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Little bites of sunshine I whipped up to cheer up the household

Escape reality today with these gorgeous aurora borealis themed constellation cookies by Pastry chef/cookbook author Heather Baird (aka Sprinklebakes).

Heather was inspired to make these while reading up about galaxies and coming across the Cherokee myth for how the Milky Way was created: 

Recently I’ve been reading about galaxies and animal constellations and the mythology attached to them. My favorite story is the Cherokee’s description of how the Milky Way was created: an otherworldly spirit dog stole a ration of cornmeal and ran to the sky, spilling it as he traveled, creating stars. 

So, what does this have to do with cookies? Not much, but I realized I had some animal cookie cutters on hand that I could make into fun edible constellations. I could see them in my head already as dark chocolate cookies with Aurora Borealis marbled fondant, speckled with stars. Aside from rambling on about constellation lore, this gives me a chance to show you how I marble fondant.

That’s good enough for me! And these cookies look good enough to eat all weekend long. 

- Summer

Heather Bairs é uma doceira e autora de livro de culinária. Ela também é conhecida na internet por Sprinklebakes e famosa por suas criações maneiras.