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November 09

Design of the day: Business Card & Logo Cookies!
 
These fun business cookies were custom designed by a bank employee for her friend for"Bosses Day." What a great gift!

 
Business Card and Dollar Sign Cookies
 

Business Card and Logo Cookies
 
 

Business Card, Logo and Dollar Sign Cookies
 

Custom Logo Cookie
 

8" Round Custom Gift Cookie, Logo and Dollar Sign Cookies
 


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September 04

More School Spirit Designs!
More local school logo samples for our new & fun Spirit Boxes! Only $7.95 for 3 cookies in School Spirit Gift Box!
 
Stop back soon for photos of actual cookies and flyers to share with your friends...
 
 
 


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September 03

New Cookie Boutique Designs: Get Well & School Pride!
Introducing our newest Cookie Boutique designs!
 
 
 
School Pride Gift Box!   Enjoy 3 tasty cookies in an "School Pride" Gift Box for only $7.95 each!
Call to see if your school is available. Great for kids of all ages, including your hubby! Send one today!
 
 
 
 
Get Well Soon Gifts!
Special for your favorite Nurse or to wish someone the best and "Get Well Soon!" Order a dozen today!
 
 


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August 13

Bridal Shower Favors! Step 6: Decorating & Finishing the Cookies!
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Step 6: Decorating & Finishing the Cookies

Decorating cookies is so much fun! Do it to impress your friends at your next party or even with the kids as a birthday party activity. (Fun and tasty!) While the icing is still wet, its fun to add sugar, sprinkles, and all types of designs…squiggles, dots, ribbons, or writing. The design can be as simple or complex as you have creativity and time!

 

 Cookie-Boutique.com Decorating Favor Cookies    Cookie-Boutique.com Decorating Favor Cookies 2

CB Tip: Make sure your base coat is dry before adding your decorating (especially sprinkles or sugar) or your designs will “melt” or stick to your base coat and change your design.

 

Packaging: To finish our Bridal Shower Favors, we added detail of a little lavender “gem” to the bodice and a sweet pearl necklace to finish the look. The cookies were then “favor wrapped” them and closed the bags with a chocolate ribbon.

 

Cookie-Boutique.com Favor Wrapped Cookies Small   Cookie-Boutique.com Favor Wrapped Cookies Detail Small

At the Cookie Boutique, every order and every customer is given our special boutique treatment! Orders are prepared with care and detail. Below is our finished order as presented to our customer.

Cookie-Boutique.com Boxed Favor Cookies Small

 

I hope you enjoyed learning about our “Bridal Shower Favors” and happy baking & decorating! 

 

Darlene :)

 

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August 11

Bridal Shower Favors! Step 5: Basecoat Decorating Your Cookies

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Step Five: Basecoat Decorating Your Cookies

Basecoat decorating is simply creating a background or base for your cookie artwork. We use the color flow technique. Just like coloring, you will “draw” on your outline and fill it in with icing color. This picture is the base coat for our bridal favors.

Cookie-Boutique.com Basecoat Icing 

CB Tip: You can also have fun with your base coating by adding colors into your base coat. The effect is a smooth design, in your basecoat that shows no lines. You can create polka dots, plaids, hearts, swirls and more.

 

Cookie-Boutique.com Easter Eggs    Cookie-Boutique.com Fall Maple Leaf

Practice makes perfect so don't give up! 

Next time… Step 6: Decorating & Finishing the Cookies!

Happy base coating!  Darlene :)
 

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August 10

Bridal Shower Favors! Step 4: Coloring the Icing and Preparing to Decorate your Cookies
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Step Four: Coloring the Icing and Preparing to Decorate 
Coloring your icing is easy, especially with quality coloring products. We use Wilton's concentrated gel colors. (www.wilton.com) With gel coloring, a little color goes a long way and the gel doesn't change the consistency of your icing. (Remember, too runny or to thick = headaches!)
 
CB Tip: When coloring your icing, try to mix enough of the icing for all of your cookies the first time...matching colors later can be difficult. Store the extra icing in an air tight container until you need it. (It can be stored on the counter top for a few hours or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, but bring to room temperature and stir before using.)
 
 
Filling the Piping Bag: We use piping bags to base coat and decorate our cookies using the "color flow" technique. Fill your piping bag no more than 1/2 full, so it is easy to hold in the palm of your hand. (For more instruction on the color flow technique, sign up for our next cookie decorating class at The Coffee Station in Milan, Ohio. See our website for details.)
 
 
 
 
CB Tip: To keep the icing from oozing out the top of the bag while in use, gently squeeze out the air and tie it off with a rubber band. There are also nice"Icing Bag Ties" available for purchase (Wilton Item#417-173, 12 for about $4.50), but basic clean rubber bands work just as well!
 
Next time...Step 5: Basecoating your cookies to decorate!
 
Happy Icing!  Darlene :)
 
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August 08

Bridal Shower Favors! Step 3: Making the Royal Icing
Step Three: Making the Royal Icing
 
Once you've baked your soft, flavorful cookies, you need the right icing to turn them into little edible works of art! At the Cookie Boutique, we use Royal Icing. It is basically confectioners sugar, meringue powder and water.
 
The key to perfect royal icing is mixing it to the right consistency for your purpose. Too much water and you've got a drippy mess. Not enough water and its too thick to pipe and you'll not be happy with the results... you'll probably have a sore hand too!
 
 
When making your icing, be sure to sift your sugar. We use a large fine colander. It keeps all the little lumps out and will make your piping much easier. Be sure to sift the meringue powder too. It only takes one piece of granulated sugar to get in to give you lots of headaches later!
 
 
 
When mixing icing, we use one of our favorite stand mixers. You could use a hand mixer, but remember to use a low speed. Too fast and your icing will be very bubbly (full of air) and may leave "tiny holes" in your basecoat icing. 
 
Next time...Step 4: Tinting the icing and base coating!
 
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August 06

Bridal Shower Favors! Step 2: Baking the Cookies
Step Two: Baking the Cookies
 
Baking the cookies is often the least favorite part for a lot of bakers, but I love it! There is nothing like making sticky dough into something soft, sweet and deliciously beautiful!
 
One of the best tools I've found is my mini-colander. Use it to sift and dust your baking surface and the top of the dough to keep it from sticking. 
 
 
 
 
Then, to keep your cookies from being full of extra flour, use a pastry brush to gently sweep it away before baking. We use the brush again after baking to dust off any remaining flour so when our customers taste our cookies, they taste our delicious cookies...not flour.
 
 
 
Bake with joy and dust, dust, dust. Perfect cookies, ready to ice!
 
Happy Baking,  Darlene, The Cookie Boutique


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August 05

Step One: Making Cookie Dough
Step One: Making Cookie Dough
 
Making cookie dough is not hard, but it does require proper measurement.  Add too much or too little and you've got a mess! (No estimating in baking!)
 
A great tip is to use a butter knife to help you measure. For example, if you are measuring sugar or flour, over fill your measuring cup and use the knife to scrape off the extra before adding it to your mix.  Measure well and expect great results! 
 
Happy baking!   Darlene :)
 
 
 


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August 04

Bridal Shower Favor Week!
This week is Bridal Shower Favors week...
 
We will be working on delicate and detailed, heart shaped "gown" cookies, with sparkly "glitter", "pearls" and a sweet heart shaped "gem."
 
Step one: making the dough!
 
Check back soon for pictures!
 
Darlene, The Cookie Diva, but slave to flour! Wink
 


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