I have always said that New Years Eve is my least favorite holiday.
The champagne, the staying-up-late, and the New Years resolutions just don’t appeal to me. Like at all.
Whether it is a sip or a glass of champagne, my body totally does a 180° and yells at me the next morning. I mean, I am not a crazy drinker to begin with, but there definitely is something in the champagne that makes me feel like I am going to die a slow, painful death the next morning.
As for staying up late, I am more of the early to bed, early to rise kinda girl. I hate to waste daylight hours on sleeping in when I could be whipping up a new recipe for you guys or holding a Harry Potter marathon in my living room. 
To me, New Years resolutions are just, plain silly. If I have something I want to accomplish or overcome, then why wait until the new year to set my goal. I started a new goal to lose a few lbs. in the middle of the holiday season this year. I know, crazy, right? But it taught me to watch what I ate during the worst possible time of the year. And you know what? I have lost 12 lbs.
So to brighten my outlook on New Years Even, I made cookies.
I have to admit, these champs cookies were a total last minute. I had purchased the champagne glass cookie cutter a few days after Christmas on Amazon and never dreamed that it would get here in time. But of course, Amazon proved me wrong and it arrived early yesterday. So I whipped up a batch of sugar cookies and got to frosting.
When it comes to royal icing, my go-to recipe is from Sweetopia. Not only does she provide the most amazing royal icing recipe from Antonia74{cakecentral.com}, but she also gives some great tips and helpful hints.
To give it some champagne flavor without the actual champagne, I added a few drops of champagne flavoring oil to the icing. A little bit goes a long way… Adding too much can overpower the cookie and you definitely don’t want that. Cuz these are good..#nomnomnomnom
I used a small brush and some yellow sugar crystals to mimic the bubbles in champagne. I started at the top and worked my way down, making a stamping motion with my brush. I also added this brittle, transparent sugar glass to make the stem of the champagne glass look more realistic.
I hope you have the happiest of New Years filled with joy, love, and cookies…
Recipe by Carrie
Ingredients
- 1 cup {2 sticks} unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Champagne flavoring oil {add just a few drops to your royal icing}
- Royal Icing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line cookie sheet with silapat or parchment paper.
- In your stand mixer bowl, combine butter and sugar; mix well.
- Add egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract; mix well.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda.
- Add dry ingredients to your stand mixer bowl.
- Chill dough for 1-2 hours.
- Take small portions at a time to roll out and cut.
- Bake for 5-7 minutes; watch carefully, as these can burn easily.
- One completely cooled, frost cookies accordingly.
