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...
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...
Again, my apologies for the delay in this week's Saturday Spotlight. A zany cookie-filled weekend prevented me from getting to my computer at the usual posting time. (If I remember correctly, fellow Cookie Connection members Charlene Smith and Penny...
First, my apologies if I'm advancing the seasons too rapidly for you! But EEK! I spotted my first pumpkin cookie of the year about two weeks ago, so I'm afraid that Halloween cookies might already be past due! Without further delay, let me...
Happy Saturday! It's that special time again when we celebrate the week's finest decorated cookies. And, boy, are they ever fine! In an effort to disrupt another cookie rut (this time, it's the thousands of dots I'm laying on cookie jewelry boxes...
Hello, cookiers! What's on your docket this Labor Day weekend? Are you hanging up the pastry bags to dry or are you settling in for some soothing, uninterrupted cookie decorating time? Unfortunately, you won't catch me chillaxing at any...
Phew, I see light at the end of the top-coating tunnel! After icing another few hundred cookies this week for the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show (I'm doing a large-scale cookiescape with the help of Cookie Connection members Charlie's Cakes and...
Hello, cookiers! After baking and flooding close to 300 cookies in the last three days (with a few hundred more looming on the horizon), I am in a deep and seemingly inescapable cookie rut. That said, I'm throwing caution to the wind and...
I frankly wasn't sure when I would get around to posting this week's Saturday Spotlight. (I was on vacation this week and inundated - in a good way - with family and other house guests.) But with cookies as exceptional as those topping this week's hot...
My oh my, time has sure flown by! It's already the season for appreciating those dwindling spare moments before the onslaught of carpooling kids, packing lunches, and the otherwise busy school year begins. How are you spending this precious time?...
Just like last week, I'm loving the eclecticism (and immense skill) displayed in this week's hottest cookies. So much so that I'm honoring those in the big, broad hot list again - as opposed to choosing any special cookie subset. (Though heads up: I...
Cookie Connection has quickly grown into a large and incredibly diverse international community (woo hoo!), and this week's Top 10 cookies truly underscore this point with their wide-ranging styles, techniques, and design perspectives. The...
Who better to feature in this week's Saturday Spotlight than our Vintage Vacation contest finalists?! Though the finalists were announced in our forums last night, it seemed only fair to let these fabulous entries bask another whole week in the...
Boom! Bang! Bam! Yeah, those were the sounds of the fireworks that went off in my head as I saw one after another great cookie pop onto this week's hot list.* After I faked you out last week, I thought it only fair that I showcase some of...
