Monday, July 14, 2008

M & M Cookies



These are my practice cookies for my daughter's upcoming birthday. She wants to have an M&M themed party. These were definately a challenge, especially moving them from my mat to a cookie sheet, but I was determined. For the most part I like how they came out, but I will be making some changes to the ones I do for the party.

Hearts & Stars Cookies


I am now becoming a little obsessed with perfecting my cookies. I made these for my husbands work. Just to practice and get better with rolling the dough and buttercream to the right thickness, and outlining more precise. They are a lot of work, but the finished product is looking better with practice.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Cookies


This was my second attempt with cookies. I was much happier with the outcome. I am beginning to really like all the options I have with cookies, and how they can be decorated. I cannot wait to do more.

Friday, July 4, 2008

4th of July


This was my second year doing 4th of July cupcakes. I once again used Reynolds ® FunShapes baking cups in the stars. This year the cupcakes are yellow cake, decorated with buttercream icing. I decided to use the basket weave tip for the stripes, then smooth ice the blue section. I used a #14 star tip for the stars. This year I was much happier with the final outcome.