Christmas tea, oh Christmas tea...

[osprey_archer]

These many moons ago - well, one moon ago, really - I dreamily conceived a list of themed teas that I could inflict celebrate with my friends, and lo! one has come to pass: today we had a Christmas tea.

We rather cut back on the projected menu: four people can't eat gingerbread and a roast goose and chestnuts roasting on an open fire. But we did have gingerbread and sugar cookies!







I enlisted my friends to help decorate the cookies. They're not as beautiful as asakiyume's painted cookies (I intend to make painted cookies someday. Does the food coloring just come in a container with a little spout so you can direct the flow?), but they nonetheless have a toothsome charm.

Comments

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

How wonderful! I love it.

Years ago, we did "painted cookies" with these special markers my mom got from a baker friend. Probably not as elegant as painting, but...
http://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Writer-Edible-Markers-AmeriColor/dp/B0020ZURDI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356712468&sr=8-1&keywords=cookie+markers

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

If the marker tips are narrow enough, I think the cookies could look pretty elegant at the end.