The Simple, Sweet Life

Recipes for a sweet day!

  • Breakfasts and Pastries
    • Doughnuts
  • Desserts
    • Cupcakes
    • Cookies
      • The Basics
      • Cutout Cookie Flavors
    • Cakes
      • The Basics
    • Ice Cream
    • Macarons
  • Recipes by Holiday
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Christmas
  • Blogging
    • Photography
  • Contact Me!
  • Privacy Policy
Home » Desserts » You’re Waffle Great!

You’re Waffle Great!

February 1, 2017 by The Simple, Sweet Life 8 Comments

Jump To Recipe Print Recipe

Share Something Sweet!

133shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Yummly
  • Mix

Has anyone told you lately that you’re “waffle” great?

Also, I’ve missed your virtual faces (and fist bumps).

Because seriously guys, where does the time go? And how was my last post almost 2 months ago?! Rest assured, for those of you worried, I’m still kicking… And blogging. Just at a slower, more caffeine induced manner these days…

Why the absence? Suffice to say I went off and got myself a deeply rewarding, highly demanding job. Feelings of making a difference in the world: definitely! Channeling inner creativity on the daily: done and done! Full night’s rest: highly debatable. Ample opportunities for blogging: minimal… at best.

But lovely guys and gals out their in the blog-o-sphere, I think I’m finally hitting my stride and becoming slightly more functional. It’s too early to say whether I’ve finally become the master of my own time or have simply resigned myself to a sleep deprived, caffeine fueled existence. Slight eye twitch and a desire to go to bed at 7:30pm point to the latter…

But… Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, in my temporary departure from blog-land, I’ve continued baking and creating, which means I have a stock pile of posts to share. And yes, most of them are of the gloriously pun-y Valentine variety.

Admit it, you kind of love that about my blog (because seriously guys, seriously… so many puns).

Either way, I think you’re waffle great!

Print

Waffle Sugar Cookies

Make someone feel "waffle" great with these waffle inspired Valentine cookies! Click for the tutorial.

Make someone feel “waffle” great with these waffle inspired Valentine cookies!

  • Author: Claire of The Simple, Sweet Life
  • Prep Time: 8 hours
  • Cook Time: 9 minutes
  • Total Time: 8 hours 9 minutes
  • Yield: 24
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 batch sugar cookie dough
  • 1 batch royal icing
  • Brown and yellow food gel coloring
  • Brown food marker
  • Wilton #1 piping tip
  • Small, food-only brush
  • Baking cocoa

Instructions

  1. Prepare a batch of sugar cookies. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to about 1/2″ thick and cut out circles. Using a sharp, lightly floured knife, cut some circles in half, some in fourths, and leave others whole. Bake on parchment paper lined baking sheets for 7-9 minutes, or until no longer shiny. Allow to cool completely before icing.
  2. Prepare a batch of royal icing to a 20 second icing consistency (a spoonful of icing dropped back into the bowl should take approximately 20 seconds to reabsorb fully). If you plan on doing the text, ice some of your cookies with white icing, shaking gently to fill in any divots.
  3. Put a couple of spoonfuls of icing to the side. Tint the rest of the icing a light brown. Flood the remaining cookies completely with the brown icing. Cover the remaining brown icing and set aside.
  4. Once the icing on the cookies has hardened, attach a #1 Wilton tip to a piping bag and fill with the leftover brown icing. Pipe around the outside of each cookie, double lines through the center, and then work your way across creating the squares of your waffles. If you plan on creating the text cookies, now would be the time to pipe your text. I used this technique from Sweet Ambs to help create a stencil for the text. Allow the icing to harden completely.
  5. Using a small, food-only brush, work a little bit of baking cocoa in and around the base of the waffle squares. With a brown marker, draw a line on two of the sides in each square. This will give your cookies depth.
  6. Tint the leftover spoonful or two of the white icing yellow. Pour it into a piping bag with a #1 Wilton tip, and pipe a “splash” of butter on your cookies. Allow to set a couple of minutes before going back over and create a little square of butter on top of the “splash.”

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

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @thesimplesweetlifeblog on Instagram and hashtag it #thesimplesweetlife

 

Related Posts

  • Mixed Media Cookie ArtMixed Media Cookie Art
  • Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Bourbon FrostingChocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Bourbon Frosting
  • Making Custom Cookie ShapesMaking Custom Cookie Shapes
  • Fudge Sundae CakeFudge Sundae Cake

Share Something Sweet!

133shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Yummly
  • Mix

Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Baking, cookie, valentine's day, waffle

« Apple Cider Bourbon Butterscotch Ice Cream
The Chocolate Cake to End All Chocolate Cakes »

Comments

  1. Sue Gregory says

    February 2, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    I love these big time! You are so creative and we’ve missed you! Welcome back 🙂

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      February 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      I’m so glad you enjoyed these! 😀 And thank you for the warm welcome back!

      Reply
  2. Markus Mueller | Earth, Food, and Fire says

    February 8, 2017 at 9:10 am

    What a great idea!

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      February 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      Thanks Markus! 😀

      Reply
  3. blofmitt says

    February 12, 2017 at 10:46 am

    I think these might be the coolest cookies I’ve ever seen!

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      February 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      Awww, you just made my day Erin! 😀

      Reply
  4. Sasha @ Eat Love Eat says

    February 14, 2017 at 11:47 am

    These cookies are super cute!

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      February 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      Thank you Sasha! 😀

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Hei på deg!

I'm Claire, the baker, blogger, sprinkle enthusiast, and cookie painter behind The Simple, Sweet Life. Whether you like simple sweets, comfort (baked) foods, or works of sugar art, you're sure to find something here to sweeten your day! Get to know me better here!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Keep in Touch

Never miss a bite with the Simple, Sweet Life newsletter! All the tasty posts your inbox can handle!

Popular Posts

The Ultimate Guide to Royal Icing
10 Things I Wish I Knew About Cookie Decorating
Norwegian Marzipan Cake (Hvit Dame)
Easter Chick Cupcakes
Anything But Basic Cake (with 6+ variations)
How to Make Sugar Cookies Like a Pro

Copyright © 2021

Copyright © 2021 · Tasteful Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

the simple life as featured on country living, good housekeeping, food network canada, woman's world and craftsy