Cookie Countess Blog

Preventing Air Bubbles in your Royal Icing

Air Bubbles in Royal Icing: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?? Anyone who has ever flooded a cookie has likely run into the dreaded air bubble. It is a flaw...

Sarah Mills

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Cream Cheese Royal Icing Recipe

How to make cream cheese flavored royal icing that dries firm to the touch. Cream cheese royal icing is a great addition to Red Velvet...

Wil Sanchez

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How To Make Easy American Buttercream

This is my go-to American Buttercream recipe. American Buttercream is one of the most stable ways to cover your cake (aka it won't melt when...

Wil Sanchez

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Royal Icing Storage Tips and Timeframes

Any cookier who uses royal icing* knows that you very rarely have NO icing leftover at the end of a project (if you are consistently...

Sarah Mills

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Butter Bleed in Icing: What the heck is it, and what the heck can I do about it?

There is little more frustrating to a cookier than going to bed content with the beautiful trays of freshly flooded cookies in your kitchen, only...

Sarah Mills

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How to Use 3D Parchment Paper: Tricks for Royal Icing

Parchment texture sheets are a fun way to add dimension and designs to your cookies. They come in dozens of styles for every occasion (shop...

Sarah Mills

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Easy Halloween Meringue Pop Treats

Do you have a bunch of cookie pop sticks hanging around, just waiting for their next adventure? If you said yes, this easy Halloween meringue...

Emily Iden

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Red Velvet Cutout Cookies for Cookie Cutters

How to make red velvet flavored roll out cookies. With just a few ingredients you can make delicious cookies with all the flavor of red...

Wil Sanchez

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Almond Cutout Cookie Recipe for Cookie Cutters

These almond cookies will hold their shape when cut out, bake with a soft bite, and are full of that warm and toasty almond flavor...

Wilmalyn Sanchez

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Halloween Free Stencil Download

Voting is closed for this month's poll! The winner is... Wizard Chick!   What's an SVG? It's a vector image type used by cutting machines such...

Emily Iden

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3 Easy Chocolate Covered Oreos For Halloween

Today we're decorating 3 different spooky (but sweet) chocolate covered Oreos!  These are a great dessert idea for Halloween parties, October lunchbox treats, or to...

Emily Iden

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How to Make Sage Green Icing or Frosting

Sage is one of those colors that may seem easy to make - but it's not! Sage is a complicated mix of greens, blues, grays, even...

Wilmalyn Sanchez

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