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Baby Feet Sugar Cookies
Everything’s coming up babies at our house because we’re expecting our first grandchild this Spring!  Hooray for Babies!
We celebrated this weekend with a Baby Shower for my daughter, and my home transformed into a world of Kiwi Green, White, and Charcoal Grey, which are the colors of her nursery.  I found so many great ideas for the shower on Pinterest and these little feet were one of them.  I loved the idea!
But first, I must tell you about her nursery!  I’m all about the feeling you get when you walk into a room…to me, that’s the success of a well decorated room.  She created the nursery filled with happy-fun feelings…polka dot feelings…warm and inviting fun…it’s one of those rooms you don’t want to leave.  Here…take a look…..
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 Isn’t it a happy room?  She got the idea for the polka dot walls here, which gives a great tutorial.  It was a bit tedious, but so worth the effort!  See the rug?  It’s fluffy, and white, and soft, and it pulls you in begging you to wiggle your toes in the softness.
Lucky little baby boy who will snuggle into his room of joy.
Oh!  Yes, it’s a boy!  Joy-Joy…It’s a boy!!
So of course I wanted the shower to hold the same feeling of fun-love-and color.
Spider Mums…everywhere…in Key Lime Green

 Fluffy green and white puff balls made of tissue paper.  Hang them at different heights…random.  I bought them at Party City and they added a punch of fun to the festive atmosphere.  Everyone commented on them because they look like a party!  They take a bit of time to unfold and shape, so make them a day ahead and get a few friends to help.  When the party is over, guess where they went?
In the nursery hung in the corner…more…fun…color.

Clear glass bottles used as vases wrapped with white fabric and fastened with a safety pin…green of course.  I used empty Starbuck’s Frappuccino Bottles that I got from a neighbor and rinsed them out…perfect size!
 ~ ~ The Menu  ~ ~
 The menu for the shower was a Taco Bar, which is easy, fun, and generally gluten free.  My apologies for not having pictures of the food!  I was so busy and took pictures of everything before the party, but didn’t have time once I got everything warmed and plated. I’m glad to answer any questions you have, just ask in the comments below this post.
  • Pulled Pork Taco Meat 
  • Ground Turkey Taco Meat
  • Corn Taco Shells
  • Soft Corn Tortillas
  • Flour Tortillas (option for those who could eat them).
  • Shredded Lettuce
  • Shredded Cheese
  • Mango Salsa
  • Regular Medium Salsa
  • Guacamole
  • Sour Cream with chopped Green Onions
  • Sweet Corn and Bell Pepper Medley 
Dessert
If you haven’t made my Devils Food Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, you really need to make them!   They are my go-to for every party and event with rave reviews, even gluten eating party goers favor these over regular cupcakes. Easy-Easy-Easy.
  • Sugar Cookie Baby Feet with Almond Iciing – Wrapped as Party Favors (see below)
Beverages

Clear Plastic Glasses rimmed with a combination of Sugar and Sea Salt.  A cut lime wedge and striped straw added to the fun in varied colors of green, teal, and blue.  I purchased them at Target.
 
  • Margaritas (check out my margarita recipe!)
  • Virgin-Margaritas
  • Lemonade
  • LaCroix Sparkling Lime Water
  • Bottled Water   
The Shower was a success filled with great people, laughter, lots of love, food, gifts, well wishes and happiness.
The Baby Feet Sugar Cookies as Party Favors were also a hit and even more delicious than they were cute.  Here’s the recipe:
Baby Feet Sugar Cookies
I found my foot cookie cutter at JoAnn Fabrics
Ingredients: 
  • 3/4 cup softened butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 2 1/2 cups GF all purpose flour – I love the Glutino All Purpose Flour Blend or (click link for my go-to flour blend)
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:
In a large glass bowl cream together the butter and sugar.  Beat in the eggs, vanilla, and almond extract.  On low speed, blend in the flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Gather the dough into a ball and wrap in saran wrap.  Chill for an hour (you can chill overnight if you want to make ahead).  If you chill overnight or longer than an hour, let it rest for 8-10 minutes to soften just a bit.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Prepare two large cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Prepare your rolling surface with a dusting blend of GF flour and powdered sugar.  Break the dough ball in half.  Start rolling out the dough, adding flour so the rolling pin doesn’t stick.  Here’s where you decide the thickness.  Softer cookies will be a little thicker roll-out, crisp will be a thinner roll-out.  Cut and place the cookies on prepared cookie sheets and bake for 6-8 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of your cookie.  My Baby Feet cookies were just under 1/4 inch thick and took 8 minutes.  Rule of thumb – remove once the edges are just slightly light brown.  You’ll know after the first batch how long to bake.

Allow to cool for 2 minutes and transfer to wire rack to completely cool.  Once completely cool, frost with the icing below.

Sugar Cookie Icing
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
  • 2 Tbsp Milk
  • 2 Tbsp light corn syrup
  • 1/2-1/2 tsp almond extract (to taste)
  • Food coloring paste

First mix the powdered sugar with the milk until moist. With an electric mixer, add the corn syrup and almond extract and blend until smooth.  If too thick, add a little more corn syrup.  If too thin, add a little more powdered sugar. I used paste food coloring and the amounts above were exact.  Adjust if you use liquid food coloring.

To decorate the feet:
First, with a small spoon or small butter knife, frost the main part of the foot being careful not to get too close to where the toes will be frosted.  Frost the ‘toes’ by adding the frosting to a small baggie and clip the tip…not too big!  If the dot for the toes has a point, no worries, it will sink in and become a round ball.    Allow the cookies to rest overnight before stacking!  I allowed mine to set for an hour  on the countertop then just put a layer of plastic wrap over the top of all cookies and stuck it to the countertop.  It worked great and cookies didn’t dry out.

  

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