Sugar Cookies Archives – Page 5 of 5

How to Make Your Own Stencils

Emilie July 31, 2015

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When I first got my airbrush, I spent hours drooling over all the fancy stencils I could buy to use with my cookies. Even before I got my airbrush, I drooled over the stencils I could use for stenciling on…
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Custom Cookies without Special Cutters

Emilie July 30, 2015

Here's an alt tag for the image: Minions-themed cookies and plush toy.

I have a very nice little (OK . . . BIG) cookie cutter collection. I have enjoyed assembling it over time– a vintage cutter here, as I imagine the grandmotherly hands that used it to create Christmas cookies in years…
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How to Stencil Cookies

Emilie July 26, 2015

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How to Stencil Cookies If you’re like me, you have probably looked enviously at those gorgeous Pinterest pictures of immaculate, airbrushed sugar cookies. You tried not to be envious . . . but it was hard. How in the world…
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Quickest Cookies Ever

Emilie July 25, 2015

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There are some things in life I just don’t understand. Putting salt on watermelon. A Porsche minivan. How a TV can get 300 channels, and I still can’t find anything to watch.But anyway . . . (throat clearing), there is…
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Beautiful Wedding Cookies

Emilie July 24, 2015

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Photo by Jill Lang We just went through June, and ’tis the season for all things wedding!!! I have had multiple requests from friends for wedding cookie ideas, and I’ve been thinking. Those thoughts have been cooking on the back…
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Cookies for Others, Sugar Cookies

Double Duty Cookie Cutters

Emilie July 24, 2015

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I’m sure, if you have even more than dipped a cautious toe into the exciting world of cookie decorating, you have, at some point, reached that roadblock that so many of us face: “That is so cute, but I…
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Jill, beautiful Jill

Emilie July 22, 2015

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There are some things in life that just make a normal day so much sweeter . . . finding a parking spot miraculously in front of the parking lot, discovering a pile of sale clothing and– Eureka!– the very…
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Royal Icing 101

Emilie July 18, 2015

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The first time I ever heard the name “royal icing,” my brain somehow thought it had something to do with Britain and the Royal family. But, unfortunately, the only thing royal icing and the Royal family have in common is…
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Basic Sugar Cookie Recipe

Emilie July 16, 2015

The first part of making cookies . . . and, of course, the bare bones between success or failure, lies in your basic skills and cookie preparation. If you’re already a pro who has Paula Deen on speed dial, move…
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