Share the Ideas & Inspiration As a cookie decorator I want to get a beautiful look to my cookies. To do this I use a variety of cookie icing recipes. But, by far my most popular and most used recipe is this one. Why? This glossy icing dries with a nice shine which shows off…
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Jill’s Sugar Cookie Recipe
Share the Ideas & Inspiration As a decorator I have tried dozens of cookie recipes to get the perfect sugar cookie for decorating. After years of tweaking, this is it. This recipe makes a sturdy and flat cookie to create a wonderful decorating surface. Although I use vanilla and almond extract, you can add any…
Christmas Heart Sugar Cookies
Share the Ideas & InspirationI loved creating different Christmas designs using a heart cookie cutter. Enjoy the two video tutorials. Sugar Cookie Recipe (printable recipe below) Ingredients: 2 sticks salted butter (no margarine) 1 Cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract (other extracts are…
Have a Cookie Decorating Party
Share the Ideas & Inspiration There is nothing better than gathering neighbors and friends to share in decorating Christmas holiday cookies. For me it is a thrill as I am usually decorating myself for photo shoots and Youtube videos. So, having people join me in what I love is fantastic. During the holidays I offered…
Halloween Cookies – Candy Corn, Bat, Cat
Share the Ideas & Inspiration Using just three food gel colors, you can create candy corn, bats, cats, pumpkins and witch hat for your Halloween cookie tray. Make our yummy sugar cookies and royal icing (see printable recipe below). Watch how quick and simple it is to outline and flood cookies with royal icing. Allow…
Yummy Lemon & Blueberry Bars
Share the Ideas & Inspiration Let’s make the best of both worlds – lemon and blueberry. I created the traditional lemon bars with blueberry compote for the top. I brought them to my staff and they loved them. It is a mixture of sweet and sour, along with a dense cookie. YUM! Watch how easy…
Top 4 Best Cookie Recipes of All Time
Share the Ideas & Inspiration I love cookies! You would think my favorite dessert was cake since I am a cake decorator. Truth be told, I would eat a moist (right out of the oven) chocolate chip cookie over cake any day. My sister Kathy and I used to buy the cookie dough in a…
Simple Cookie Monster Cupcakes to Make with Kids
Share the Ideas & InspirationI had so much fun making these Cookie Monster cupcakes with Kinley. It is always fun to have kids join you in making treats. There are so many teaching skills that they learn by doing things that are fun. Of course, the eating part is fun too. when my kids…
Make Sweet Spring Cookies for Easter
Share the Ideas & InspirationI love the colors of spring. Bright and bold yellows, blues, pinks, purple, orange, and greens. Each year I buy a few bags of jellybeans and display in jars around my house. It greets my guests with something sweet and the colors radiate “It’s spring!”. You won’t see black jelly beans…
Gingerbread Cookies for Decorating
Share the Ideas & InspirationIt’s the holidays and the smell of gingerbread baking in the oven is a must!! So make this easy recipe and have fun decorating. Use our simple royal icing recipe (go to search) and decorate using a snip of a freezer ziploc bag. So simple!! Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients: 3 ¼ cups…