Archive for 2007

It's Happy New Years Eve. . .Yes!

Sizzle Sprinkled with Flavor Don't you just love to hear sizzling in the morning when you know that breakfast is close behind? Don'...

New Year's Eve Tiara cookies

Don't you just love wearing those "Happy New Year" tiaras? I always have. Here's a cookie to match! Using a #3 tip and wh...

Yay! I'm officially a foodie! :)

Check out the link to the right.... bake at 350 is officially part of the Foodie BlogRoll! I am so excited! Now I have some serious comp...

LeeAnn's Gingerbread Cookies: Cookie Exchange!

I love everything about these cookies....the squiggles, the eyes, the ribbon and the way the sunlight is streaming in on them. Thanks, Lee...

Daring Baker Challenge. . .A New Christmas Tradition!!!

HO. . .HO. . .HO. . . MERRY CHRISTMAS! New Christmas Tradition. . .The Yule LOG =D Well, I have to say that Ivonne and Lisa are wonderful a...

Flood Icing

Flood icing is simply royal icing with water added to make a consistency to "flood" or fill in the outlined design. It's best ...

One more!

During my last batch of cookies :), I started running low on dark green icing, so I switched up the colors and really liked the outcome. Thi...

More Christmas baking...

The second batch needed dots... I don't know why, but I love seeing them all stacked together like this. Today I tried a new way to ap...

Seeing red

Red icing is probably the most difficult to make. I love AmeriColor's Super Red gel paste coloring! It doesn't take as much to get a...

Sparkly Christmas Presents

The picture doesn't do justice to the sanding sugar...it is so sparkly! I've always used "sparkling sugar", but could onl...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Here's a peek at a little Christmas baking... ...waiting for sparkling sugar tomorrow morning....

Oh, deer!

To make this sweet little deer: In dark brown icing, outline the deer with a #2 tip. Be sure to close off the tail separate from the body. ...

Red Velvet Cake

I have always loved the idea of baking a red velvet cake. The cake is cheerful looking and decadent all at the same time. Not only that b...

Scenes from a bakery supply store

I know this has nothing to do with cookie decorating, but I couldn't resist posting a picture of the "MEN" drawer at the bake...

Smoked Salmon Salad With Raspberry Vinaigrette

Living in the state of Washington, along the coast, I have an abundance of choices for seafood and, unforetunately, I do not always cook fre...

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

I am so dusting off my treadmill tomorrow. I have been baking for several days again and now I am on the pasta kick. I love homemade pasta...

Chocolate Pecan Pie with Caramel Sauce and Powdered Sugar

I absolutely love pecan pie and I know that it is a generalization that women naturally love chocolate. . .but this is not always true. . .I...

I am Back and Here to Stay. . .with Recipes =D

I work in construction as a commercial electrician and I hurt my right elbow so typing, writing, cooking, yepper. . .Thanksgiving was a cha...

Royal Icing and Icing Bags

Royal icing....it may just be the easiest icing you will ever make. It is perfect for cookie decorating. Royal icing dries hard and shiny, s...

Christmas Wreaths

Here's an easy Christmas wreath cookie...a great cookie for beginners! This little wreath was the first Christmas cookie I ever tried. I...

Tips on tips

There are a lot of icing tips to choose from, but for decorating cookies, you only need a few. The tips I use the most are the plain round...

Dotty

When I first learned to add flat dots in my icing, I loved them so much, I wanted to add them to everything! You can use varying shades of t...

Gobble, Gobble

To make these turkey cookies: Outline the turkey body in brown using a #2 tip. (Spectrum Chocolate Brown) Thin royal icing in brown, red, o...

I can't live without...

PARCHMENT PAPER!!! This stuff is the best! Cookies don't stick and don't over brown. I like parchment paper more so than baking ma...

Give Thanks

It's that time of year to really be thankful for our blessings. Here's how to make these sweet little pilgrim boys and girls: (All i...

Cornish Hens

Cornish Hens With Pecan Stuffing And Port Wine Sauce I always have thought that cornish hens are a wonderful backdrop for trying so many ...

Holiday Shrimp Salad

I feel absolutely terrible! I look forward to being able to continue learning how to blog! I have only just started and I have met so...

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