Wait! Where did all the Christmas cookies go?! A few weeks ago, I got a very special request to send ukulele cookies up to New Hampshire. Read more…
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nordic sweater tutorial
I am a big time doodler. I doodle during meetings at work. I doodle during conference calls. I doodle during regular calls. I doodle a lot, and mostly cookie patterns. Read more…
cute quickie cookies
Need to make cute cookies in a hurry? Or cookies simple enough to make with kids? Many of the cookies on this blog are time-consuming and complicated. Some are very time-consuming. But today I am sharing a set of cookies that I wouldn’t ordinarily post on the blog: quickie cookies. Read more…
so THAT’S what those funny shaped tips are for!
For my 30th birthday, my then fiancé (now husband) gave me a tool box filled with piping bags, icing tips, and food coloring. I had been decorating cookies with those little tubes of icing from the grocery store. That gift started me on the path to what has become a pretty serious hobby. Read more…
easter egg tutorial
The first time I made cookies for Nate, he remarked, “it’s amazing what you can do with lines and dots!” It’s true. With the right colors and designs, easy techniques can have a powerful impact.
panda birthday
On New Year’s Eve, I resolved to make fewer cookies in 2014. I blew it on day two. It’s not that I don’t love cookie-ing; I’m just worried that it has become my thing. As in the thing I do.
Seeing as I couldn’t not make cookies for a whole week, it probably actually is my thing and resistance is pointless. And if I’m going to do my thing, I want to do it well. New resolution: make good cookies in 2014.
custom california cookies
I have too many cookie cutters. When I first met Nate, the only cookie cutter I owned was a round biscuit cutter. I lived in a 420 square foot condo with a tiny galley kitchen, probably better suited for apartment-sized appliances than the large high-end ones that ended up there. In any case, I didn’t have room for cookie cutters and didn’t really see the need; I was satisfied to pipe my own designs onto circles. Read more…
Snickerdoodledoo 