In our ongoing celebration of gingerbread this month, we turn from the fabulous 3-D creations of last week's Spotlight to honor 2-D gingerbread treats. Though certainly shorter and flatter than last week's honorees, this week's hot list* continues to...
'Tis the season for cookie contests! In addition to the Cookie Connection Christmas Countdown Challenge which opens on November 25, Melania Gasión and her editorial team at the lovely Sweet Magazine have just announced another...
In honor of Gingerbread Month here on Cookie Connection, this week's Saturday Spotlight features nothing other than . . . gingerbread, naturally! More specifically though, I've cast the spotlight on 3-D projects, as opposed to classic...
My word, putting together my new cookie decorating app has been like birthing a baby! But it's finally done and ready to push out into the world (so to speak)! Celebration GiveawayTo help spread the word about its birth, I'm running a...
Did you ever imagine that something as simple as decorated cookies - a straightforward mixture of sugar, flour, and a few other things - could connect us so powerfully? When I started this site, I certainly had hopes of making cookie friends outside...
OK, gang, with Halloween now behind us, it's time to ditch the witches, ghouls, and sugar skulls (my, were those skulls ever popular this year!) and make way for more Thanksgiving-y things. Think leaves, acorns, turkeys, drumsticks, green bean...
It's never too early to start planning for Christmas, especially when that planning involves a challenge with over $700 worth of prizes! (Yes, over $700. You heard me right!) Thanks to the very generous support of several sponsors (see below),...
What makes the difference between a cookie aficionado and a cookiepreneur? Profit! Remember we are talking business here, and the bottom line is the bottom line. I am going to dive right into this two-part series. Part I, Creating a Successful...
Looking for a convenient way to hone your decorating skills? Then I suggest you check out Craftsy. They have yet to offer a cookie decorating course (despite the fact that I've been working on them ever since declining a class with them a few years...
So sorry for the delay in posting this week's featured cookies*, but as you may or may not know, last week I was visiting Naples (Florida and Italy), where I enjoyed attractions as incongruous as alligators in the Everglades and flour mills in ancient...
It's that ambiguous time of year when half the leaves are on the trees and half are off . . , when sometimes a jacket isn't enough and other times I can't shed my jacket fast enough . . . when the Halloween candy hasn't been gobbled yet, but in the...
Given the wealth of phenomenal cookies posted to Cookie Connection each week, it's pretty darn easy to get lulled into site-centric thinking. All of the world's greatest cookies are here, right?! Granted, many fabulous...
Over the last three years that I’ve been decorating cookies, I've become a member of a club of sorts; I’d even go as far as calling it a sorority of cookie sisters. Those of you in this sweet sorority can attest to how wonderful...
Just two or three weeks ago, I was worried that I might have sprung fall cookies on you too soon. But now I'm wondering if I didn't start early enough! Given the abundant crop of autumn-inspired cookies posted to Cookie Connection in recent weeks, I...
Now that the dust has settled (a bit) after the whirlwind of last night's CookieCon reg, I thought, "Why not stir it up again?!" So here you go . . . I know, I know, our cookier of honor in this close-up needs no introduction. None. What. So....
