So, my husband walks in the Graduation Ceremony tomorrow. He will then defend his Dissertation in Mid-July. So, he won't really be done till then, but since tomorrow is the day he actually walks and wears all his regalia, it's still a big day. At least I think so! :) So I wanted to make him something, but not have to spend too much time on it like a fancy cake. So I decided to make a cookie pizza and decorate that!
I googled for a recipe and found a great one, so I thought. I made up the dough and put it in the oven and it exploded over the sides of the pizza pan and burned within about 10 minutes... :( I know I probably filled that pizza pan too much, but also it's this crazy oven! Why don't they put better ones in apartments?!? Oh well....
So, I felt rather defeated, but I kept my head up high and was still determined to make a cookie pizza. So, I just decided to use the tried and true
Toll House Cookie recipe. :) That's what I should have done from the start...but, well, I didn't. Anyways, I made up a batch of dough. (I put about 1/2 the amount of Choc. Chips in though, and didn't add nuts because my mother-in-law is allergic. I also used 1/2 and 1/2 flour as always.) I started putting it in the pan, and only used just over half of it. Then I pressed it down evenly until it was in a circle in the middle of the pan. And it was about 2-3 inches away from the edge. Then there was plenty of room for it to expand without overflowing. I only baked it about 15 minutes at 350degrees. But when you are doing it, be sure to check on it a lot! (Or else your crazy oven might burn it ...) :)
So, now I am playing the waiting game with my cookie...so I can frost it. :) Still thinking of how exactly to decorate it too....
Ok, I forgot to keep track of just how long it took for it to cool off completely... It wasn't as long as I thought actually. :)
Here's how I decorated it. :) It made a scroll, then wrote his class year in it. Then I did the shells around the cookie. Then I decided it needed a little bit more, so I made flowers. Since I don't know how to do roses yet, I made some that look like one of my hubby's favorite flowers.
Azaleas.
(Random fact, azalea was also the color of our wedding...basically fuchsia.) :) I think these turned out pretty well like azaleas. Although I'm pretty sure they are never yellow! lol Anyway, I wanted to do CSU's colors, so that's why it is green and gold. And yes, I tried to make my green as dark as possible and it wouldn't go any darker than this. I tried paste food coloring and liquid...bizarre! I still think it turned out pretty well though. For my first time making a cookie pizza cake thing! :)
Oh and after I posted this, I decided to go back and write "Congrats" and my hubby's name at the top. So, you can do whatever you want if you make one too! :)
