Showing posts with label cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cookies. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Valentine Sign Cookies
How do I love thee?
How about with these simple
I love you
I love you
sign language cookies?! :)
Individually packaged in inexpensive CD sleeves
with a hard candy, heart center...
the perfect treat for your little ones.
Happy (early) Valentine's Day!
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
All Aboard! The Polar Express (cookies!)
As I'm getting ready for the holidays, I promised my son that we'd have a Polar Express themed night...
you know...
Hot, Hot, - Hot Chocolate bar with all the toppings
Sleeping bags on the floor
Pjs on
and of course, you need snacks!
So I made...
Polar Express Cookies!!
Snowy, holiday steam trains
Silver sleigh bells
and of course,
a golden Polar Express ticket to ride
stamped "Believe"
Time to pop some popcorn and set up the hot chocolate!
Hand-decorated "PE" marshmallows with "Believe" flags...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Palette Cookie Feature
You all know I triple-dog love when some little thing that I've done gets some media attention.
How utterly thrilling to see that my
artist palette cookies
are being featured today on
I had such a fun time coming up with this idea when I made them for my son's 4th Birthday party. The theme was Little Picasso Art Party, and I wanted everything to be cute and packed with color!
These cookies were such a huge hit!
I made the little artist brush cookies separately
(yes, the brushes are cookies, not pretzels as some have asked) :)
They're one of my all-time most pinned, most commented on, and most featured projects!
I'm so thrilled that people like them!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Christmas Cookies
Is there anything more reminiscent of Christmas
than something homemade, fresh from the oven?
Looking for some Christmas baking inspiration?
I have an archive full of adorable and delicious Christmas cookie and sweet treat ideas!
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas
without the holiday scents of gingerbread, cinnamon, sugar cookies,
and spice filling the house!
So click on the links below for recipes and tutorials
as well as some eye candy inspiration sure to bring a smile to your face!
Christmas Baking Archives:
Happy Baking :)
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Gobble Gobble Turkey Cookies
Take time to savor the moments this Thanksgiving.
Laugh often and out loud.
Smile widely.
Smile widely.
Listen to the whispers of children and the wisdom of the old.
Give everyone big, warm arm-stretched hugs.
Relish your favorite foods with delight.
Count your blessings ~ you'll likely be surprised at how blessed you are!
Enjoy the lovely sites, delicious smells and familiar sounds that surround you.
Savor this holiday and those that are celebrating with you.
For this Thanksgiving will never come again.
Cherish every blessed moment of it.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Glad Tidings
I've been soaking up every blessed minute of this Christmas season ~ this is what life is all about...rejoicing in life's simple pleasures, indulging in all that we love, surrounded with our family and friends, fondly remembering year's past while hopefully looking to the New Year ahead :)
Christmas 2010 was filled with sweetness and joy in our household. Pure bliss!
For Christmas time is magical ~ the lights, the sounds, the sweet smells, the smiling faces, the unexpected surprises all adorably wrapped up and waiting to be opened. I don't care how old I get, I always feel like a child again at Christmas.
People often ask me why I go through so much hassle ~ as if turning our home into a Christmas wonderland for the joy of my son can be considered work!
To the naysayers, I ask what could possibly be more important
than bringing happiness to a little one?!?
I decorate inside and out...trees in nearly every room. Little seasonal splendors tucked into virtually every nook and cranny ~ holidays soaps and towels in the bathrooms, candy cane holders for guests to take home a treat (or two), holiday DVDs, Christmas books, freshly baked cookies and treats, holiday candles in peppermint, Christmas Cookies, pine and sparkling cinnamon, fresh greenery, cheery snowmen, warm cozy throws...
Our home gets turned into Christmasland
each and every December.
And I wouldn't have it any other way :)
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| A giant Santa airblown in our front yard. |
~ Sharing Christmas Love ~
On Christmas Eve, I finished up my baking,
carefully wrapping up boxes of cookies
to give as tasty & thoughtful little gifts for neighbors, friends and family.
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| A variety of delicious handmade cookies tucked into darling gingerbread boxes. |
Who wouldn't like to receive a box of homemade Christmas cookies?!?
Then my son and I made our annual perfectly imperfect gingerbread house,
getting messy and sticky with icing and candies,
laughing and sharing memories together :)
And we finished up the afternoon baking his cookies for Santa.
What sweet memories in the making...
learning at my hand just as I did from my mom.
Both of us wearing our matching gingerbread aprons.
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| The special Santa plate and key we put out each year. |
My husband went outside to light the traditional white paper bag
luminaries that line our walkway,
and turn on our Christmas lights...
while my son sprinkled reindeer food (oats and Christmas sugars) on the lawn.
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| An early gift on Christmas Eve! |
It's a tradition to open one early gift on Christmas Eve,
A Frosty the Snowman,
a Frosty recordable storybook,
and new Christmas pjs!
Once the little guy is tucked into bed,
it's time for Christmas magic to begin!!
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| Christmas morning bounty waiting to be discovered! |
Wrapping paper flying
discarded boxes and bows
A piping hot pot of coffee brewing,
fresh cinnamon rolls baking away in the oven...
Ahhh, Christmas morning!!!
I love every blessed second of it!!!!
Entertaining special company throughout the day,
playing with our new treasures...
watching favorite Christmas specials and movies.
It makes all of the planning & all of the prep
SO worth it!
For dinner, I made a savory beef roast,
with succulent herb-roasted seasonal vegetables,
and homemade melt-in-your-mouth buttery-softened dinner rolls.
I hope your Christmas was filled with wonder and delight,
and I wish all of you
a joyous, prosperous, and healthy
2011!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
♫ Christmas Caroler Cookies ♪
Bundled up for the cold to spread their Christmas cheer....
these cute little Christmas Caroler Kid Cookies are ready to sing your favorite carols!
♫ Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way... ♫
The perfect holiday cookie for children,
(particularly preschoolers)...
these cookies can be customized to resemble your children and their little friends.
these cookies can be customized to resemble your children and their little friends.
The possibilities are only limited by your imagination.
Imagine a welcoming platter of these adorable cookies,
served with mugs of piping hot chocolate
after a frosty evening out caroling in your neighborhood!
* Tip: Any basic sugar cookie recipe will work for the dough.
You can add food coloring or cocoa powder to give the children different complexions. *
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Paste or liquid food coloring
- Small candies for decorating (optional)
- royal icing
Instructions:
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
Divide dough in half. Shape each half of dough into a 6 inch roll. Wrap each roll in plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour or until dough is firm.
Step 1.) Once the dough is made and chilled for about an hour,
roll it out, and using a biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter,
cut the shapes for the children's faces.
Step 2.) Roll small bits of dough to form a nose.
Press the nose gently onto the center of the cookie.
Press the nose gently onto the center of the cookie.
Step 3.) Using a straw, create a little oval-shaped, open mouth on
each unbaked cookie to give them the appearance of singing.
Step 4.) Once all of the mouths are done,
the cookies will look something like this.
Step 5.) Using paste food colorings,
tint smaller batches of sugar cookie dough for hair, scarves, earmuffs and hats.
Step 6.) Using a clean garlic press,
force a tablespoon of colored dough through to make hair.
I have a new garlic press that I use only for this purpose.
Step 7.) Once the "hair" comes out,
gently lift it and press onto the heads of the cookies.
Use other small bits of tinted dough to form earmuffs, scarves and hats.
Like this...
Now your carolers are ready to be baked!
Step 8.) Pop the cookies into a 375 degree oven for 6-8 minutes.
Step 9.) Let the baked cookies cool on the cookie sheets
for 2 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 10.) Once the cookies have cooled,
you can finish decorating them with royal icing and candies.
Step 11.) To give their cheeks a rosy appearance as if they've been out in the cold,
fill a small cup with a couple of tablespoons of water
and add a scant drop or two of red food coloring or paste.
Step 12.) Use a clean paintbrush to lightly apply the diluted coloring
to the cheeks of each cookie.
* Tip: the brush should be nearly dry.
Keep a paper towel nearby to rub off the excess before applying to the cookie.
Step 13.) Attach mini chocolate chip eyes using royal icing
or other candies as you'd like!
Individually packaged with musical note tags,
or set on a platter or in a box wrapped in sheet music,
this little cherubic chorus of one-of-a-kind faces is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
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