The Gayest Cookie In Town! National Cookie Week - The Gay Gourmet!™

Wow! What a week this has been!! 7 detailed, delicioso cookie posts in a row, two holidays, a lot of liquor and so much support from my fellow foodie community! It almost makes me want to cry cause it was so beautiful!

There is also a new first with this blog post. I am trying my hand at taking all the pictures myself! Don't get me wrong... I LOVE John Dolan & his photography but I'm sure you all know it comes with the territory of food bloggin and it's much better & easier to be self sufficient. NO? Plus I'm using Momma Gladys' 35mm Pentax. Yup! Film folks FILM! Let me know what you think about how I did!

On to the cookie. There are two inspirations for this last cookie. No.1 being that how could I call myself The Gay Gourmet!™ and not give you a über gay cookie? And no.2 in 2010 a cookie shop in Indianapolis refused to make these gay cookies for an LGBT college group that was having an event as they did not want to endorse homosexual activity. Well I hate to break it to them but there are few things gayer than owning a cookie shop! Hahaha.

So on to The Gay Gourmet's!™ Rainbow Sugar Cookies! aka Ms. Pride Cookie!

These cookies are a little time consuming to make but they are SO cute, would be an awesome project to do with your kids or loved ones, and they are super tasty!

Look on!

Step 1.

Cream butter & sugar (Notice lack of KitchenAid), the add egg, vanilla, a orange zest!




Step 2. Mix together flour, baking soda & salt




Step 3. Combine Flour with Wet mixture!





Step 4.
Separate dough into six parts & color (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet)




Step 5. Put into pastry bags and bask in how pretty it is!!





Step 6. Pipe out cookies colors in order to create cute rainbows!




Bake them @ 350 for about 20 mins or until they look unmoist!



Voila!!!! A Gay Cookie have you!



Her Needs...

* 1 Cup of Butter (2 sticks), softened
* 1/2 Cup sugar
* 3/4 Cup Confectioners Sugar
* 2 Egg Yolks
* 1 tsp Vanilla
* Zest of 1 Orange (about a heaping TBS)
* 2 1/4 Cups Flour
* 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 1/2 tsp salt
* White Vinegar divided in to 6 portions of 1/4 tsp
* Food Coloring - Red, Blue, Yellow, Green


Her wants...


1. In the bowl of an electric mixer beat 2 sticks butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar until fluffy.

2. Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and orange zest.

3. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt

4. In sections stir dry ingredients into the butter mixture till combined!

5. Separate dough into six parts in six bowls. The color of RED has to have the most dough and purple being the last color in the rainbow has the least. A good way to gauge is use a heaping cup for the red and 1/3 cup for the purple.

6. Once separated mix colors into dough Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple with vinegar. To make colors that aren't in the box follow the directions on back of food coloring box. (Note: The vinegar helps keep the color vibrant so you don't have to use a ton of dye!)

7. Place colored dough into piping bags and pipe out colors in order on greased baking sheets.

8. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until till cookies don't look moist.

9. Take them out of the oven and let cool for 5 mins before transferring to wire racks!





Any left over dough you can use to make fun silver dollar sugar cookies!

A Gayer Cookie you will not find anywhere else!


Thanks for joining me on this crazy ride that was National Cookie Week! I can't wait till next year!






Deliciously Living,

Michael Muñoz

The Gay Gourmet!™

NCW Image by Gerard Conte ©2011

©2011 Michael Muñoz

Gay Mexican Wedding Cookies - National Cookie Week - The Gay Gourmet!™

It's day 4 of National Cookie Week which means it's CINCO DE MAYO!!!! (Insert the Mexican Hat Dance Song here) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, YEA! Okay enough of that. So when thinking about what I should do for both of these joyous celebrations (NCW & CDM) I felt like I had to honor my Mexican friends somehow! (P.S. I'm Puerto Rican) BUT HOW?!?!? SO, I was hunting through recipes & hunting & more hunting and finally this great idea came over me!

Cinco De Mayo is

observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride, and to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War. In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. Contrary to widespread popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day, the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico, which occurs on September 16th.

- WIkipedia

SO, no it's not an Independence Day but yes it's a celebration of victory and freedom! I'm about to get a little deep/political here... The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community has been fighting for equal rights for years now and yes we have come a long way but there still is so much further to go. LGBT suicides are still happening, Hate crimes are still happening (recently in my neighborhood), and we still aren't allowed to get married just to touch on a few issues.

So In celebration of the freedom that Cinco De Mayo celebrates, in honor the ongoing fight for "freedom"/LGBT Equal Rights and for The Gay Gourmet's!™ National Cookie Week I give to you...

Gay Mexican Wedding Cookies!!!
(aka Ms. Dusty KiKi Maria Balls de la Mexi-nilla but you can call her Ms. Dusty Balls)






Her Wants..

* 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 2 cups powdered sugar divided into 1/2 cup & a cup and a 1/2
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 1/8 tsp cinnamon
* a pinch of salt
* 1 cup pecans, toasted, coarsely ground
* 1/3 cup round cake sprinkles

* Another 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon reserved with the cup & 1/2 of sugar


Her Needs..

1. Using electric mixer fitted with a paddle (which I'm still waiting to get in the mail, who's sending me one?) beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy.

2. Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended.

3. In a bowl whisk flour, salt & cinnamon together then add in sections to Sugar & vanilla.

4. Then add pecans and sprinkles.

5. Divide dough in half and form each half into ball. Wrap separately in plastic; chill until cold, about 30 minutes.

6. Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in deep dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.

7. Working with half of chilled dough, roll dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between palms into balls. Arrange balls on heavy large baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart.

8. Bake cookies until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top, about 18 minutes.

9. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet. Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely then transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely.

10. Repeat coating the balls (Don't you get any ideas) with remaining half of dough.

(You can make Cookies 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature; reserve remaining cinnamon sugar.)

When ready sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve!!



These cookies are the cutest cause there is a rainbow surprise when you bite into them and they are quite tasty to boot!

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! How will you be celebrating? I'll still be baking for..



and maybe having a Margarita or two... ooo maybe I'll make my jalapeño pineapple marg!

Till tomorrow!

Delicisouly Living,

Michael Muñoz
The Gay Gourmet!™

NCW Image by Gerard Conte ©2011
Photos by John Dolan Photography ©2011

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