I was going to make cookies for a family birthday this weekend (because I am pretty well 'sweeted out' after all the holiday goodies and knew a cake would mostly go uneaten). I was doing a random internet search for birthday cake cookies when I stumbled upon little cookies that looked like birthday cakes, but had the pinata idea going on as well; with mini M&M's in them.
Remember about 8 years ago when donkey Pinata cookies became a thing?
Cookies filled with mini M&Ms' or other little candies or
sprinkles? And soon everyone was making them and in all different
shapes? Like that.
I hate M&M's so THAT wasn't happening, but I liked the idea of the birthday cake cookie and decided I would use whatever I happened to have on hand in the cupboard.
I used a regular sugar cookie dough recipe (here is one of my favorites), some leftover royal meringue icing I had in the freezer from decorating Christmas cookies, some sprinkles and mini marshmallows from the pantry and topped them off with some wax birthday candles from the cupboard.
I loved them... but also loved how incredibly quick and easy they came together.
Roll and re-roll scraps to cut out round cookies. You need 3 cookies per 'cake'.
My round cookie cutter in the photo is one I made years and years ago by cutting a tin can in half and using a pair of pliers to smooth down the top edge. I have a lot of other round cookie cutters but this one gets the most use.
You can save them, use them or eat them.
Then I used a decorators bag with the end snipped off to top the cookie with royal icing, letting it run down the sides a bit.
Today I simple stacked them on a metal cake stand and we were ready to with the birthday girl a happy birthday!
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