cookie cutters

Dec 23, 2011

Decorated Snowflake Cookies!

‘Tis the season for making a flurry of snowflake cookies.

Sugar cookie recipe and tutorial. Roll, cut and bake.

Royal Icing Recipe and Tutorial. Outline. #2 tip.

Fill in. Lightly sprinkle with rainbow Disco Dust.

Sunlight refracted through the chandelier.

Individuality.

Shiny silver dragees.

Finishing touches.

Snow drift.

Flurries. Mini Snowflake Tutorial.

Bearing gifts.

To all my readers, new friends I have made along the way, and to the loves of my life, all unique and beautiful …

… Wishing you a magical holiday and the happiest new year!

Love,

Marilyn

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Apr 13, 2011

“Sweet Embraceable Ewe” Cookies

Move over bunnies! There’s a new cookie in town! Well, actually there’s a whole flock. When I was making wedding cookies samples I used a fondant embossing sheet on a few of them. I liked the look of one sheet in particular and thought the pattern would look cute on lamb cookies. You can read the post I wrote about how to use the embossing sheet on fondant here. Here’s the quick recap ~ Roll the embossing sheet over the… [Read More]

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Dec 23, 2010

Mini Snowflake Cookies

Good things do come in small packages. Especially in bite sized ones.After icing the cookies with thinned icing and letting them dry, I brushed them with aqua colored luster powder for a soft blush of color. I then piped the details on the cookie and finished with a single silver dragee in the center. For the presentation I used paper loaf pans that I never got around to using for baking cranberry bread for Thanksgiving. Another small package and… [Read More]

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Jul 29, 2010

Debutante Ball Gown Decorated Cookie

Preppy 101 asked me to make a cookie for a friend’s debutante celebration and I was thrilled! I thought the cookie cutter used for the “Betty Draper Party Dress” that is featured in my Give-Away would be perfect and I wanted to share a couple more decorating ideas with you.Click HERE to enter the give-away if you’d like. It ends this Sunday after Mad Men. 🙂 I began with my favorite Sugar Cookie and Royal Icing recipes. In keeping with… [Read More]

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Jul 22, 2010

“Mad Men” Cookies, Quiz and GIVE-AWAY

Mad Men Decorated Cookies “What do Mad Men episodes and cookies have in common?”One is never enough!!! I’m celebrating the premier of season 4 with a cookie-related Give-Away! But first… take the “The Mad Men Cookie Quiz” just for fun. 🙂 Can you guess which character goes with the cookie? (There might be some slight overlap but one character ‘owns’ the cookie.) 1.a. Bertram Cooper b. Donald Draper c. Roger Sterling 2. a. Peggy Olsen b. Helen Bishop c. Joan… [Read More]

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May 10, 2010

“Butterfly Cookies” – Decorated Cookie of The Month

I was inspired by The Butterfly Cookies I saw on the Fancy Flours website. The Butterfly Wafer Paper Set is the key ingredient for the effect. I read their ‘how-to’ but I did things a bit different. You will need: Sugar Cookie Recipe (previous post) Royal Icing Recipe (previous post) • Blue and Lavender Butterfly Wafer Paper Set (SKU: 3601-WP-BCS-1) • Butterflies Cookie Cutter Set (SKU: 4300-RM-BF-1 ) • Edible Clear Writing Gel (SKU: 9999-CK-GL-1) to act as ‘glue’ for… [Read More]