Crabby Cookies

When people come to visit Maryland we like to take them for steamed crabs or our favorite crab cakes (G&M in Linthicum).  That wouldn't work when the Messiah Falcons came to town, so I made crab cookies.

I was visiting the Inner Harbor in Baltimore last week with my Mom and Ms. Doris.  Found a crab cookie cutter in a souvenir shop.  I used the fabulous sugar cookie recipe and icing from a blog that I follow called Toad's Treasures .  She has wonderfully creative ideas for all things party, baking, crafting & sewing related.  COOKIE RECIPE & ICING RECIPE

So Meagan made the dough for me and then we refrigerated it.  When I cut out the cookies and baked them the claws and some legs got lost in the transfer from the pan.  I was a bit discouraged and left them out overnight to sit.  The next morning I made icing just to test them out and used black outline icing to trace some features.  My mom encouraged me to use them.  I made another batch of dough to make some more crabs that had both claws and set out to finish the project.

I took a few broken ones to a neighbor and she thought they were great with coffee.  : )  The sour cream in the cookie dough really makes a nice texture and taste.

I finished decorating and let them sit out overnight again to harden so that the plastic bags I had planned for them wouldn't stick to the icing.

I bagged them with a few red hots for added fun and added some printed labels with a "crabby" welcome and a scripture verse to share and took them to the game.

Kelsie texted me from the bus saying "Thanks and they loved the cookies."  I figured it was dark and they were college students appreciating any kind of home-baked gesture.  It was a fun project and I will attempt them again for holiday goodies.