Love is a many-splendored thing. And, on Cookie Connection, love also serves as inspiration for many a splendid cookie! Before we take a look at this week's hot list however, I wanted to mention a couple of things...
Hello, cookiers! This post marks the first of my announcements about my 2025 cookie art competition! Woo hoo! I am so very excited to kick off this year’s competition season, and I hope you are too! As always, the aim of my competition, above all else, is...
Are you tired of tutorials about stenciled royal icing transfers? Well, please don't be, because I’ve got one more! I shared my first stenciled royal icing transfer tutorial five years ago and, with this tutorial, I'm coming full circle...
Over the past week, I’ve seen all manner of “wintry mix”: ice, slush, freezing rain, snow, snow, and more snow. I’m not particularly fond of moving about in the latter much less shoveling it, so on snow days, I...
What another week it has been. I completely agree with Julia's post from last week regarding the abundance of troubling issues worldwide and what we can be doing to help. I'll refrain from...
Just a quick note to share some great news! Manu, Delorse, and I have decided to extend the entry deadline for Challenge #58 to Sunday, February 9 (5 pm CT) to...
Hi, everyone! My apologies in advance if you came here seeking sweet cookies, and only sweet cookies. I assure you, we will get to them, but I feel that it would be negligent of me to avoid the mention of more serious matters first...
The new year is always a time for fresh starts. It's also a great time for cookiers of all stripes to identify areas in need of improvement and new challenges to overcome. Personally, I've realized that I have to...
The idea for this tutorial was sparked while working on "3-D Lantern Cookie Redux", my October tutorial, where I replaced the isomalt panes of my older "3-D Lantern Cookie" project with stenciled and airbrushed royal icing panes. I closed the latter tutorial by...
I don't know about you, but the work that I put into Christmas preps is always at the last minute, and the energy I expend is often off the charts. Not surprisingly, I am...
'Twas the weekend before Christmas and all through the house . . . sugar and wrapping paper were strewn - everywhere! I realize this is not how the story goes, but it is...
Despite scattered Thanksgiving and tropics-themed interlopers, we're all-in with Christmas cookies in this week's Spotlight! From Maggy Morales' jovial Santa in the cover image to...
Since featuring stenciled royal icing transfers in my past two tutorials, I have continued to experiment with their applications in 3-D cookie constructions. Stenciled royal icing transfers are rather fragile, but they are...
For many of us, December is "the most wonderful time of the year". Though, for most of us, it is also the busiest! I don't know about you, but...
Hi, all. By now, you may have read Aproned Artist's announcement at the end of her new and very fabulous nutcracker tutorial. If not, in a nutshell (pun intended), she's planning to...
