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flower puzzle cookies

I suppose it’s only fair that if my brother had to work for his birthday cookies, my sister would, too. And I had to make sure my two, young nieces have my sister assemble these flowers before eating them, because she’s good at finding loopholes. For the record, she’s also good at throwing parties, being [...]



zebra print cookies and turning 13

The year:  1985. The age: 13. My first year at Fisher Junior High. Middle school. Lockers. Homeroom. Pre-teen angst at its most dangerous. (Don’t ever take me back, Delorean time machine.) Leg warmers, lace fingerless gloves, Jelly shoes. Hair soaked in Aquanet. The Rubik’s Cube smashed in frustration. Reagan in the White House. The Breakfast [...]



happy birthday letter cookies

I usually send my brother cookies for his birthday ( These Superhero cookies were his. So were these Pac-Man and arcade cookies.) This year, everything is a bit simpler. I’m just spelling it out.   But he’s gotta work for it. Ha ha ha ha ha.   If you feel bad for him, I should [...]



rainbow pound cake for a five-year old

  So my daughter just turned five. She has anticipated this day since she turned four. As such, I’m afraid the distance between her real birthday and the actual celebration day was too long for her to bear. So on her actual birthday we made some rainbow pound cake. The reasons being: It’s small enough [...]



birthday cookies!! cake, candles, a glass of milk and a fork

Birthday cookies! Made for a friend I’ve known since–yikes!–1990. That’s twenty-plus years if you’re counting. I had the candle cutter, but I cut out the milk, the slice of cake and the fork by hand. Here are some tips on making them. I used my cookie dough and frosting recipe. Made these colors with my [...]