Pretty Valentine’s Day Icing Palette
One of my favorite things about cookie decorating is putting together pretty color palettes. I’ve posted color palettes in the past, but they kind of got lost in the busyness of the past two years, and...
View ArticleValentine’s Day Conversation Heart Icing Color Palette
There are few things in life I find more mysterious than pastel icing and candy conversation hearts. Pastel icing isn’t really mysterious, I guess; it’s just hard for me. I’m just a little heavy-handed...
View ArticleHow to Make Speckled Icing with Vanilla Bean Paste
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine sent me a little snippet from “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” In the clip, Ryan demonstrates how to create a rolling cursor by holding down the space bar on an iPhone....
View ArticleHow to Make Rustic Speckled Heart Cookies
If cookies were a comfortable sweater, these would be my favorite sweater of all. Heart shaped cookies with simple icing roses are probably my signature design. If I ever don’t know what to make, this...
View ArticleYou’re Grate: Cheesy Decorated Cheese Cookies
All my life I’ve heard, “It ain’t easy being cheesy,” but, really, it is! I’m about as cheesy as they come. Cheesy jokes, cheesy food, and now, cheesy cookies. I used to make cheese cookies the hard...
View ArticleYou’re Grate! Punny Cheese Grater Cookies for Valentine’s Day
Every year, at about this time, I find myself wishing that I had one more week to make Valentine’s Day cookies. Not because I’m a big fan of the day of love, but because I love making punny cookies to...
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