Double bunny derp!

I caught River with a full-on bunny derp while Simon looks on with his pseudo-derp (he's holding a tiny piece of cardboard in his mouth).

Trouble in paradise.

This is the look Simon gives me when they have a disagreement over using the purple towel.  Clearly, River thinks it's nap-time while Simon was wanting to dig and binky on it.  First world bunny problems.

Rough Monday!

Instead of capturing Simon doing a binky, I ended up capturing the poor little guy doing a face-plant while River looks on, stunned.  The little guy was okay, just a bit shaken up.

Not long after that, there was a bunny collision at top speed.  Both of them were okay, just a bit dazed.

After the previous run-ins, Simon was a bit gun-shy and would brace for impact whenever River binkied or ran near him.

Make mine sugar.

With Easter coming up, I thought I'd share another alternative to giving a bunny as an Easter gift--give bunny sugar cookies instead!
Here's my recipe for soft sugar cookies and stackable sugar cookie icing:

Soft Sugar Cookies

4C all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp ground cinnamon

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened

1 ½ C sugar

1 large egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

½ C sour cream

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.  Beat in the egg, vanilla and sour cream until well blended.

Gradually stir in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

Divide the dough in half and wrap tightly with plastic wrap and let chill at least 1 hour.

Pre-heat oven to 350F.

The cookie dough should be the consistency of play-doh before you roll it out onto a lightly floured surface. 

Roll the dough out to ~1/8-1/4 inch thickness and cut out the shapes.  Make sure the dough is cool for the best shapes.

Place cookies at least 2 inches apart (figure 6-8 large cookies) on an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake 5-10 minutes (longer for light colored baking sheets) or until the tops of the cookies look dry.  Let cool for a few seconds prior to removing them from the baking sheet.

Let cool completely before decorating.

                                                Yield: ~3 dozen large cookies

Stackable Sugar Cookie Icing

3 C confectioners’ sugar, sifted

2 Tbsp milk (add extra by ½ tsp increments to reach desired honey-like consistency)

2 Tbsp light corn syrup (no more or it won’t set up)

1 Tbsp (clear for best color) vanilla extract

paste food coloring

Combine all of the wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl and gradually whisk in the confectioners’ sugar until smooth and glossy.

Cover any icing you aren’t going to use immediately with plastic wrap or spoon colored icing into Ziploc baggies to use as piping bags for later.  This icing forms a skin easily and will need to be mixed often otherwise.

Allow to dry for at least 2 hours before trying to stack them—drying time depends on the thickness of the icing layer and your humidity that day.

Yield:  Should be enough to cover the 3 dozen cookies in the prior recipe. 

And to round out the week, here's a random bunny snuggle pic!

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you have a great weekend!  We'll be back on Monday.

Is it Friday yet?

Apparently, all of the binkying and toy truck throwing this week has worn these two out!

Simon vs truck.

Simon:  1
Truck:  0
River:  Just trying to get out of the way!
We're thinking of offering Simon's services as a crash-tester.  If your toy vehicle can survive his fluffy little onslaught, it's definitely road-worthy.

Fooled you!

I caught Simon rolling over.  After correcting himself, he dramatically flopped on the towel and proceeded to stare at me.

Humph!  Joke's on you, human--I totally meant to do that, so there.  Pbbbt!
(It took me a minute to figure out why his mouth looked weird.  He was mid-bunny sulk and sticking his tongue out at me.)