I’m not going to lie to you. These cookies were a real bear. Pun intended, but for real, they took a long arse time. I nearly gave up on photographing the tutorial about halfway through as I was getting a serious case of the lazies. I didn’t though and I’m very glad for that because […]
Robot Girl Cookies
Several weeks ago Hani of Haniela’s and Mike of Semi Sweet Designs contacted me and a few other bloggers with the fabulous idea of throwing a virtual baby shower for our friend Jennifer from Not Your Momma’s Cookie. I’ve been following Jennifer’s pregnancy on her blog for the past several months and am so excited to virtually celebrate her new baby […]
Multi-tasking Your Candy Corn Cutter for Springtime Beehive Cookies
The candy corn cookie cutter gets major bonus points as an adaptable cutter. Sugarbelle has used it to make Star Wars cookies and Owl in Pumpkin cookies. Sue from Munchkin Munchies chose it for Watermelon Slice Cookies. Sweet Hope Cookies even made Angry Bird cookies. Another fun use for the candy corn cutter… Beehive Cookies! Isn’t it truly a great fit? I’ve been […]
Putting All of Your Ugly Easter Eggs in One Basket: 7 Common Cookie-Decorating Mistakes & Tips to Avoid Them
Just when I think I’m past the worst of my cookie-goofing days, I make a batch of jacked up Easter Egg cookies that remind me I’m no Cookie Boss just yet. Though tempted to eat all evidence, I decided that it would be a lot more fun to showcase my goofed up cookies and some lessons […]
Sneaky Little Ghost Cookies
Simple shapes. Simple techniques. The first thing that comes to mind when I make these delicious sneaky little ghost cookies. Lots of Halloween fun! And its September folks, so Halloween-related posts are fair game. Hurray! For festive Halloween-style, I tend towards cutesy versus creepy, and I’m not into gory. These sneaky little ghost cookies are […]
Little Princess Cookies: Virtual Baby Shower for Sugarbelle & LilaLoa
There must have been something sweet shaking around the cosmos nine months back as the two greatest Cookie Queens of all-time, Callye AKA Sugarbelle and Georganne AKA LilaLoa, each had a baby girl last week and on the very same day! To celebrate the arrival of their little cookie princesses, my friends Hani of Haniela’s, Mike of Semi Sweet, and […]
Mr. & Ms. Shamrock Cookies for St. Patrick’s Day
While I cringe at many of the cookies from my early decorating days, two years ago for St. Patrick’s Day I made sparkly shamrock cookies and St. Patty’s Day Cupcake Cookies, which I still love to pieces! Last year, I was a bit lazy and decided to ride on the coattails of my awesome cookie friends’ creations, but this year, […]
Raindrop Cookies for April Showers and Baby Showers
It’s raining babies these days and no better way to celebrate a baby shower than with rosy-cheeked, smiley-faced raindrop cookies! These cheerful cookies fit in with just about any baby shower given that “showers of love” is a universally sweet […]
Tips for Rolling and Cutting Out Perfect Sugar Cookies Every Time
Rolling out sugar cookies can be fun and simple, but as I mentioned in my Classic Sugar Cookies post, when I first started making sugar cookies, I had trouble rolling out the dough just right. Some cookies were thinner than others. I had a mess of flour all over the kitchen, yet rarely enough on my […]
Classic Sugar Cookies Recipe
I’ve tinkered with many sugar cookie recipes to find my own variation that never fails to produce tasty, beautiful cookies. I used to think sugar cookies tasted blah. All looks and no yum. Judging from the number of sugar cookie posts on my blog, you can see that I’ve since flip-flopped. I just needed to steer […]