Margaritas for Everyone: Cookies and Cocktails

I'm going to do something very uncharacteristic.  I'm going to keep my blog post relatively short and sweet.  So for those of you who have come to know and love my long-winded stories about why I made what I made that day, I'm sorry.  For those of you who read these stories and wondered "What on earth does this have to do with her recipe?", you're welcome.  Consider this my gift to you.

My reason for skipping my usual ten paragraph preamble is that I am tardy with my posting.  I would completely miss the Cinco de Mayo holiday (those of you on the east coast are probably already into your second margaritas as I type) if I rambled on forever and checked my grammar.  Let's face it, the cookie recipe is probably of no use to you for any of tonight's festivities, but at least the margarita recipe is about as easy as it gets (tasty too.)  Save the cookie recipe for your first summer barbecue.

These fun margarita-shaped sugar cookies are something that everyone can partake in--and still drive home safely.  The margaritas themselves?  Not so much.  These are potent, so people, pace yourselves.  You don't want someone posting pictures of you doing the post-margarita Mexican Hat Dance all over your Facebook page, do you?  I don't know, maybe you do.  Regardless, have a great, guacamole-filled night.  Ole! Here are a few extra tips for this duo of Cinco de Mayo creations:

• When making the cookies, if the dough has become too soft during the rolling and shaping process, chill the cookie sheet for 15 minutes prior to baking.  This will ensure that the cookies retain their shape throughout the baking process.
• If you want to give the cookies an extra "margarita" touch, replace the orange zest in the cookie dough with lime zest.
• I purchased my cookie cutter from Sugarcraft.com for about $2.00, but if you don't have a cookie cutter, then you could always make a pattern out of waxed or parchment paper and trace it.
• Feel free to play around with the juice ratios in the margarita recipe.  You can also add a few sprigs of mint to the pitcher, if desired.
• The margarita mix can be refrigerated overnight.

Margaritas for Everyone: Cookies and Cocktails

For the margarita cookies (makes about 24)

1 recipe sugar cookie dough

Margarita glass cookie cutters

Royal icing in white and green

Coarse sugar

Gumdrop candies shaped like fruit slices

Roll, cut, and bake the margarita glass cookies according to the sugar cookie dough recipe on this other post.  Color half of the royal icing green (unless of course you are making mango margaritas!)  Leave the rest of the royal icing white.  Pipe the green icing around the top of the "glass," leaving a small strip at the top.  Pipe the white icing around the "stem."  After the piping has dried, thin both icing colors with lemon juice and flood the interiors of the outlines with the colors.  After the icing has dried (let it set for at least an hour), pipe white icing onto the top strip at the top of the glass.  Dip the top of the glass in coarse sugar, so that it looks like salt around the rim.  If the gumdrop fruit slices are thick, trim them lengthwise.  Pipe some royal icing onto the glass, and adhere the "lime" to the glass.  Allow to dry for at least one hour, preferably several hours, so that the lime sticks.

Pomegranate-Orange Margaritas

Serves 8-10

1 liter tequila (recommend Patron)

2 cups Cointreau or Triple Sec

1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice

1 cup orange juice

1/2 cup lime juice

In a large glass pitcher, combine the tequila, Cointreau, pomegranate juice, orange juice, and lime juice.  Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, and add about 1 cup of the margarita mix; shake well.  Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.  Repeat with the rest of the mix.

Comments

[Julie Hession]

Thank you, Chiko!

[chiko]

Hi. this is so pretty!!!!!
I want to bring these cookies with me to the beach :)

[Sam Aliie]

A good combination! I'll prepare one with my margarita maker. Thanks a lot.

[invertir forex]

Hi
These look lovely Julie!
You're amazing, we love yor blog!!!

[Jennifer]

Those are just TOO fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jo]

Lovely margaritas and I like the cookie one ... and you can still get behind the wheel after even consuming half a dozen.

[Marta]

These look lovely Julie!
I've quietly followed your blog for a while, I really enjoy it and have tried several of your recipes, I loved the PB sandwich cookies!
I just wanted to mention that the episode of URS that you're in aired yesterday in Canada and I really enjoyed watching you! I thought your sweet potato cake looked amazing (I'm a big fan of "overly moist"!) and I'll be making it soon!
Thank you,
M

[Julie]

You're amazing- have I mentioned that? LOVE LOVE LOVE your cookies, your amazing creativity, and your recipes. Gosh, I guess I just heart you. :-)

[Karen]

How cute!

[Stacey Snacks]

I am so jealous of all your gorgeous iced cookies!
My favorites are still the little diaper ones for the baby shower!

[lisaiscooking]

The pomegranate-orange margarita sounds delicious. Wish I had one right now. And, your cookies look great!

[Blond Duck]

It's always a party down here in SA! I'm going to be the biggest hit with these!

[Karen Harris]

Adorable once again!

[maria]

Love your cookies! How fun!