Wilton #2 - Oh how I love thee

I just finished icing 100+ gingerbread cookies and my hands aren't cramping! In the past, I had always been making parchment paper icing cones for my gingerbread cookies. While I think they give me Martha Stewart cred, they also only hold a small amount of icing, get messy and are a general PITA.

I had been looking for better icing option but all the decorating bags you see at most kitchen stores have tips that are way too big for my cookies. Then I happened to be at Michael's and while meandering through their labyrinthine isles I came across their huge cake decorating section featuring all sorts of things Wilton. Including very tiny round tips which turned out quite perfect.

I bought #1 and #2 round tips, tip couplers and disposable 14" bags. Best money spent, ever! I manged to put all my icing into a single bag (usually it would take me 6 parchment cones) and easily replaced the #1 tip with #2 when it proved too tiny. Decorating with this was a joy and very fast.

I've upgraded my recipe page to include the Wilton link and also the amount of spices I've standardized on.