I learned this card game many years ago, and play it whenever we get together with some of our friends who love it too… I wanted to gift our friends Peter and Wanda a special holiday cookie to bring back memories of our games together, in which “for the most part” Wanda and I inflicted painful lessons on winning to our partners. That may or may not be accurate. Here’s to many more fun Euchre evenings in our future!

If you play the game, you know that once you had a hand like that one from the cookie, you can “go at it alone” and win that round without the help of your partner in crime. But since this is a cookie blog, I shall stick to decorating issues, not card playing.

It all started by making the set of cards. I opted for a very thin layer of fondant, rolled and cut with a small rectangular cookie with round edges.

That would be the center of a very large frame cookie, in this case I used gingerbread flavor.

The background was Tulip Red, cards added right after flooding. I advise you to make the fondant piece not more than 24 hours before using because it can dry a bit too much and be hard to lay flat on the surface of the icing.

Once that all set, I added decorations, all of them were Royal icing transfers… The edges were sprayed lightly with Taupe air-brush color for a little aged look. Voilà, your custom-designed cookie for Euchre aficionados is ready!

ONE YEAR AGO: Woodland Platter

TWO YEARS AGO: For the Love of Red

THREE YEARS AGO: Springerle Baking Time!

FOUR YEARS AGO: Marlyn’s Hungarian Tree

5 responses to “HAVE YOURSELF A VERY EUCHRE CHRISTMAS”

  1. Wanda Diffley Avatar
    Wanda Diffley

    Oh Sally, I had no idea how complicated it was to make that cookie. It is indeed beautiful and brings back memories of our euchre games against the guys. Your cookies are always so beautiful and they taste delicious. It’s always a big dilemma in our house as to whether we should admire them or eat them. Several cookies, won out in the debate last year and they now are used for decorations in our dining room. And my grandchildren play games on the tic-tac-toe cookie. So fun. Thanks for thinking of us. Merry Christmas to you and Phil😘

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    1. sallybr Avatar

      I have so much fun thinking about what to make, then making and sending… it is actually a gift for me too, trust me!

      MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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  2. Eha Carr Avatar

    What fun! This really is a special Christmas cookie! Do you decorate all of them as a winning hand 🙂 ? I used to love playing cards, tho’ not euchre, but managed to marry two husbands totally disinterested in the activity . . . and I have wondered many times, as Wanda has, whether your cookies get eaten or are cherished as longtime ‘works of art’ 🙂 !

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    1. sallybr Avatar

      COnfession time, Eha… I only made ONE of these. The real special cookies I only include one in the gift box because those are a bit too involved and time consuming – but since it is only one, yes, WINNING HAND!

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      1. Eha Carr Avatar

        . . . but what a very special WINNING HAND! You gave the world a smile . . .

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