At the beginning of the school year, Ella came home with a note from her teacher indicating there was a child in her class with an allergy to red #4 food dye. I knew that this would prove challenging when it came time to make Valentine cookies. I LOVE the combination of a chocolate cookie with pink and red icing, check out these cookies from last year. I told Ella that I would make red and pink cookies and just set one aside to decorate with white icing. Nope, not gonna fly. She didn’t want her classmate to feel left out by having something different from everyone else. Pardon the proud parent moment, but my girl is an ANGEL. She has a heart of gold and is one of the most empathic children I have ever met.

As a result, you are looking at the Valentine cookies for her class this year… white royal icing with white details.

I was trying a new embroidery technique that I learned and I’m pretty happy with the results.
I asked my friend Michelle to time me while I attempted this cookie. Took me 6 minutes.
This design took 2 minutes.
And this one only took one minute. I wish I had countless hours to decorate cookies, but more often than not, I’m in a rush. This means that this design, along with the one above, will be dominating the boxes at school. I saved the fancy ones for her teachers.
Sugar cookie recipe: Glorious Treats (I used vanilla bean paste)
Royal icing recipe: Sweetopia