Rehearsal Dinner Cookies

As lovely as these cookies turned out, they were almost the death of me :( If something could go wrong, it did. I made the sugar cookie cutouts before moving on to the frosting. Made the frosting and thought the consistency was a bit off but didn't pay much attention to it. I mean, I used the same ingredients I always use: meringue powder, water, and powdered sugar. Can't get much simpler than that! I frosted each cookie (50! and they were huge) and left them to sit. After awhile I noticed that the frosting seemed off. I always make a couple extra to "test" just in case ;) I felt the frosting and it was the consistency of SAND-something it should NOT be. I felt several...same thing. There was NO WAY I could save these cookies. I was so sad (angry!) as I dumped them into the garbage. All that work-hours and hours-in the garbage. I couldn't not remake them so I went to the store and bought new meringue powder and powdered sugar just in case. I had to remake all the dough, cut the cookies, bake, make the frosting, and frost. They turned out perfectly the second time. Way way better than the first time (even if the frosting had turned out).