If you're a baking purist, you may want to skip this post and click on over to yesterday's post on Cranberry Almond Bars . Today I w...

Don't get me wrong...I love a good cookie cutter. In fact, I have a terribly hard time resisting a cute cutter. Anybody care to take ...

My fear (one of them) when making cookies is that I'll forget to make icing in a color I need. I'll be halfway into decorating, onl...

There are so many "tricks" offered up on the internet for making black icing: add cocoa powder to the powdered sugar, add green f...

Giving cookies a pearl finish is simple. Just brush on a little Super Pearl luster dust. (I got mine here .) {It's a little hard to se...

Royal icing is not your only option for decorating cookies. Have you tried food coloring pens? There are several brands available, but this...

I outgrew my cookie cutter basket years ago. Not only was it overflowing, but it was a pain to dig for the right cutter. In our last house, ...

Sometimes the idea of decorating dozens of cookies can be daunting. I like to break it up a little bit. My favorite way to do this is making...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, McReaders! Every year about this time, I try to convince my husband to officially add a "Mc" to the b...