How to Make Twitter Fail Whale Coconut Cookies
Purchase or make a whale shaped cookie cutter., In the mixing bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until it becomes light. , Add the flour, salt, and baking powder. , Combine until the mixture forms large "crumbs". , Add the milk. , Knead...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Purchase or make a whale shaped cookie cutter.
You don't have to look too far to find one––most online baking sites or baking sections under auction sites should sport a whale cookie cutter.
Alternatively, make your own; the benefit of doing so is that you can make it appear as close to the Twitter version as possible! -
Step 2: In the mixing bowl
,,,,, Cover with food wrap or kitchen foil.
Place in the refrigerator to chill for about an hour, or until chilled thoroughly. , Preheat the oven to 325ºF/170ºC. ,,, Keep an eye on them to catch them as they're just turning brown (as you can see happened in the sample picture).
Don't let them darken too much (or worse, burn!). , Add blue food coloring to icing sugar if you're making it from scratch, or use commercially prepared blue icing.
Choose to ice the front or the back.
Add the eyes and the mouth.
In this example, they were formed by breaking small candy discs used for cake decorating.
Improvise with whatever you have.
Another style of icing a larger fail-whale cookie: , Display in as Twitter-like a way as possible, given the items you have available. -
Step 3: cream together the margarine and sugar until it becomes light.
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Step 4: Add the flour
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Step 5: and baking powder.
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Step 6: Combine until the mixture forms large "crumbs".
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Step 7: Add the milk.
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Step 8: Knead into a dough.
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Step 9: Form the mixture into a sausage roll.
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Step 10: Remove the roll from the refrigerator and roll on a clean
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Step 11: floured surface.
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Step 12: Cut or press out the whale shapes.
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Step 13: Place the whale shapes on lined cookie sheets.
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Step 14: Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
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Step 15: Ice the cookies.
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Step 16: Serve the cookies.
Detailed Guide
You don't have to look too far to find one––most online baking sites or baking sections under auction sites should sport a whale cookie cutter.
Alternatively, make your own; the benefit of doing so is that you can make it appear as close to the Twitter version as possible!
,,,,, Cover with food wrap or kitchen foil.
Place in the refrigerator to chill for about an hour, or until chilled thoroughly. , Preheat the oven to 325ºF/170ºC. ,,, Keep an eye on them to catch them as they're just turning brown (as you can see happened in the sample picture).
Don't let them darken too much (or worse, burn!). , Add blue food coloring to icing sugar if you're making it from scratch, or use commercially prepared blue icing.
Choose to ice the front or the back.
Add the eyes and the mouth.
In this example, they were formed by breaking small candy discs used for cake decorating.
Improvise with whatever you have.
Another style of icing a larger fail-whale cookie: , Display in as Twitter-like a way as possible, given the items you have available.
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