This Saturday is Halloween, and I can't think of a better way to spend the afternoon than by making spooky cookies! Your kids will have a great time, and the trick-or-treaters will thank you!Sidenote: Michael's craft store has all their Halloween cookie decorating supplies marked down by 50%! What you need• Sprinkles• Icing Bags• Icing Tips - #2 & #7For these cookies, you'll start with my base sugar cookie recipe, shared here, and then we're going to kick it up a notch by adding royal icing! I used my stand mixer -- if you have one, use it! It makes icing making a breeze.Royal ... Read More

If you'll remember, a few months ago I tried (and failed) sugar cookie decorating. I failed miserably, and you can read about that failure here, but today I am here to redeem myself AND I have a great sugar cookie recipe to share.In addition to the botched frosting on my last batch of cookies, they also completely lost their shape.  It looked like I was decorating shapeless lobs of dough. This time I searched for a recipe that would hold it's shape, and I found this one from my friend Debbie. This is from her 8th grade Home Ec class, and it is the best recipe I have ever used for ... Read More

Lately on instagram I've seen these really beautifully decorated sugar cookies. Apparently, these cookies are a sign of a good blog because they are everywhere! Naturally, I was inspired and thought I'd try them. My goal was to make delicious cookies, frost them perfectly on the first try, blog about how easy it was, then be a huge success and go viral on Pinterest. I could see it all in my head -- it was going be uh-mazing. With little experience frosting cookies and without much preparation, I started out. I made some sugar cookie dough then left it in the fridge to chill. When I got ... Read More

I don't want to sound braggy, but I am really good at making pies. Like REALLY good. It's one of my strengths. What I lack in cake baking, I make up for in pie making. I especially love this season because fruit is at it's peak and it's a great time to pour sugar and butter all over it and make a pie.   A couple of Christmases ago, Andrew and I treated ourselves to a Breville Mini Pie maker! We were in Williams-Sonoma and it was calling our name. I love the mini pie maker, it's like a waffle maker, but for pies! It's ideal for parties, and a quick turnaround. Plus, who doesn't ... Read More