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Tips and the Tipless

A few Saturday’s ago, I found myself perusing Facebook. Admittedly, a place I don’t spend a lot of time these days. But the rabbit hole...

Hillary Ramos

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Sparkle Smarter: The Best Way to Use Edible Glitter on Cookies

Edible glitter: the cockroach of the crafting world. Once it’s there, it’s never going away, no matter what you do. This world will go through another...

Sarah Mills

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Easy Tie Dye Stamped Mini Egg Cookies

Easter is right around the corner, and one of my favorite things to do with the kids is dye Easter eggs (I know, I’m super...

Sarah Mills

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How To Learn Puffy Royal Icing Lettering Technique

Puffy Lettering There is one 4-letter word that can just make a cookier’s day like nothing else: puff. Oh, the glory of lettering that has...

Sarah Mills

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Easy Conversation Heart Cookies

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and who doesn’t love conversation hearts?! Well, me, honestly. And probably anyone else over the age of 8 who has functioning...

Sarah Mills

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Start Fresh in 2025: Small Changes for Big Cookie Wins

Buh bye 2024, hello 2025. It’s a new year, and that means a chance to start fresh. Whether that means cleaning out your closet, or...

Sarah Mills

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Color Schemes

One of the biggest considerations when designing a cookie set (aside from the shapes themselves) is the color scheme. And I don’t know about you,...

Sarah Mills

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Cookier Takeaways

Nine years ago this Halloween, I made my very first ever decorated sugar cookies. I had seen a video tutorial on Facebook, and after falling...

Sarah Mills

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Precision Rolling Pins 101

Don’t you love it when you bite into a cookie that is thick and underbaked on one end, but thin and overbaked on the other?...

Sarah Mills

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Piping Tips 101

If you were stranded on a dessert island (see what I did there?) and could only bring five piping tips, which ones would you bring?...

Sarah Mills

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Black Airbrush Color and Edible Marker: Why Aren't They Coming Out Black?

Have you ever used a black edible marker, only to come back a couple of days later and see that your nice black lines look...

Sarah Mills

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Random Cookie Challenge: Summer Wedding

What do fingerprints, snowflakes, and cookiers have in common? Well, no two of each is the same, of course. Just like snowflakes and fingerprints, each...

Sarah Mills

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