Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words “EAT ME” were beautifully marked in currants. “Well, I’ll eat it,” said Alice, “and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door: so either way I’ll get into the garden, and I don’t care which happens!”
– Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
I’ll admit when Disney has influenced me before the book has, and these cookies are permanently ingrained in my mind as THE Alice in Wonderland Eat Me cookies. So while I try to focus on the ‘authentic’ version, sometimes Disney just needs to take a starring role right along side the book version. Afterall, they are our first introductions to some of the classic stories and fairy tales.
To make these we use a sugar cookie recipe, and I’ve made up a graphic to show the different cookie designs and shapes you’ll need.
Cookies, biscuits, crackers Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll July 7, 2015 Sugar cookie
1In a mixer, beat together the butter, then add in the sugar.
2Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract next.
3Then add in the flour, baking soda and salt.
4Set aside a bit (tennis ball size) for the checkerboard cookies.
5Roll the rest into cling wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
6Once chilled, preheat your oven to 175C or 350F.
7Bring out the dough, and take off another tennis ball size of dough for the checkerboard cookies.
8With the rest, roll to about 1 cm thick and cut out the shapes.
9Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
Checkerboard cookie
1The first tennis ball sized dough you've set aside for the checkerboard cookies, place back in the mixer, and add in 2 heaped tsp of cocoa powder. Mix until combined.
2Wrap in cling wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3When chilled, roll out both the chocolate and light coloured dough until 1 inch thick.
4Cut into long strips, where the ends look square.
5Whisk together the egg and water to create an egg wash.
6Wipe down the edges of the dough with the egg wash, and alternate the dark and light dough strips, pressing them together. So on the bottom layer, alternate- light, dark, light. On the next layer- dark, light, dark. On the top layer-light, dark, light. You can continue to make more of a rectangle if you wish.
7You should have a square ended rectangular box.
8Slice the cookie dough through so you cut off cookies that show the checkerboard pattern.
9Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Royal icing
1Whisk your egg whites in a mixer with the lemon juice.
2Then add in your sifted icing sugar. You'll want to start with a thicker icing so you can pipe your edges first.
3Once mixed, scoop them into individual bowls, and add the colours you want.
4Take small piping bags, and scoop part of the icing into their own bags.
5Snip off the top and edge the cooled sugar cookies. Let dry for a bit.
6Keep the icing in the bags, as you'll need the same consistency for the final decorating.
7To the additional royal icing in the individual bowls, add in a tsp of milk to each, and mix to make the icing smoother and runnier.
8Using either a piping bag or a small spoon, pour and help manoeuvre the icing so the cookie is flooded within the edges you've piped.
9Let dry.
10Finish off with piping extra designs on top.
11Let dry completely before serving. Adapted from JoyofBaking.com
Alice in Wonderland Sugar Cookies
Directions
While not as exciting as the Disney version, these are how they are described in the book. They describe it as a small cake, but cookies are cakes (I checked this to make sure).
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Alice in Wonderland Eat Me Currant cookies
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
July 7, 2015
The EAT ME cookies inspired by the book Alice in Wonderland.
Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words “EAT ME” were beautifully marked in currants. “Well, I’ll eat it,” said Alice, “and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door: so either way I’ll get into the garden, and I don’t care which happens!”
- Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Directions
1Preheat oven to 175C or 350F.
2In a mixer, beat together the butter, then add in the sugar.
3Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract next.
4Then add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
5Roll out and cut into squares and rectangles.
6Use scissors to cut the currants into smaller and pieces. Using a skewer, press in the currants in the dough to spell out 'EAT ME'.
7Bake until golden brown.
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