These book-shaped cookies are soooooo cute!
And I’m a total sucker for cute food.
Anyway, I made these for a book party I was throwing. You know, because cookies that looked like books seemed like an appropriate snack for a party celebrating books. :)
The best part?
{Have you read my blog? Do ya know what I’m gonna say next??}
They were easy!
Cute + easy + yummy = AWEsome!
The idea came from Catholic Cuisine when I found a picture of their Bible cookies on Pinterest. I just made mine a little differently.
Here are the step-by-step pictures:
As you can see from the above picture, I just cut off one end of some Newton cookies and – just like that – the cookies already looked like little novels.
I used the Apple Cinnamon Newtons and Blueberry Newtons, but any flavor will work.
To amplify the effect, I added some icing in a pattern that would make them look a little bit more like fancy hardcover books: a line down the front to indicate where the spine would start, 4 little lines across the spine in two groups, and a rectangle over the front cover.
And then, for fun, I wrote some words on some of them. You don’t really need to do that, but I really got into it.
To make the icing, all you really need to do is mix a little water or milk into some confectionery sugar, but I actually used the same recipe that I use for my Soft Sugar Cookies and Mini Soft Iced Gingerbread Cookies.
Then you just let the cookies sit for a couple of minutes to let the icing harden, before storing them in a closed container or displaying them on a tray to serve.
They’ll keep for a few days, so you can make them ahead of time.
And they’re totally perfect to enjoy with a cup of warm tea or coffee and a good {you know} book.
To find out more about the amazing books at our party, visit BooksWithRosie.com!
Enjoy!
I wonder if this would work with NutriGrain Bars???
Probably!