boba characters. I used google pics as a guide.

These are pre-baked cookies. No need to chill the dough.

And after baking for about 8-10 minutes. Watch the cookies closely so they don't brown too much.

So far the live action series is great and brings back some old favs as well as some new characters. I included here Boba Fett (of course!), Fennac Shand (his partner in crime/confidant/hired assassin), one of the Tusken Raiders (who seem to play a big part in Boba's arc), a Gamorrean guard, Max Rebo (still jamming on his keyboard), the Wookie Krrsantan, 8D8 Droid, and my new favs The Hutt Twins!

We can't wait to see how they wrap it up and what's in store for our fav Boba.

Some other Character Cookies you might like!

Marvel's Wanda Vision Cookies

Star Wars Ahsoka Tano, Hera Syndulla, Princess Leia, Baby Yoda and Loth Cat Cookies

Marvel's Loki Cookies

Monday, September 20, 2021

Peach Shaped Cookies

I've been trying to actually make some of my saved pins lately. Are you like me and have a million pins and pin boards but haven't tried a lot of them? These peach shaped cookies have been on my to do list for ages so I finally tried to make them.

They look more complicated than they are so I suggest trying them out!

The cookie is kinda like a cake cookie and the dough was a bit more fluid than I was expecting but needed to make the round shape. Roll the dough into a 1-2 inch ball and set on baking tray.

Once they bake and cool, scoop out some of the inside to make room for the filling. Add the cookie insides to some peach jam. I made mine from scratch but you can use store-bought peach preserve or jam to speed up the process. Mix until its like a peachy paste and add some between to halves.

Then onto the fun part. Add some yellow food color to some peach liquor (peach schnapps!) and some red food color to another small bowl of liquor. Paint cookie half yellow and half red to make it look like the outside of a peach. You don't have to be super precise and messy actually works best.

Roll cookie in some granulated sugar which will give the cookie the peach fuzz look. It's pretty neat on how simple but effective this is!

Add some mint leaves as stems.

Let fully dry before storing or sharing for the end of summer (boo!) with some friends and family.

Pretty neat how easy this process was to look like a real peach. Also very tasty and as I said they are a bit like a cake-y cookie. Hard to believe summer is over already so enjoy some "peaches" before moving on to all the pumpkin spice of the season!

The recipe I used can be found here on Italian Food Forever and the directions are simple so head over if you want to make them on your own too!