Your favourite sugar cookie or shortbread cookie recipe
Piping tips (to pipe the words and to cut out the circles of the cassette tape)
Piping bag
Royal icing
Cassette tape boxes
Microplane, optional
Instructions
Make the cookie dough according to the instructions of your recipe and chill the dough for at least an hour. Between two sheets of parchment paper, roll out the chilled dough to 1/4-inch in thickness. Cut out rectangles that are 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Transfer the cutouts to a large lined baking sheet. Using the back of a piping tip (the larger round end), cut out two circles for the tape reels at almost the half-way mark of the short edge of the tape. If you have a cassette tape handy, hover it over your cutout to make sure the everything lines up. Transfer the baking sheet with the cutouts to the freezer for 15 minutes to help the dough firm up. A thoroughly chilled dough will ensure that the cookies will retain their shape when baking.
Bake the cookies according to the instructions of your recipe. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating. If any of the edges are not straight, use a microplane to gently even out the sides.
Fill a piping bag fitted with a small round piping tip with royal icing. Decorate the cookies with the details of a real cassette tape. Allow the icing to dry completely before placing into cassette tape box.
Place cookies in cassette tape boxes and gift to your Valentine or favourite concert buddy!