One of my guilty pleasures: the prepackaged sugar cookies with cake frosting and sprinkles that you can get at the supermarket. They're convenient when I don't have time to bake and I want cookies right then and there. But I know I should stick to baking them on my own. I've made my fair share of sugar cookies, but usually I make them with royal icing, like these. However, since I had about 20 valentines this past February 14th, I wanted to do something a little more special. And after seeing my aforementioned guilty pleasures at the store, I had the perfect idea.
I'm sure most of you remember having classroom valentines in grade school and getting the conversation hearts in your milk carton mailbox. I remember loving the sayings, but not caring too much for the actual candy. But these, I would gladly welcome these in my milk carton mailbox. [Or my hot pink mailbox from a superstore's dollar section.]
With music being one of my first loves, I couldn't help but choose some of my favorite songs and use them for my cookie sayings. Naturally, they would be called "song-versation" hearts, right? ;) And when I brought them in to my students, some of the titles sparked some conversation, such as, Student: "What does emm-fey-oh mean?" Me: "Do you mean MFEO?" or Student: "What's P.Y.T.? Is that like 'peace to you'? I think you did it wrong." hahaha...these kids crack me up!
The kiddies thoroughly enjoyed the cookies -- and one of the teachers I work with promptly told me that I spoil them. True story. I love baking for my students, and since I have the time, I might as well, right? Plus, they think I'm extra-amazing because I bake...hehehe.
I made everything from scratch, but I know this can be a daunting task for some. Wanna make these too?
quick version of songversation hearts
You'll need:
Sugar cookie mix -- prepared to make cut-out cookies
Heart shaped cookie cutters
Vanilla frosting
Food coloring (to make pink, red, light purple, yellow, green)
Small spatula
Directions:
Make cookies according to package directions. While baking, begin preparing the frosting. Use food coloring to make your desired colors. I began with vanilla (white frosting). Take about a spoonful of frosting and place on the cookie. Using your small spatula, spread out the frosting evenly to the edge of your cookie. Take the side of your spatula (perpendicular to the cookie) and run it around the edge to clean up the sides of your cookie.
After frosting a few cookies with white frosting, divide the remainder into two bowls: one bowl should have twice the frosting than the other. The bowl with more frosting will start with a couple drops of red coloring to make a light pink. Frost a few cookies. Add a little blue coloring to make a light purple. Frost a few cookies. For the remainder of the light purple frosting, add more red coloring until the frosting is red (if you let this sit for a few hours or overnight, the red will be more pronounced). Transfer the red frosting into a pastry bag that is fitted with a writing tip (this is to write on the cookies). Alternatively, you could buy a red frosting cookie writer as it may be a simpler option.
With the second bowl of white frosting, start with a couple drops of yellow coloring to make a light yellow. Frost a few cookies. Add a little blue coloring to make a light green. After all of your cookies are frosted, use the red frosting to write your message.
Another true story: I love this new plate that I bought. love and songversation cookie hearts. Sounds like a perfectly complete valentine to me.
And as a belated celebration, my niece and nephew came over, and I sent them home with valentines of their own. As the trade off, they snapped a couple pictures for me -- this was the best shot I could get where they weren't laughing their heads off. They may be grown now, but it's like they're still little! :D I love them to pieces! <3
P.S. Don't fret friends...The hubs, my numero uno valentine, received the first of the cookies, with song titles for him too. My fave? MLWSW You [My Life Would Suck Without You...hehehe]
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