Saturday, June 21, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
April showers bring…. cookie orders
As I mentioned in my last post I received many orders the month of April. Actually it was the most I have ever received in a month and they were all for the last two weeks of April, 5 orders in less than 2 weeks. Whew…
Some of my favorite cookies I have ever made have come from these orders. My new favorite are the baby shower cookies I made. Yet again I went hunting on Pinterest for ideas on how I could incorporate both pink and blue on the same cookie since the gender of the baby was going to be a surprise. The second I saw them I knew that is exactly what I was going to make, of course I had to add a little twist.
I also had a large last minute order for a bachelorette party so I was greatly impressed with the results since I had less than 3 days to get almost 4 dozen of them completed.
My other favorite cookies are these Sugar n Spice cookies for a little girl baby shower. I had to really get creative with these and I think that is why I had so much fun doing them. I got to play with colors and design, which always makes me happy when a customer gives me creative freedom to do my own thing.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Easter cookies
I was swamped the week of Easter with four orders, started a second job, and school coming to an end. I made these several weeks before Easter just for a little fun and experimentation. I got the inspiration from Pinterest and made up a few cookies and went from there.
These cute little chicks were for an order I had for their child's elementary school class. I fell in love with them and thought they were so adorable with their little bows and bow ties.
I also got the inspiration for these from Pinterest. Although, they did not turn out quite the way I expected I thought they were still cute and they tasted good anyway.
I made these for one of the order I received Easter week and was told to make whatever I wanted. I had a tulip cutter i bough last year that I have never gotten to use so I figured I would put it to work. My mom wanted to see some lambs so I threw a few in her order as well.
But what is Easter without macarons? I am becoming obsessed with making these but they are a pain to make even though they taste delicious. I figured why not make them a little festive and decorate then with the leftover icing I had from the cookies.
Monday, April 14, 2014
DG Milk and Cookies
In February my sorority held our first DG Milk and Cookies event. This was our spring philanthropy in order to raise money for Service for Sight (you can learn more about our philanthropy here). I was asked to make some cookies for the auction portion of the event as well as cookies for those who attended the event to eat.
I made some brush embroidery cookies, which are my favorites to make. When everything goes right they are really relaxing to make.
I made these cute chocolate chip cookies which were some of the cookies given out to those who purchased the event.
I also made these Star Wars cookies for the auction portion of the event.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Broadening my Horizons
About 2 weeks ago I finally made something I have been dying to try to make for a very long time...
MACAROONS!!!
This was probably the most successful pan I made since they had the least amount of cracked shells on them.
I filled them with a chocolate ganache which I made from Ghirardelli chips and it was delicious.
I had been researching the best way to make these since I heard they are not the easiest things to bake and I was surprised at how well they turned out. I found a 200 year old recipe on Pinterest that worked wonderfully. You can find it by going here: http://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/easy-macaron-macaroon-recipe/
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