HOTDOG!

This cookie order was close to my heart because I have a beloved wiener dog named Molly! She is my 4 year old little lady and we call her the 1st born! And she has no problems living up to the challenge of her nick-name! A friend of mine in high school's mother ordered these for him as a fun thing and then in the same week he got engaged! So the wedding cakes were an extra I did to celebrate the good news! I used my regular sugar cookie dough and a citrus and almond butter flavored royal icing on top! 

GO TEAM ILLINOIS!

Ironically I got an order for a dozen Illini football helmets the same week that my sister, who works at the football office for the U of I, invited my son to come check things out! He loved it! All he kept saying was. "Wow! This is for football players!" He left happy as could be and loaded down with Illini football gear galore! He decorated himself in orange and blue stickers and filled his pockets with game schedule cards! It was great! These cookies are being sent overseas to a young lady serving in the army! She is also celebrating a recent promotion so I made a few congratulatory cookies against camo-styled squares as well! Hope they get to her safe and still tasty! 

It's a bug's life!

Hello Blog World! I have been off-line for a bit, but still be cooking things up in the kitchen! Much life has been happening on the home front. But the biggest news flash is that one of our very beloved pets has passed. Dewey our crap has moved on to the great big ocean in the sky! R.I.P. dear Dewey! My son is recuperating well to the thought of a replacement pet of some kind, yet to be determined! I think there should be some crab cookies made in the near future to honor our little pal! In keeping with the :little creatures" theme I recently made more of the ladybug cookies. I love these ladybug cookies! They are so fun to make! These were for a 3 year old girls birthday and I made the little cakes as extra just for fun! I have officially; well most likely; settled on a set of doughs that I haven't wavered from in the past few recent weeks and handful of orders. I can use this dough with a regular sugar, brown sugar, or chocolate variation. Also I am settled on the royal icing I have been using but am trying out new flavors often! These were made with a lemon and butter flavored icing and taste so rich and yummy!