stars and stripes cookies
These bite size stars and stripes cookies are super simple to make using store-bought candy and sprinkles. Though cutting up the licorice was a bit time consuming, so I probably would've been better making larger cookies (as in, fewer cookies to decorate and more bang for ...
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firecracker cookies
These are quick and easy and simple and small: little square firecracker cookies. I drew these on square cookies topped with squares of fondant (bake cookies using a 2 1/4 inch square cutter, roll out store-bought fondant, cut out squares with the same cutter, adhere to cookie ...
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hen cake pops
Well, the cake pops aren't vintage. Their inspiration is. (And please excuse the chocolate cake oozing most unattractively from the hen pop up there.) These hen cake pops were inspired by my mom's vintage ceramic hen.
I don't know why I never make cake pops. I guess I've a cookie ...
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Father's Day cookies
I know exactly what you're thinking. Genius, right? Yeah. I know. Can you believe the hand that made these is not yet three? Just consider the concentration, effort and patience it took to make this blue one ... (in case my tone isn't conveyed by blogging, please note I ...
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doughnut art
What is "donut art" you may ask? Or, rather, doughnut art? It's just me playing around with Microsoft Paint (update revisiting this post 8 years later, I now use Photoshop and I'm kind of cringing at these drawings).
The ...
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Cookie cupcakes: Cookies disguised as cute little cupcakes.
Introducing.... Cookie cupcakes! Looks like a cupcake. Tastes like a cookie. See? Cookies. That look like mini cupcakes. Cupcake cookies. Precious cookie cupcakes you might just need to make for a birthday ...
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I love these cute BBQ marshmallows, fun marshmallow art with food coloring pens to bring to a summer cook-out or BBQ.
BBQ marshmallows
It's been a while since I added to my marshmallow art collection. So I made some BBQ marshmallows for your summer party. These are incredibly easy to ...
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Decorate tree branch cookies painted with a wood grain, and perch a fondant owl on top.
wood grain cookies
One useful cookie decorating technique is painting on cookies. Here, I use the cookie painting method to create a wood grain pattern on tree branch cookies. And because what goes ...
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cocktail cookies
I'm hoping my friend doesn't see this post, because we're going to the Sex in the City 2 movie and I'm bringing these along to add to our post-movie Cosmos: Over-the-rim cocktail cookies! That is, lime wedge cookies made to fit on your cocktail glass. (Cookies go with cocktails, ...
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I liked these stacked flower cookies more in theory than execution, but maybe once I perfect the poured sugar icing thing, I'll lose those choppy edges.
My thoughts were that these would be good to either serve stacked on a platter at a party or stacked and tied and given as a ...
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wafer paper cookies
Wafer paper cookies are cookies decorated with edible sugar sheets that have beautiful printed designs.
So I was in Michaels Craft Store the other day, and I saw THESE. Duff Cake Tattoos. (As in, Duff of Ace of Cakes, as in, designs printed on edible sheets used to ...
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How to decorate bird cookies with poured sugar icing and fondant.
These bird cookies are the result of my experimenting with poured sugar icing, that is, an icing you pour rather than spread or pipe. Usually, poured sugar is used to coat petits fours, but I used it to coat cookies.
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This blog post covers all about food coloring including the best food coloring to buy and how to mix colors into frosting and icing.
You'll need to master food coloring to decorate cookies, cakes, and cupcakes.
Once you have a handle on food coloring, be sure to check out all of my posts on ...
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mini chocolate sandwich cookies
These teeny, tiny, bite-size chocolate sandwich cookies are the perfect snack-size treat. To make them, I simply used my chocolate cut-out cookie dough, but with a tiny cutter.
Remember to make these adjustments:
I used a 1/2-inch circle fondant ...
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typewriter cupcake toppers
I made these typewriter cupcake toppers to celebrate a writer friend of mine.
The other day I went to a book reading and signing for a friend of mine, Sandra Beasley. Every seat was filled, and I even had to wait in line to get my copy of her new book of poetry, i was ...
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pink princess cupcakes
So the other day I ask my daughter, "What do you want to do?" (expecting the response to be along the lines of "playground" or "draw"). "Make pink cupcakes." The specificity of the answer is what readily made me accept this plan to make cupcakes an hour before dinner.
I ...
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candy cookies
For those that can't decide between candy and cookies... make candy cookies. The perfect combination. These cookies are decorated to look like candy: Swedish Fish and gumdrops.
Q. Can you spot the cookies?
how to make Swedish fish and gum drop cookies
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family portrait cookies
I don't know if these are creepy or cool. Hopefully they fall in the latter category. But these family portrait cookies are a perfect cookie gift idea for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or just because. Draw on cookies with food coloring pens and personalize them to match any ...
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I'm off to sunny Florida for a couple of days... I'll be back posting away next week, but I'll leave you with a tiny taste of sunshine and beaches with these palm tree and flamingo cookies.
For these cookies, I used this cut out cookie dough cut and baked into 2 1/2 inch circles, tinted ...
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Easy Earth Day marshmallows using food writers.
Earth Day marshmallows
For a more hasty tribute to Earth: grab your edible pens and sketch away on a marshmallow to make Earth Day marshmallows. These couldn't be easier to make so you can hurry up and get outside and enjoy nature ...
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