Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #23: Warm and Cool
I just love this time of year, when spring turns to summer and color is bursting from every corner of creation! And so I thought, "What better time to do a challenge based on the color wheel?!"...
I just love this time of year, when spring turns to summer and color is bursting from every corner of creation! And so I thought, "What better time to do a challenge based on the color wheel?!"...
Man, dads always seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to cookie decorating and gifting. While Mothers' Day cookies started posting here in March and April, and were even spotted as late as last week...
How could you miss the stunningly vibrant butterflies and flowers that beautified our site earlier this month?! Yeah, you couldn’t. Thanks to this month’s first* site artist, Sandra Garvey...
In this edition of Toolbox Talk, I'm zooming in on another ingredient that can mystify cookiers outside of the United States (US): corn syrup. It is sometimes listed in royal icing recipes, but it is not available all over the world...
By a show of hands, how many of you have been spending lots of extra time here on Cookie Connection as a respite from all of the crazy news out there these days? Certainly, for me, the most calming thing I can do (next to actually decorating cookies) is to sit in front of my computer...
Wow, how time seems to fly, especially now that I'm marking the passing of it with monthly Prettier Plaques stencil releases! This month, I've got three new five-piece stencil sets...
Hi, folks! Apologies in advance for my brevity this week, but it's been a working holiday of sorts for me. When not enjoying my home-away-from-home here in Maine, I've been combing through 15 years' worth of belongings...
If you weren’t able to attend our wonderfully lively chat with this month’s interviewee, Amy Clough of Clough’D 9 Cookies, then you’re in luck because we’re going way beyond that chat here . . . with one exception, that is...
It seems we've officially entered that in-between time of year, when spring is turning into summer in some parts of the world, and Mother's Day will soon come and go, leaving no big holiday looming imminently on the horizon...
I don’t know about you, but Mother’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year. Because my mom is just the best, honestly! I love giving her a treat on any day of the year (and I certainly do so), but on that special day, I love giving even more...
I always try to take advantage of the times when I’m in between cookie orders, either by playing with new (to me) techniques or designs that are too time-intensive to sell. This tea party cookie satisfies both of those criteria...