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You’re Puggin’ Awesome!

January 22, 2018 by The Simple, Sweet Life 16 Comments

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In case no one’s told you I’m just going to cut right to the chase and say it: You’re puggin’ awesome.

You’re puggin’ awesome. You’re puggin’ awesome. You there, way in the back – I see you! You’re puggin’ awesome, too!

Growing up I had a Pug and I can tell you, from personal experience, they’re pretty puggin’ awesome ergo someone telling you you’re pretty puggin’ awesome is the highest of compliments.

1. Like the honey badger, they just don’t give a damn ’bout what nobody thinks.
2. They have two speeds: couch potato and turbo. There is no in between.
3. They’re freakin’ adorable (and they know it).
4. That face, though.

Also they will eat literally anything so essentially the Pug is my spirit animal. Always be yourself, unless you can be a majestic Pug… or a unicorn… or a PUGICORN. Guys, I’m going with that last one and it’s my final answer.

So this Valentine’s Day, let that special person in your life know just how puggin’ awesome they are with these sweet pug cookies. And don’t forget to download this FREE cookie cutting template I made for you just because I love your face.

Bonus Pug fact: A group of Pugs is called a grumble. Seriously, how can you NOT love that. Signed, sealed, delivered – I’m sold!

 

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You’re Puggin’ Awesome!

This Valentine's Day, let that special person in your life know just how puggin' awesome they are with these sweet cookies! Includes a FREE cookie cutting template. | The Simple, Sweet Life

Let your Valentine know you think they’re puggin’ awesome with these pug inspired cookies!

  • Author: Claire of The Simple, Sweet Life
  • Prep Time: 8 hours
  • Cook Time: 8 minutes
  • Total Time: 8 hours 8 minutes
  • Yield: 24
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 batch of sugar cookie dough
  • 1 batch of royal icing
  • Pug cookie template
  • Food gel coloring in black, brown and ivory
  • Piping bags

Instructions

  1. Print and cut out the Pug cookie template. Cover the template in packing tape and cut it out again. This will help protect the template from the butter in the dough as well as make it a little stiffer and easier to cut around.
  2. Mix your royal icing until it reaches a 20 second consistency (meaning icing scooped up and dropped back into the bowl takes about 20 seconds to full reabsorb). Place your template under a piece of parchment or wax paper. Scoop about 1/2 cup of royal icing into a bowl and color it dark brown. Pour the icing into a tipless piping bag or a piping bag with a small round tip. Using the template as a guide, pipe the muzzles onto the parchment/wax paper. Allow to dry completely (about 5 hours). Save the remaining icing for the ears and eye area.
  3. Make one batch of sugar cookie dough per the recipe instructions. Roll the dough out to ¼” thick on a lightly floured surface. Using a sharp knife, cut out your cookies using the template provided. Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 350F for 7-8 minutes, or until the surface is no longer shiny.
  4. Once the cookies have cooled completely, you can decorate them. If you need some guidelines for piping, you can cut up your cookie template and trace the pieces on using a food coloring pen.
  5. Using the leftover brown icing, pipe the ears and the eye area. Spoon 1/3 of a cup of the white royal icing into a separate bowl and color the remaining icing a light ivory color. Pour the ivory icing into a tipless piping bag or a piping bag with a small round tip, and fill in the rest of the face. Immediately add the royal icing transfer muzzle on top of the still wet ivory icing.
  6. Divide the remaining white icing into two portions and tint one black. Use the black and white royal icing to create the eyes and details on the muzzle.
  7. Let the icing harden completely before packaging.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 223
  • Sugar: 26.9g
  • Sodium: 57mg
  • Fat: 8g
  • Saturated Fat: 4.9g
  • Carbohydrates: 37.2g
  • Fiber: .4g
  • Protein: 1.7g
  • Cholesterol: 27mg

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Comments

  1. Sue says

    January 22, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    I LOVE these….those cute, wrinkly faces and those eyes…. 🙂 YOU are Puggin’ Awesome!!

    Reply
  2. Becky says

    January 23, 2018 at 8:02 am

    Dude, a grumble? That is freaking awesome. These cookies need to happen in my life. That are just too cute!

    Reply
  3. cheddarben says

    January 23, 2018 at 9:23 am

    Lol. We are back to the puns, huh? That is funny. As a dog lover, I agree that you are puggin awesome.

    Reply
  4. Alicia Taylor at Taylorlife.com says

    January 23, 2018 at 10:14 am

    Oh my! These are just so cute! I shared this to my facebook wall! I also had no idea that a group was called a grumble! Learned something.

    Reply
  5. Jenni says

    January 25, 2018 at 4:57 am

    Oh, wow! These cookies are seriously the cutest ever!

    Reply
  6. Veena Azmanov says

    January 25, 2018 at 5:16 am

    These are so cute!! I would love these as little treats for the kids party.. who can resist cute pug cookies..!

    Reply
  7. ginamarie314 says

    January 25, 2018 at 5:00 pm

    LOL so cute. My guy would get a kick out of these!

    Reply
  8. Sharon Glascoe says

    January 26, 2018 at 7:04 am

    These puppy cookies are so cute! Kids would go crazy for these Valentine’s treats.

    Reply
  9. Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health says

    January 27, 2018 at 4:17 am

    this is such an adorableeeee idea!

    Reply
  10. Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says

    January 27, 2018 at 10:49 am

    This might be the cutest thing I have seen all day! I absolutely love the eyes!

    Reply
  11. karyld2016 says

    January 28, 2018 at 8:53 am

    You do such amazing work! These cookies look really delicious

    Reply
  12. Abby says

    January 28, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    Ahh! These cookies are adorable, and you NAILED the wrinkly little pug face. They probably aren’t totally appropriate for my kids’ V-Day parties, but that would just mean more for me.

    Reply
  13. Debs says

    January 29, 2018 at 8:45 am

    I puggin’ love these cookies. And yes. Pugicorn! Gorgeous!

    Reply
  14. Sara Lehman says

    January 29, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    These are so cute!!!! Almost too cute to eat!

    Reply

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