So, these little goodies are from me to you. I hope you like them. I hope they inspire you to get in your kitchen and make some cute cookies!
{I'll link to where to find them all online in case you're *not* the lucky winner.} ;)
Cookie Decorating Essentials
- You need a great book, right? I happen to have one: Decorating Cookies: 60+ Designs for Holidays, Celebrations & Everyday (Amazon, Barnes & Noble)
- silicone rolling pin
- turn-crank sifter
- cookie spatula
- disposable icing bags
- AmeriColor food colorings
- AmeriColor Gourmet Writers food coloring pens
- gold sanding sugar
- rainbow disco dust
- coupler & tips (not pictured)
- squeeze bottles (not pictured)
To enter: leave a comment right here on the blog (if you're reading this in an email, click on the blog post title to open this post in your browser) telling me if you've ever decorated cookies before.
For an extra entry: leave a separate comment with your favorite kind of cookie. Sugar cookie? Chocolate chip? Oatmeal? Let's hear it!
{Notes: US only, please be sure to leave a way to contact you if you win, entries accepted through 11:59pm CST, December 14th.}
Happy baking!
I've decorated lots and lots of cookies, but I only just ordered some bottles from Karen's Cookies on Cyber Monday. Geez! What took me so long? SO much easier than piping bags!!!
ReplyDeleteI usually decorate cookies but this year I made a lot of cookie bars and drop cookies.
ReplyDeleteI definitely have decorated cookies before! It is a lot of work, but the results are always worth it! :)
ReplyDeleteyes! i've totally decorated cookies, but they never look as pretty as yours :)
ReplyDeleteSugar...with frosting, of course. Although a nicely underbaked chocolate chip is good. Or a white chocolate chip mac nut? I may have a problem.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated many a cookie and last year, for the first time, tried your flood technique. I love your blog for the inspiration and ideas. I need more cookie cutters!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of cookie is probably Oatmeal Raisin + chocolate chips + walnuts + coconut. Yum!
ReplyDeleteNever before..not at least the way you do...:P
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is chocolate chip with just a little bit of coffee in the batter.
ReplyDeleteI've definitely have decorated cookies before, I've actually used your tips that you share here! And my favorite cookie ever is red velvet!
ReplyDeleteI have, quite a few actually. I very much enjoy it and am always looking for new designs and occasions. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, almost yearly at Easter, Halloween and Christmas! Love to decorate (and eat!) cookies
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is my grandmother's recipe for potato chip cookies. They are like no other cookie out there - so delicious!
ReplyDeleteI need to try the Americolor writers...my Wilton ones are umm less than pleasing. And yes I loooooove decorating cookies. And eating them.
ReplyDeleteI am decorating Christmas cookies today.
ReplyDeleteannburnett@hotmail.com
Lynda - I decorate with sprinkles and melted chocolate I have NEVER even attempted to do the things I see here.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies and I've used your recipe and your tutorial for the icing, etc. It's been so helpful! I made really fun ones for the Super Bowl last year. It's hard at Christmas, though, with so much else to do, to find time for making and decorating sugar cookies.
ReplyDeleteYou were the first cookie blogger I found. I made your turkeys with the dots for Thanksgiving 2010. We laugh at my results when those photos appear.. You are in my Google Reader, I am always excited when you have a new post. Thank you for being my beginning in the cookie world.
ReplyDeleteI love peanut butter white chocolate chip cookies. So yummy!!
ReplyDeleteannburnett@hotmail.com
My favorite cookie is one my mom made and now I make: Polish Tea Cakes. I have a good friend who is Polish who assures me these are not a traditional Polish cookie but I love them just the same!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie my far is chocolate chip!!
ReplyDeleteI decorate cookies now and then for special occasions. I wish I had more time for it!
ReplyDeleteI love decorating cookies!
ReplyDeleteI have & love to decorate cookies!! Not as good as you though(:
ReplyDeleteMy favorite would have to be sugar :)
ReplyDeleteI love decorating cookies... I actually just bought this book and love it. Would love to give this package to my friend who is getting into decorating!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are chocolate chip. Nothing fancy!
ReplyDeleteI've decorated cookies with buttercream, but never with royal icing before!
ReplyDeleteI am obsessed with snickerdoodles!! my favorite
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is a sugar cookie with lemon extract flavoring.. I found the recipe in a church cookbook in 1980.
ReplyDeleteChocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is just the good ole sugar cookie... amazing what you can do with it when you mix it up!
ReplyDeleteWe decorate sugar cookies but have always used store bought frosting in the past. This will be my first year decorating sugar cookies to make them nice and pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies but not very successfully. I don't know if it's because I'm not very artistic or just didn't have the right tools.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of cookie... a nice soft gooey chocolate chip cookie is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteAlways trying new decorating styles.
ReplyDeleteMy family decorates cookies every year! We don't have any fancy equipment, but we sure do get creative sometimes! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love a otameal raison chocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteOpps. Guess you won't know how to reach me...
DeleteThanks, Jackie
jackie.browning@gmail.com
My favorite cookie for just eating (by the dozen, sometimes...) is chocolate chip, but for decorating, definitely sugar cookies!
ReplyDeleteLoving anything with cranberries in it this year. Also buckeyes...do they count as cookies?
ReplyDeleteNever really decorated cookies but would love to learn and start creating!
ReplyDeleteI decorate cookies for every occasion I can think of. So much fun to create delicious little treats!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteNever really decorated cookies but would love to learn and start creating!
ReplyDeleteI've decorated cookies but not anything like you do. I'm determined to learn.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I love to do homemade sugar cookie cut outs and then ice and decorate them!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are chewy chocolate chip cookies with pretzel pieces inside. The combination of sweet and salty is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI decorate cookies every year for the holidays for the guys at work!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies in the past and I love it!
ReplyDeleteLove decorating cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy most favorite cookies are Almond Cloud cookies (recipe on the King Arthur website). Yum!!
ReplyDeleteNothing as grand as yours but I have decorated some cookies before I am in awe of yours
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are chocolate crinkles!
ReplyDeleteFavorite cookie - Oatmeal chocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteI have recently started decorating thanks to you! So far so good, and I love doing it! Thanks for all of your great tips (:
ReplyDeleteI've never decorated cookies quite like you!
ReplyDeleteI especially like Molasses cookies the richness of the flavor :)
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy fav cookie are soft brown sugar chai cookies and good ol' chocolate chip.
ReplyDeleteI love to decorate cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is chocolate chip with cinnamon and nutmeg in the batter.
ReplyDeleteYou have inspired me and my boys to bring fun in the kitchen to a whole new level....I am officially a junkie!
ReplyDeleteI just finished my first decorated cookie project - monogram cookies for my daughter's 4th birthday!
ReplyDeleteI've decorated cookies a few times. My favorite batch was a set of submarines for my husband's boat that was getting ready to deploy. :) Go Navy! :)
ReplyDeleteI like a good simple soft sugar cookie.
ReplyDeleteI try to decorate cut out cookies every year with my daughter.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is this lemon sandwich cookie that my mother makes. It's half dipped in chocolate and so delicious. I've tried making them, but no one does it like her!
ReplyDeleteYes, I've decorated cookies, but not as fancy as yours and I would love to try it!
ReplyDeleteI have never decorated cookies wit royal icing but would love to!
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip pecan cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is oatmeal/craisin!! YUMMM!
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favorite cookies are triple chocolate chip cookies. Three different types of chocolate chips in one gooey cookie. Yummm.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son and I decorated cookies on Sunday, but not with Royal icing or anything fancy. I actually wished for almost everything you are giving away! How coincidental!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kind of cookie is a sugar cookie with a mini snickers inside. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI have tried decorating cookies, but it has never ended well. I need lots more practice and people willing to eat failure cookies.
ReplyDeleterosebxy@yopmail.com
I am actually decorating sugar cookies today, using your recipe, and I just finished decorating some and then freezing them for my daughters preschool class. I'm still planning on another batch.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies, but not the beautiful way you do!
ReplyDeleteDecorating cookies, a tradition with my daughter!
ReplyDeleteWho HASN'T decorated cookies before?! Of course I have!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is actually a shortbread cookie! I have found that the older I get, the less I enjoy chocolate. Weird!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are white chocolate macadamia nut!
ReplyDeleteI want to enter but I can only enter as anonymous. I am on facebook...Amina
ReplyDeleteI LOVE decorating cookies! Thanks for the opportunity~
ReplyDeleteDecorating cookies with royal icing is on my bucket list, but I've still never done it.
ReplyDeleteI do not get to decorate cookies as much as I would like, as I have been unemployed for a while now, but I absolutely love it! My son likes to help as well. :)
ReplyDeleteemail: alexandrea.vines@yahoo.com
I love chocolate chip, actually I love all cookies!
ReplyDeleteI've never decorated cookies before, but I want to try! I love everything baking-related, so it's the next 'step' for me to learn. I've been wanting your book forever too!
ReplyDeleteI've never decorated cookies before, but I want to start!
ReplyDeleteGood ol' chocolate chip cookies are my fav~
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ReplyDeleteI have definitely decorated my share of cookies! Looking forward to doing some for Christmas dinner--it's coming up fast!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are anything chewy, but especially oatmeal chocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies to eat are Chocolate Chip and my favorite to bake are Triple Chocolate Cherry. It's a combo that my sister in law and I came up with and they're pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteMy family's fav Best Ever Sugar Cookies!! i make them all year round with different seasonal cookie cutters.
ReplyDeletei could really use this book :)
Vickey
... have decorated but never looked as great as yours!
ReplyDeleteI've decorated many cookies before. I've fairly recently gotten into decorating sugar cookies. I'm no where near as good as you but I'm improving.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies.
ReplyDeleteOf course I have decorated cookies before but could never do it as good as you do, yours are wonderful, I don't think I have the patience.
ReplyDeleteI love all cookies, but if I was stranded on a desert island and could only pick one cookie to eat for the rest of my life, it would definitely be chocolate chip.
ReplyDeleteLove your cookie recipes :) My girls and I have been using them for our Christmas cookies for the last 4 years!
ReplyDeleteI love your site! Would love to win this great stuff and keeping it all for myself!!
ReplyDeleteI have decordated cookies before but I'm hoping to get better at it in the future.
ReplyDeleteI'm a newbie cookie decorator, typically do cakes/cupcakes, but I've done some flood cookies with dots and swirls and they turned out great :) I should be contact-able through my google account/blog!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is the ginger cake from Williamsburg. I prefer making them homemade though :)
ReplyDeleteAnd Chocolate chip cookies have always been my favorite!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I recently had oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and they were amazing too.
ReplyDeleteLove decorating cookies. My son is 10 this year and asked to make ninja and zombie ginger bread men this year. Looking forward to teaching and watching his creativity.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have decorated cookies, but nothing in comparison to what I see on here. I love to try though!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is chocolate chip.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of cookie.....warm chocolate chip with an ice cold glass of milk!
ReplyDeletePeanut butter are my favorite but Sugar cookies for Christmas are unbeatable!!!
ReplyDeleteCookies in general are my biggest weakness...I LOVE sugar cookies and oatmeal cookies and gingersnaps.
ReplyDeleteI have started to decorate cookies and it is all because of this blog! You are such an inspirational baker! :)
ReplyDeleteCookie decorating is one of my fav childhood memories! My mom NEVER EVER baked growing up unless it was Christmas eve and even then she would bake the sugar cookies from the tube and buy tons of gel icing and frostings and sprinkles and it was the one time we got to go crazy in the kitchen. My brother and I looked forward to it ever year and I now do it with my kids (although we don't just wait for Christms eve anymore).
ReplyDeleteI've been decorating cookies for the last 2 weeks for our school cookie exchange for the kids.
ReplyDeleteGayle Young
mgayleyoung@hotmail.com
Thank you for such a great giveaway! Perfect way to get started!
ReplyDeleteI once made petri dish cookies! They came out great
ReplyDeleteAnd, fave cookie hands down is cornstarch shortbread, from the back of the Canada Cornstarch box :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie to decorate is a sugar cookie.
ReplyDeleteGayle Young
mgayleyoung@hotmail.com
Good old chocolate chip are one of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteI do make cookies - and regularly consult your site but would love to consult your book. Favorite cookies: SUGAR of course.
ReplyDeleteI've never decorated cookies before but I been thinking about purchasing everything to get started.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is probably chocolate chip with pecans, but I also have a weakness for iced oatmeal cookies. A new favorite is Ina Garten's Chocolate Peanut Butter Globs!
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ReplyDeleteNestlé has special edition dark chocolate and mint chips. They are only available at this time of year but I love the cookies you make on the package. The cookie jar smells awesome when its opened.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies very simply - as in coloring canned vanilla icing red and green and then throwing some sprinkles on. I have dreams of making pretty ones like yours this year!
ReplyDeleteI actually just started decorating cookies after coming across your blog a few days ago! I made the elf on the shelf cookies and some gingerbread men! Its a new addiction :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies to eat are chocolate chip cookies with NO chocolate chips
ReplyDeleteIf Decorating cookies means sprinkling sugar on top, yes, I've decorated cookies...but I'm sure I'd be much better with the right tools!
ReplyDeletei have decorated cookies before, i once made cookies for my friends bridal shower. they came out ok...i'm getting better at it!!!
ReplyDeletequietct at gmail dot com
I love to (attempt to) decorate cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are peanut butter cookies! Sugar cookies are a close second.
ReplyDeleteI have done some very simple decorating...trying to get the courage up to try something more challenging. :)
ReplyDeleteI love decorating cookies and it will be much more fun with these tools!
ReplyDeleteI like the Thumb Print cookies that are filled with jam...yum, yum!
ReplyDeletewowza, what a giveaway! fingers crossed!
ReplyDeletei like almost any kind of cookie..but i think my favorite are oatmeal, with cinnnamon and nuts (no raisins!)
ReplyDeletequietct at gmail dot com
we always decorated cookies when i was younger at my grandma's house. i would love to learn how to decorate now that my goal would be to make it pretty and not just how much frosting i could get on the cookie:)
ReplyDeleteYeap I LOVE decorating cookies, but I have decorated them with fondant or chocolate. Royal Icing and I dont get along, I dont know why :)
ReplyDeleteI have a total weakness for white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. So amazing!
ReplyDeleteI never made decorated cookies but I'd love to learn.
ReplyDeleteYour cookie ideas are really great. Congratulations and Happy X-mas :)
cclima65@yahoo.com
We decorate sugar cookies every year! Wish they looked like yours...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cut out cookie is Mrs. Santa's Sandtarts. Seriously. A spicy, crispy little cookie from the old Jack and Jill Magazine (Ancient!)
ReplyDeleteI love ginger cookies...followed very closely by sugar cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie has to be the chocolate chip cookies my great grandmother used to make! Oh how I miss them!
ReplyDeleteLove to decorate cookies for party favors (showers, Christmas parties, etc.)!
ReplyDeleteYes I've been decorating cookies since '70's. They've come al long way!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! Hope I win!
ReplyDeleteI started decorating cookies after finding your blog about a year ago. I'm always looking for new creative ideas. My favorite cookies that I have made so far have been a couple dozen "blue suede shoes" for an Elvis themed party last month.
ReplyDeletemy favorite cookie would be sugar cutout cookies with yummy frosting!
ReplyDeleteYes, I love decorating cookies!
ReplyDeleteI usually only decorate with sanding sugar or sprinkles, but they are still cute!
ReplyDeleteMy fave cookie? French macarons!
ReplyDeleteI have tried to decorate cookies however they turned out hideously. Time to try again!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of cookie is a classic chocolate chip cookie.
ReplyDeleteI find myself incredibly intimidated by royal icing...so no, I've never decorated cookies before.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is an old-fashioned toll house cookie.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I LOVE oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I'll substitute Raisinettes for chocolate chips when I'm feeling feisty.
ReplyDeleteI like cookies with oatmeal and dried fruits the most.
ReplyDeletecclima65@yahoo.com
Yes, I love to decorate cookies! Thanks for your tips and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteSnicker-doodle!
ReplyDeleteOf course! I love decorating cookies but I'm not nearly as good as you!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kind of cookie has to be white chocolate chip macadamia nut.
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies but have never tried flooding before.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is my peanut butter oatmeal dark chocolate chunk cookies!
ReplyDeletepeanut butter chocolate chip is my favorite
ReplyDeleteI love decorating cookies with my kids!
ReplyDeleteAoleszko@gmail.com
I LOVE peanut butter reeces cup cookies... they are like chocolate chip but with a lot of peanut buttery yummyness!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated gingerbread cookies to represent my family and friends last year.
ReplyDeleteI decorated my first cookies for my son's birthday party - your pumpkin cookies and spiderweb cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies have to be regular chocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies before but I'm not very good at it!
ReplyDeleteI love oatmeal chocolate cookies!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm addicted to plain ol' chocolate chip cookies.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are toffee chocolate chip cookies.
ReplyDeleteI've done Christmas cookies a few times!
ReplyDeleteI love sugar cookies with icing! You can have so much fun & put a lot of flavor in them.
ReplyDeleteAoleszko@gmail.com
Yes..This will be my 4th year decorating cookies for the 2 Christmas parties we attend.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is chocolate chip.
ReplyDeleteYour site inspired me to attempt decorating LEGO head cookies for my son's birthday. It was hard, but fun.
ReplyDeleteI love decorating cookies, and I love your blog! Fantastic giveaway, Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI use your sugar cookie recipe all the time and have gotten many compliments on it.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies are so inspiring. You are right though. To make beautifully decorated cookies one needs all sorts of essentials.
ReplyDeleteAlso I Love Love Love Sugar Cut-Out Cookies with Buttercream Royal Icing!..They are a super big hit!!
ReplyDeleteI decorate cookies for virtually every holiday-- one of my favorite holiday traditions!
ReplyDeleteYes, I've decorated cookies before but I have not attempted "flooding" again after finding your helpful site. The first time, it was a disaster. I hope your "counting seconds" method works. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies a couple of times. Not a ton. I had fun and was really excited with how they turned out.
ReplyDeleteI love to decorate cookies!
ReplyDeleteI have decorated cookies, but the slop-decorating kind of childhood. I've never decorated cookies like you.
ReplyDeleteLove Love Love Baking...learned well from my mother and grandmothers..going to make sugar cookies with royal icing, snicker doodles, molasses and peanut butter cookies this weekend..and some fudge, yumy!
ReplyDeleteYes I have...just finished baking a batch and will be decorating them tonight.
ReplyDeleteOh Yes, we've had lots of fun decorating cookies. Always looking for new ideas... :-) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteUmmm I dont have just one favorite cookie, I LOVE THEM ALL, heheheh
ReplyDeleteBut I can tell you that my family's favorite cookie is a lemon and raspberry cookie that I make for the holidays :)
And my favorite kind of cookie is spritz: nothing says Christmas like a little festive wreath of buttery goodness!
ReplyDeleteAlso, my favorite cookie has to be those soft batch sugar cookies with the amazing icing.
ReplyDeleteAlmond, anything almond...especially if it's buttery shortbread. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd for my favourite kind of cookie, after decorated ones, it would have to be choc chip. Or maybe a soft chewy spice cookie. Or maybe a chocolate mint triangle (pampered chef has an amazing recipe!)... Do I really have to pick just one?!
ReplyDeleteI love cookies with lots of "stuff" in it. Chocolate, dried fruit, oats, nuts. The more the merrier. My husband however is very different. Cookies are supposed to be sugar cookies. Period!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is a sugar cookie.
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