Dancing Mormon Cookies

 

 

“We love to dance and shout
and let all the feelings out,
and work to make a better Latter day.”

Apparently, Mormons like to dance.

Exhibit A: 

 

Image from bookofmormonbroadway.com

Exhibit B:

 

Image from bookofmormonbroadway.com

 And, Exhibit C:

 

Image from bookofmormonbroadway.com

Lots of sexy moves going on here. So, how about some happy, dancing, jumping mormon cookies?

 

I was inspired by this fun t-shirt. Let’s get crackin’!

Ingredients:

• Hand cut sugar cookies in any shape you want based on your own designs (or use that t-shirt for inspiration!). Mine just looked like amoebas before decorating 🙂
• Black icing (outline, flood)
• White icing (outline, flood)
• Pastry bags, couplers, and #1 and #2 tips

I apologize for the dark pictures – it was a very rainy, dreary day!

Get your cooled sugar cookie:

 

See? Very amoeba-ish. Amoeby? You get the idea.

From my inspiration, I loved that the white of the shirt blended into the background, so I outlined the black parts first with a #1 tip:

 

 

 

Then, I outlined the whole cookie in white icing with a #2 tip:

 

I let it dry for a bit before flooding, since I didn’t want the black icing to bleed. Then, I carefully flooded the cookie with white icing.

 

It was hard to get into all of those little crevices with the tip, so I used a toothpick to get into all of those hard to reach places until I had this:

 

Can I just say that I was having a killer time with my icing that day, hence the bumpier look. Humidity and royal icing don’t mix!

Wait a bit, flood the black parts, and then you’re left with a platter of happy Mormons (add in some orange Africa cookies too)!

 

“Why are Mormons happy?
It’s because we know it’s a Latter day tomorrow.
So if you’re sad put your hands together and pray,
that tomorrow’s gonna be a Latter day.
And then it probably will be a Latter day.
Tomorrow is a Latter day!”

Find more Book of Mormon inspired desserts here.

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