2013 Year in Review - Cookies

As promised... Here is my 2013 Year in Review - Cookie Edition. 

It was such a busy year that I made just a handful of cookies. 

#1: Autumn Fall Cookies with Raspberry Jelly Centers
      These were our favorites last year. Although time consuming, they are SO delicious. 
      Used my 'go to' Sugar Cookie Recipe, Raspberry Jam, and Powdered Sugar

#2: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Powdered Sugar East Design
      Needed something quick and Festive and this did the trick... Love these!!!

#3: Pascal from "Tangled" cookies used as cupcake toppers
      For a dear friend's daughter's birthday. The toppers were a surprise and she LOVED                 them!

#4: Mickey Mouse Oreo Cookies
      These were additions to my nephew's birthday party. Instead of labor-intensive                         decorated cookies in the goodie bags, i offered these to my sister as an alternative. 

#5: Baptism Monogrammed Cookies for a friend's baby

      I love the simple design of the cookies. So classic

#6: Chocolate Mint M&M cookies....

       Wow, that was a mouthful. And, yes, I made these about 3 times more... YUM!

#7: Baby Simba Cave Painting Cookies

      These were for my dear friend's son's birthday. They were hand painted, as my airbrush 

      was clogged and I needed to think quick to make this look like the movie. 

#8: Mickey First Birthday Cookie Platter

      For my nephew's First Birthday Celebration. The variety was nice and the colors so 

      Vibrant!

Thanks for taking a look at what I made last year....

Looking forward to making more wonderful creations this year....

"Living a Sweet Life..."

              - Jackie

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Thomas the Train Cookies

I had the honor of being asked to make several very special cookies for a special little boy.

He is a big Thomas the Train fan and his mother was making his special birthday EXTRA special by doing it Thomas the Train themed. 

While doing my research online for ideas, I came across another fellow baker from NY, "The Baking Sheet". She makes amazing cookies and cakes. She can be found at Thebakingsheet.blogspot.com 

Her great idea incorporated two cookies to make the Thomas more 3-Dimensional. 

I grabbed my cookie cutters, made some dough and went ahead and tried it out.

I think they came out great. I love the details that he has from the front view instead of the side view. It was great to start off with two different cookies and then see the transformation of how it all came together.

I was very excited to complete these cookies and I hope that I made his birthday just a little more special by creating something especially for him. 

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Cookie Monster Cookies

I have to say, I laughed when my friend asked if I could/would do a small set of Cookie Monster Cookies for her husband's co-worker.

This mother of 3 has a grand love for the monster who eats all kinds of cookies. In addition to the Cookie Monster Cookies, I also made her a dozen Oatmeal Raisin Cookies....

I heard that she loved them and was able to celebrate her birthday with her favorite Monster!

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Hello Kitty and Bingo Cookies

My best friend, The Birthday Girl, has several fun interests. 

Hello Kitty and playing BINGO are just a few of her "Favorite Things".

I totally get the BINGO thing, since I have been known to play with the elder woman of my building and while on vacation. 

I thought they'd make a cute addition to a very special birthday cookie assortment made especially for her!!!

The smile on her face were enough to let me know that she loved them!!!

Here are the pics: 

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DC Comic Cookies

Last week, I had the pleasure of creating a set of cookies to celebrate a friend's husband's Birthday. 

We discussed some ideas and she then concluded that he would love some 
'DC Comic' inspired cookies.

I looked for ideas and drew out some sketches 

and came up with these: 

Batman

Robin

Superman

Flash

DC Comic logo

He really liked them and was very surprised.

 

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Barbie Birthday Cake and Cookies

I am the proud godparent to a beautiful and talented little girl. For her 7th birthday, she decided on a "Barbie Theme" after she looked at her other options. She loves her dolls and loves fashion. 

After some research, I decided to go with the Barbie Silhouette for the majority of the cookies and the high heeled shoes and birthday cakes for the other cookies. 

I  made mini-doll cakes. They were a big hit. They were chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing.

She absolutely loved them.

The doll cakes were:

Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Icing

These Were Hand drawn

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