How to Paint a Cookie Video

How to Paint on a Cookie by www.thebearfootbaker.com

I made  a "How to Paint a Cookie" video a few months back and haven't had time to post it until now. They were from the Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss set I made a few months ago. Some of those cookies were made with icing and some of them were painted. I did however use my Kopykake projector for entire set. I made a how to  "KopyKake Tutorial … [Read more...]

Reuse Piping Bags Even the Disposable Kind

Reuse-Piping bags thebearfootbaker.com

Do you reuse piping bags? I know it is a weird question but, I want to know. I started decorating cookies with those cute little bottles but, changed to piping bags because I had more control over my icing and the bottles made my icing separate fairly quickly. I soon realized that the bag were not cheap when you used 8-15 colorful bags per cookie … [Read more...]

How to Make Royal Icing Video and Tips

How to Make Royal Icing Video by www.thebearfootbaker.com

I wanted to put together a little video for you today. It is called, "How to Make Royal Icing" because royal icing can be a wonderful thing or it can be your worst nightmare. When I began decorating cookies, I made batch after batch after batch hoping I would somehow find a magical formula that would allow me to make the perfect icing every time. … [Read more...]

How to Hand Cut Cookie Dough

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When I began my cookie adventure, I only used cookie cutters to get my shapes. I didn't know much about how to hand cut cookie dough or using different cookie cutters to obtain the shapes I wanted. It was driving me crazy because everything I saw, I wanted to make into a cookie. Like these adorable wooden cutouts I got from Wal-Mart. … [Read more...]