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Homemade Iced Animal Cookies

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4 comments
If you like iced animal cookies, you must, absolutely, postively, without a single doubt try these cookies out.  In anticipation of my trip to the zoo last weekend, I thought of these little guy, and then I googled a recipe.  Google is my favorite hobby.  Good news, it doesn't get much easier.  I found a recipe using store bought sugar cookies, and I grabbed these animal cookie cutters from Michael's (Wilton). 
Cut, bake, cool, melt chocolate (heat at 30 second intervals between stirring), sprinkle, and enjoy.  You could dye some pink if you wanted to be really authentic.   
Two Three things I learned: 
1.   Make your cookies pretty thick (at least 1/4 inch) so they are firm and won't snap while being dunked in melted chocolate. 
2.  If you are using a store bought dough, put your cookies in when they are really cold, don't let your dough soften.  You can also cut, and put in the fridge or freezer so it's firm dough.  If you bake it soft, it will puff up and be unrecognizeable blobs of shapes. 
3.  I still can't really figure out what most of the animal shapes are, but they taste even more delicious than the bagged. 

Linking To:  Sassy Sites Funky Junk Along for the Ride Tatortots and Jello Be Different...Act Normal Under the Table A Vision to Remember Sew Crafty Saturday

The Dallas Zoo

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10 comments
I have a few zoo crafts to post here in a bit, but first...
I've been to the Dallas Zoo a million times.  For an animal lover, I'm fortunate to live close to two zoos.  The Fort Worth Zoo is larger, and it has a lot more to offer, but the Dallas Zoo is in the running now with the new African Safari Section.  I headed out with one of the cutest baby girls this side of the universe, Blythe, who is in town for a visit (more on this soon as well)...with my camera to see what I could see. 
 I just happened along these little guys at their feeding time...pretty impressive. 
How about these giraffes you can feed yourself...
...and we did...
 Blythe loves birds, and I love America....
 So cute!
Just not quite as cute as this...
Like I said, more on 'this' in another post soon and a zoo craft or two in a few hours...or days.  As for the zoo, I'm so impressed, and I'm 'so' going back soon.