These are not flight attendant tips, though. These are tips gained as a passenger.
MY TIP: if the gate agent will not even humor you and take a peek at your tickets AND will not even open the box of cookies and say thank you, TAKE THEM BACK!!! Save the cookies for the flight attendants...they probably haven't eaten all day.
Middle seats: They're bad enough when you're sitting next to someone to whom you are related. When sitting next to strangers, it's all kinds of awkward.
My TIPS:
- Claim the armrests ASAP. The window seat has the wall, the aisle seat has room to breathe. Those armrests are your only hope of personal space.
- If window or aisle person leans into your space, a quick elbow jab will take care of the situation. (Pretend it's a sleep reflex.)
- Upon approach and landing, it's important that you can see out of the window. If the person next to the window has their entire face covered in a blanket, it is perfectly acceptable to reach over and open the window shade. If they reach over and close it, fist fight.
You'll need:
- rolling luggage cookies (I used a template for the rolling bag, see below.)
- royal icing, tinted with AmeriColor Royal Blue and some plain
- disposable icing bags
- couplers and tips (#2, #1)
- squeeze bottles
- toothpicks
- silver luster dust
- vodka
- small paintbrush
Use a #2 tip to outline the cookies. Reserve some of this piping consistency icing for adding details later. Use a #1 tip to pipe a wheel with the plain icing.
Thin the blue icing with water, a bit at a time, stirring with a silicone spatula, until it is the consistency of a thick syrup. You'll want to drop a "ribbon" of icing back into the bowl and have it disappear in a count of "one thousand one, one thousand two." Four is too thick, one is too thin. Count of 2-3 is good. Cover with a damp dishcloth and let sit for several minutes.
Stir gently with a silicone spatula to pop and large air bubbles that have formed. Pour into a squeeze bottle.
Let the cookies dry for at least one hour.
Let the cookies dry uncovered 6-8 hours or overnight.
Once the cookies are dry, time for a little drink...
And here's the template for cutting out the cookies:
What travel tips do you have to share?
Oh yes, as a globetrotter that likes to bake - I want to make these cookies! The suitcase and the USA cookies would be perfect. Maybe a globe cookie though to fit a trip from Korea back home to DC.
ReplyDeleteLove this post and these cookies! Just Tues of this week, after flying a red eye from SAN to ATL, and a 4 hr layover in ATL with our 6 yr old in tow, we pull away from the gate, only to learn of engine issues. And were stranded on the tarmack for 4 hrs. They said they couldnt serve us bevs b/c it was an intl flight? We finally made it off the runway. Let's just say the passengers ate every bit of food and drank every oz of liquids and liquors on that flight when they finally let us have it! :)
ReplyDeleteYour cookies are AMAZING!
I have absolutely no travel tips, just a comment. How miserable could someone have to be at their job to not just smile and shriek at the sight of these cookies....just sayin', they are beyond adorable and look better and more delicious than any food I've ever seen in any airport, and, I've been in my share of terminals!
ReplyDeleteYou're so funny, Bridget:) Your luggage cookies are so darn cute; I MUST make them for SOMEONE! My in-laws are planning a trip to London in September, so I think I will make these for them. Thanks for the template!
ReplyDeleteYour "supervisor" sort of blends in with the b/w polka dot chair:) Cute.
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ReplyDeleteThose are SO cute and you are SO clever. I love them!!!! xo Diana
ReplyDeleteYour "travel tips" just sound like: "How to be a rude and obnoxious traveler." You really just elbow people and pretend it was an accident? That's really mean. Elbows hurt.
ReplyDeleteI think it's cute that you tried to get the airline folks to help you out with cookies. But I find it troublesome that when the airline folks refuse to help you out, you take that frustration out on the people that happen to be sitting next to you on the flight. It's not their fault you are in a miserable seat away from your family. I hope I never sit next to you on a flight. (But if I ever do, I hope you would have the common decency to just ask the person if you can look out the window.)
I'm sorry that you obviously can't understand to take a joke. Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with her tips - people getting in my personal space is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's not my responsibility to make sure the guy next to me is comfortable by sacrificing my own comfort and personal bubble for a 4+ hour flight. I bet you're one of those people who takes up a seat and a half, aren't you?
DeleteAnyway, good tips, cookies are awesome, and your "supervisor" is a total cutie! ;)
Amazing cookies. Frankly given the way most of the people that I sit next to on planes behave I think an elbow claiming an armrest is the least they deserve. I once sat in front a man who wanted to 1. rest his newspaper on the back of the seat so it flopped over my head and 2. then wanted my seat actually bent forward when I complained about the newspaper. Not just keeping my seat upright (reclined was not an option), he actually thought he should be able to push the seat forwards and kept pushing and shoving and making my flight a misery for 12 hours. If I could have given him a nudge with my elbow I would have!
DeleteI am sure that Bridget meant this with a sense of humour.
Anon,
DeleteThis post was all in good fun. I haven't elbowed anyone...yet. ;)
Happy baking!
We're heading to DC for a big family reunion next week. I'd love to hear what you loved there!
ReplyDeleteKiddo is really into airplanes and LOVED the Air & Space Museum...there are two...and he loved the one at Dulles. We took a bus to get there. :)
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Baked & Wired in Georgetown for cupcakes
And of course, the Lincoln & Jefferson memorials
Oh! And the panda at the zoo!!!!
Haha! I love this post and these cookies!! So cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Very funny.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome Bridget! I remember these roller bag cookies from your great flight attendant post a while ago. I'm glad you revisited them again with a tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHa! I would elbow someone if they tried to eat my cookies thatisall :)
ReplyDeleteToo cute!!! (Story AND cookies ;) I just love those flight attendant cookies - precious!!!
ReplyDeleteThe arm rest is sacred space - and I am totally a window watcher, if I'm not seated by the window, odds are I'm going to be leaning over you to peek trhough it. Ben and I flew or PDX a couple weeks ago - he got the window seat. I almost punched my own husband to peek out the window. #maritalbliss
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are adorable - and if any gate attendent didn't even peek at them, she didn't deserve them anywya. I'd have upgraded you to first class!!
Awww these cookies are just way too adorable :)
ReplyDeleteOh so cute! The flight attendant cookies are my favorite of the selection but they are all wonderful. Wouldn't the U.S. cookies be sweet for a freshman headed off to college or moving away party? Pinning for sure.
ReplyDeleteYou're so adorable! I love your page and I fantasize about being able to decorate cookies like yours. I think that is just a distant fantasy!! What cute cookies.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! I'm thinking you should get a seat upgrade for these cookies. I'm not a great flyer, but once got bumped to those first class pods. Oh how much easier it was to fly in those. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the cookies, love the tips, and most importantly, LOVE LOVE LOVE the supervisor sleeping on the job!! Have one that works just as hard!
ReplyDeleteAnd having grown up just outside of DC, I think your recommendations are great for sights to see, as well as just walking the "Mall" at night. Can't get much prettier than that!
Yes! And the WW2 memorial at night is gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteAnd never ask the flight attendants...since NO ONE is sitting in the EXIT row seats, who will open the door if we crash? If you're not willing to pay to sit there I guess we'll just have to stay inside.
Great tips! I did use the one with elbow a couple of time ;)And did you take back your cookies?
ReplyDeleteHa! No, I left them....but as soon as I got on the airplane, I thought, "I really should have just given them as a treat to the flight attendants." Next time. :)
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Having grown up in the DC area you know to never ask questions when you are near the White House or Capitol. Or make jokes, jokes are frowned upon.
ReplyDeleteLol.
My travel tip is always wear your ugliest orthopedic sneakers to Washington DC. :-) My hubby and I went for our "babymoon" when I was six months pregnant with our first baby, and looking cute was NOT high on my list of priorities when I knew I was going to be waddling around museums all day!
ReplyDeleteIf I ever made a cookie every remotely as amazing as these, I don't think I could bear to give them away to strangers -- even if I was hoping to get something in return! You are so talented. Seriously impressive!
ReplyDeleteThanks you for all the tips!!! I will suggest keeping the cookies for the people that are sitting next to you and holding kiddo's hand and with your pretty smile, just ask them can you please change seats?? i can give you some cookies?? maybe is not the correct thing to do…but sometimes has work for us..well I have never bring cookies, maybe next time I take some cookies and ask some 1st class travelers to change seats ; ) ….JK!!
ReplyDeleteLove your post and most of all the cookies!!!
Your ideas were really creative and innovative, yet they were really useful enough for me. I never found it difficult to follow your procedures, and I would love to share this with my family and friends. Thanks and more power to your website.
ReplyDeleteCute! And, I loved the tips!
ReplyDeleteThose flight attendants don't know what they're missing! Your cookies are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMiddle Seats are the worst. The end.
You're in Houston?!? We gotta meet up! I just flew in there today, then drove to Austin...those flight attendant and suitcase cookies are so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI just lick the arm rest so the person next to me doesn't want to use it!! LOL..I kid!
ReplyDeleteI doubt that you are kidding Leslie. LMAO! J/k ;-)
DeleteBridget I really must get over here more often. You a hilarious!
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ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! I think you should get a seat upgrade for these cookies. I have always been a people watcher. I've always loved going to the mall sitting and just watching people. Where do they come from? What are they shopping for?
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