Which of these 3 cookies do you like best?

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They're sugar cookies with fondant and chocolate tefillins.

- The square ones where I wrote Mazel Tov with an edible marker.

- The plain square ones.

- The circle one.

The stick of margarine is for size reference; they're tiny and cute. Which one should I make more of? I've been looking at them for too long to decide! (Should I call my rav? Just kidding!)

TIA Very Happy

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Senior Member Joined: Feb 08 2008 Posts: 142

I really like the ones that say Mazal Tov!

(ask your Rabbi...that was a great line Smile

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mazal tov ones. They are all beautiful though. Good job!

Are they for shabbos? Forget the words then, too difficult to eat around or all at once. I like the round ones with the tfilin and no marker.
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mazel tov ones!

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FS, it's about 1.5" square; you can pop the whole thing in your mouth, and no shailah (AFAIK) about eating words derech achilah, only about cutting it with a knife or other kli.

I think it would be really cool to write Mazel Tov with royal icing, but I'm going to stick with the marker as it's so much faster.

Thanks everyone! I'll do half square with Mazel Tov and the other half circles!

P.S. Did I invite y'all yet to the kiddush? Rabbi Weiss' shul in Baltimore, parshas Mishpatim, please come:)

Gold Member Joined: Dec 10 2009 Posts: 1390

the ones that say MAZAL TOV are adorable!

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Square with mazel tov if ok on Shabbos.
You're doing a great job with all these fancy things.
I'll have to remember to talk to you b4 my sons barmitzvah. Got a couple of years to go.
Hatzlacha further

Gold Member Joined: Dec 10 2009 Posts: 1390

another idea would be to make straps coming from the teffilin that go around to the front where the would be.

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No fair. You've been posting a ton of pictures of all your exciting creations and non of them seem to show up on my computer... I feel awfully left out! Twisted Evil

I bet you're one great cook!

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IS there a special tefilin shaped chocolate, or did you just use chocolate squares from a regular bar?

I love the mazal tov ones for a weekday kiddush, but would stick with the square ones without the mazal tov for Shabbos.

Some hold it is totally fine to eat the words since you can't take them off and it is derech acheila, but there are opinions like the Shulchan Orach HaRav that hold that eating letters/words is ussur, even recessed into or written on in such a way that they can't be taken off.
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I called my rav! He answered on the first ring and said it's fine if people will eat it, but not if they need to cut it!

I used a chocolate mold for the tefillin that I bought from Chana Eichorn here who sells fancy baking things.

Tova, you know me via facebook, I just don't know if you know that I'm T&P.

If photos aren't showing up on your computer, can you use another computer? Are you at work? Do you have a home computer or smart phone?

Does anyone think that the Mazel Tov makes the cookie less classy, as it's handwritten rather than typed or stenciled in?

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The circle one looks the most professional in your picture and I like SaraChana's idea about making straps coming from the teffilin that go around to the front where the words would be.
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The "mazel tov" ones are amazing. Actually they all are, but those look most finished and polished. I am always amazed when people put this kind of detail into cookies and treats. It looks like so much work. I'd be serving plain old chocolate chip, lol! You're very talented (and patient).

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