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Play Food

Play food

I made some tiny sugar cookie sugar cookies for you.

Tee-niny!

Yes, I love little and I kinda like to play with my food… But I’m sure you know that about me by now.

And you probably know that I made more than just baby cookies.

They’re cute on their own, but I really needed them to put on display.

Cookie Stands

On these 3-tier sugar cookie dessert stands I made.

EEek! Cookies on cookies. Key-ute.

Making Sugar Cookies

I love sugar cookies since they require a few basic ingredients that I almost always have on hand.

They can be baked in no time – especially with the recipe I’ve been using from my friend Bridget at Bake at 350. It’s been my go-to recipe lately. I love hers because nothing has to be set out to room temperature. And her dough doesn’t need to be chilled before rolling either. Equals Awesome! I hate waiting. So I love this recipe. When the dough comes together it will be crumbly, but don’t worry. Just grab it and knead it a bit and it’s ready to roll and cut. And it lifts beautifully, too.

Here’s Bridget’s recipe for sugar cookies and royal icing on some peppermint cookies I made a few weeks ago. And here is the recipe on her site.

But even better, Bridget has a Cookie Decorating book out. And I’m giving one away at the end of this post. YAY!

Decorating Cookies

Actually, I’m giving away a signed copy of her book, Decorating Cookies. Easy to understand instructions with tons of adorable cookie decorating ideas. You’ll love it.

Skip on down to the bottom if you want to enter. Wheee!

Or if you want to see how I made my cookies stand, then keep on reading. These aren’t in Bridget’s book… I was just inspired by her cookie creations and love for decorating and wanted to share it with you since I love using her recipe.

Hope you like them Bridget! P.S. I need a piping boot camp. I don’t know how you do it.

Rolling Pin

Roll your cookie dough out nice and flat. I used these rubber dough bands to make sure the thickness was even when I rolled.

Cookie Dough

Then cut out circles in graduating sizes. I used 3-7/8, 3, 2-5/8 and 2-1/4 inch sizes.

Cookie Dough

Before you bake, use a plastic drinking straw to remove the centers of each cookie. The straw collects the dough in the center. Convenient.

Freeze the cut shapes for about 10 minutes to help the dough avoid spreading and then bake.

And when they come out of the oven, use the straw again to make sure the holes stay the same size.

Shapes

Use the dough scraps and tiny cutters to cut out shapes for your desserts to go on display.

A piping tip like the one on the right will make circles with rounded tops since the tip is cone-shaped.

Makes great mini macarons or whoopie pies. Just tap the tip on the counter to release the dough.

Cookie Dough Shapes

Lots of little shapes.

Cookie Cutters

Assorted shapes – around 1 inch wide.

Tiny alphabet cutters. XOXO

Graduated ovals – plain on one side and crinkled on the other.

And my favorite – I can’t live without – graduated circle cutters that I used to make the stands.

Graduated Cookie Shapes

You’ll want to use four different sizes to make the 3-tier stands.

Note: For the chocolate cookies, I swapped out 1/2 flour for 1/2 cup cocoa and used all vanilla extract in Bridget’s recipe.

Piped

After they are baked and cooled, and then comes the piping. This always goes smoother in my head than when I actually start piping.

Pipe first with outline icing and then fill with flood icing.

However for these I ended up using a royal icing consistency somewhere in between and piped and filled with the same consistency.

Piped

Ugh – wonky lines. Not what I’d hoped.

So after I filled and before the icing set completely, I piped dots all the way around. Camouflage it.

Much better.

Let cookies dry overnight. And after all the cookie decorating save leftover royal icing in an airtight container or in the piping bag with the ends tied off and cap closed for finishing up the project the next day.

Now comes the fun part.

Decorating

Ice the cakes and decorate!

Easy details for major impact.

Luster Dust

Oh and those macarons, try painting them with a little luster dust.

Just mix some of the powder with a small amount of clear extract and you can paint right on the cookies.

Pretty.

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Pretty dang cute!

Cookie Dessert Stands

And even cuter on display.

These were surprisingly easy to make stand up.

Cookie Sticks

Start with using cookie sticks for the support. These are bigger than the lollipop sticks I usually use for cake pops (lower right).

The sticks should be about 6 inches tall for the stands. Buy the 6 inch sticks or cut down the 8 inch.

Use a cookie stick to gently twist through each cookie opening to make sure it goes through before building.

And make sure your cookie icing is completely dry and set from the day before.

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Sugar Cookie Stands

  1. Start with the smallest cookie shape. It should not be iced. Place on a flat surface and then insert the cookie stick. Slide the largest iced cookie on top. Having two cookies on the bottom will give you more support and keep the stick straight.
  2. Cut striped straws into 1 1/2 inch sections. Slide one straw piece over the stick and push to the bottom as a spacer/ledge.
  3. Slide second largest iced cookie on stick until it stops at the straw. Then slide another straw piece on top.
  4. Slide last cookie on top until it stops at the straw. Then slide one more straw piece on the very top. Wrap a piece of washi tape around the straw and cut out a triangle for a cute flag topper.
  5. Note: Not shown. Use the leftover royal icing to pipe in between the two bottom cookies and pipe dots around the centers of each tier to help secure the cookies in place as you build. Attach the desserts to the tiers with royal icing too. Then let dry and don’t move for a few hours. I skipped this step because I wanted to get right to taking pictures.

Sugar Cookie Dessert Stands

There you have it four cookies for 3-tier stands. Bridget’s recipe will make four stands with enough cookies to decorate.

And these can be totally scaled back? Two tiers? Just a cookie plate? Just the tiny cookies? Only one cookie shape? Choose how you want to play.

Cookie Stands

They’d be super fun and totally stand out for Valentine’s Day, for a dessert party or even party favors.

Enjoy!

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Now for the giveaway!

Decorating Cookies

Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of Bridget’s book, Decorating Cookies.

  • Just answer the following question and leave your response in the comments section on this blog post.
  • What did you do this weekend? Something fun I hope. I made a bunch of cookies : )
  • Deadline to enter is Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Sorry, Time’s Up. Winner announced below.
  • One winner will be picked at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening on this post.

Good Luck!

 

Thank you all so much for the sweet words on the cookie stands. I really appreciate it. And now for the winner of Bridget’s book.

It’s comment #917 – Becky P! Congratulations and have fun decorating cookies. And swimming too.

 

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1,910 comments on “Play Food”

  1. I had the blahs this weekend so I stayed in, but I did start trying to organize and categorize my coin collections.

    (Your cookies are gorgeous!)

  2. I gave my kitchen a thorough cleaning – pulled out the oven – and reorganized the cabinet situation. I’m taking advantage of the elfa sale at the Container Store and putting all of my baking supplies in a couple of their drawer units (as soon as I get it assembled!).

  3. I made some amazing peanut butter chocolate fudge cookies!

  4. I got together with my cousin and we made Valentine centerpieces, and I helped my mom in her antique shop.

  5. Too cute! I made cookies this weekend. I rolled out fondant and stamped it with this neat lacey heart design and black food coloring!

  6. I can’t wait to make these cookies on cookies on cookies! They would be perfect for my bridal shower. This past weekend I got caught up on wedding planning, went for a long walk with my four (yes, four!) dogs and relaxed- which happily included episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!

  7. WOW! just discovered you and BOY and I impressed!! :D Definitely inspiration for fun cool things!! This weekend, I had a day out with my man, went to a car show at a local brewery followed by motocross. Exactly what we needed after a couple of tough weeks with the passing of my grandmother!
    Can’t wait to explore this website!!

  8. I celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday with a rainbow-theme party! I baked and cooked and decorated … It was all worth it!!!

  9. I studied all weekend for my midterms!! it was so boring. I would love to bake these adorable cookies this week but i cant because i have more tests :'( !! Maybe during mid-winter brake?

  10. I baked lots of cupcakes for my loves birthday :)

  11. This weekend I did absolutely nothing and it was gloriously relaxing! Well that is not entirely true what I actually did was rest an injured foot and knee so that they could heal…and I did that by doing nothing but prop my leg up and watch movies. :)

  12. Spent time with the hubby. Went to a hockey game and dinner :)

  13. Wow! What an amazing idea! You never cease to amaze me. Unfortunately I had to work this weekend, but I can’t wait to get some baking done this week.

  14. I met friends for tea. Great idea :)!

  15. Hi love this stand! This weekend I baked some cookies and made and decorated a cake for delivery

  16. You have an amazing talent! Those miniatures were absolutely darling!
    This weekend I had my 3 granddaughters (under 5) over for the weekend, and we had so much fun :)
    Thank you for the opportunity to win :)

  17. Thank you for your inspiration. This weekend, I made and decorated 5 cakes!

  18. Wow these are so cute! I was planning a birthday party for my soon to be 8 year old son. :)

  19. We spritzed up the laundry room by painting and will be putting up new shelving – but cookie decorating sounds much more fun……and DELICIOUS!!

  20. We’d been unpacking boxes all week from a move so we watched movies and ate popcorn with our feet up! Can’t wait to get back in the kitchen!

  21. This weekend was a bust. Fighting a cold means sleeping and eating comfort food (biscuits, french fries, anything carb-y!)

  22. These cookies are beyond cute!! Good gravy you’re talented!
    This weekend I was stuck inside with a cold or otherwise known as the demon illness that seems to be sweeping our office/city/country.

  23. This weekend I helped one of my colleauge to bake your ” Thaaank you,Betty” brownie receipe bcoz all my colleagues are huge fan of this brownie.
    Besides that I did lots of shopping and packing for my India trip. I am going India this Friday for my brother’s wedding and guess what i got lots of Betty’s brownie and cookie packets to try same receipe over there..isn’t that exciting… :)

  24. I attended my grandmothers wake & funeral. :( she died at 108 1/2. she lived long cause she ate lots of sweets!

  25. I was sick. I was supposed to make a cake for my uncle’s birthday, but I didn’t want to get him sick too.

  26. Some friends came over for hot dogs on Saturday, and Sunday I slept because I am sick. My life is thrilling.

  27. Tried a new flavor of frozen yogurt….hazlenut and it was delicious!

  28. Watched Paranorman — very cute!

  29. I made my first roast chicken this weekend, and it was delish! I’m not sure what I was so afraid of before.

    These cookies are so cute! The book looks like it will be very inspirational.

  30. Love! I made cake pops for a bachelorette and gave those pillows cookies a try… delish!!! :)

  31. Amazing, I love it! This weekend I enjoyed the summer sun in this part of the world and visited my parents where we made delicious pizzas (passta base, merquez sausage, artichoke heart, olive and mozerella) in their new outdoor wood fired pizza oven :)

  32. Made cupcakes this weekend with a basketball theme. Would love more tips on decorating. Hope I win the book.

  33. These are adorable!

    I made party food and hosted a party. :)

  34. Went shopping with my hubby!

  35. Your lovely creations are so beautiful!!
    This weekend I celebrated my hubby’s b’day surrounded with family and made “brigadeiros” for the first time, they were a total success! =)

  36. I hand fed some chickadees at one of our local parks. It was great fun. Thanks for sharing!

  37. I did absolutely nothing and it was wonderful :)

  38. Those are so cute! I was in bed with the flu all weekend but I know what I am doing next weekend! Cookie baking!

  39. These cookies are so cute! I spent the weekend ironing and dusting. I would much rather have been baking cookies… I’m going to try this recipe.

  40. So adorable cookies. My parents come to visit me this weekend. So, I will make them pancake in the morning. Cake in the afternoon and tart in the evening!! >.<

  41. Love the cookies! So cute!!

    We had the Australia Day long weekend, so we had a Bbq, hung out with the kids, made a caramel slice (Yum!). I did some exersice to work off said slice (Proberly not enough, Lol!)
    And started sewing a dress.
    Kids start the new school year tomorrow, yeah!!!!

  42. I love those cookie stands! So creative. I made Star Trek Valentine cookies this weekend. I’m finishing them up this week.

  43. I skied and baked the best chocolate-cream cheese cupcakes! This book is so cute. Bakerella, you are amazing!

  44. Those are so cute. I wish I had your patience!
    My husband and I went to a card party. So much fun. Sunday was spent with the kids!

  45. Love this idea! This weekend, I made birthday cookies for a friend who moved away from me. :( Hope that they make her happy.

  46. A visit with my Mom and sister who live out of town.

  47. I went to a work party with my husbands company. It was fun.

  48. Cookies on cookies is (are) adorable!!!
    This weekend I made fresh pasta for lasagne…to me this is fun!

  49. Lots of cleaning, organizing, and decluttering going on at our house! Feels good!

  50. I did some shopping, saw a movie, went tobogganing, a whole list of things really!

  51. I love the tiny cookies!
    I delivered cakes for a 50th wedding anniversary cake – 4 tier white, a full sheet awesome chocolate cake with chocolate dipped strawberries all around, and 5 dozen cookies. And when I got back my mother had a major water leak so we had to get that fixed. Sunday, I went to visit my 1 year old granddaughter :)

  52. I put together a fundraiser for a 10 year old boy who has Sandfillipo Syndrome. Thanks to the support of my community we raised money to help with medical expenses for the boy and his family.

  53. I spent the whole weekend lesson planning for my class, not as exciting as bakin.

  54. These are to die for! Unfortunately this weekend I just cleaned my house and worked, but hopefully next weekend will be better!

  55. Sadly, we got snowed in! If I had managed to get out, I was going to go walking around the Mall of America (and ordering a Bubble Tea, love those things!) and then going to the batting cages to start some early softball practice!

    Absolutely LOVE the tiny cookies!~

  56. I just had my 4th baby. I chilled at home with my family.

  57. Hmmm…can’t say it was anything worth telling. I cleaned the house this weekend! This looks like way more fun, and is definitely going on my weekend projects list!

  58. Spent the weekend talking to mom about baking. She’s in the the hospital and with iPad I was able to show photos and recipe that we can work . :)

  59. I went to the drive-in with the Boyfriend for a double feature. Brought along some split pea soup, pigs in a blanket, and merlot, then snacked on homemade truffles throughout the movie. What fun!

  60. I ran my first 5k and finished in 47minutes. Then came home to consume lots of advil and bake cookies!

  61. LOVE THESE! Did some shopping, laundry, and made sugar cookie dough to bake today! Wish I’d read this post first! Next time! Thanks for all your great ideas.

  62. Planned a wedding. Once again, you blow me way with your creative talent!!!

  63. Window shopping! All looking, no purchasing :)

  64. I baked my first cake since I had my baby a few months ago- glad to be baking again!

  65. I went home from college to help my parents get ready for their Superbowl party and used my cookie press to make cheddar crackers!

  66. I spent the weekend playing with my 6 month old son!

  67. This city girl went to the RV show and ogled at all the pretty options. Fun to day dream.

    These cookies are WAY TOO CUTE! I have open coffees at my home a few times a year and these would be perfect for the table. I’m going to have to try them.

  68. Eu fiz bolachas neste fim de semana. Eu amo seu trabalho com bolachas decoradas e amo ver sua pagina na internet e adoraria ganhar este livro. Beijos

  69. I went to my friend’s bachelorette party!

  70. Adorable as always, but these are extra over the top! Love them!! This weekend I was making fondant jungle animals for my nephews 1st birthday cake!

  71. I spent time with family eating pizza and way too many other yummy things!

  72. Wow! Those cookies are Super Cute :D

    This weekend I was organising myself to head back to work after a long vacation.

  73. This weekend I put up my decorations for Valentine’s Day and just relaxed!

  74. Walking in the forest with my daughter, getting lost And getting and muddy- great fun!!

  75. Took care of my sick kiddo and apparently picked up a germ or two along the way :o/

  76. Baked a flourless chocolate coffee cake – and then promptly shared it with friends. Shopped for mini-madeline cake pan.

  77. Went shopping with my daughter! Those cookies are so cute!

  78. We were traveling from Nebraska back home to Alaska. Felt good to finally be home again!

  79. This weekend we hung out with friends and we all visited a local farm. The kids got to see all kinds of animals, but the best part is when I(Mommy) got pooped on by a bird pirched up in the tree. Not.

  80. These are so cute. My 7 year old will love these, she loves all things tiny. Well, this weekend we were recovering from being sick, so not much for us this weekend.

  81. Took a mini photography class with a few aspiring female photographers!

  82. I made a lemon meringue pie. Delish!

  83. Too cute! I went to a margarita party and studied, a great weekend :)

  84. Awesome!! This weekend I researched different cake pop projects online. Can’t wait for Valentine’s Day!

  85. Nothing fun. My grandmother’s funeral tool place this weekend.

  86. I went shopping for our Superbowl party ;-)

  87. Omg, I am dying to try these! I love everything mini too! This weekend I made Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes in my cake pop maker and they were sooooo good!

  88. I had surgery this weekend. :( Can’t wait to be up and about making yummy food like this again.

  89. I worked sadly, and hung out with my mother!

  90. i went to a Turkish restaurant :) i ordered the mix grill
    and my two sisters ordered shish kebab
    the best part was the dessert baklava deli-sh!!!!!
    i love desserts

  91. These cookie tiers are absolutely adorable, too cute to eat!
    The book looks totally FUN too! This weekend I nursed my sick family back to health with homade soup and we listened to a story on tape.

  92. I worked this weekend. And I made whole wheat honey oatmeal bread! Yum!

  93. I need this in my life! So adorable! I made gingerbread teddy bears at the weekend :)

  94. My husband ( who does not usually enter the kitchen) has been on a baking kick lately! This weekend he ( we) made Buckeyes…….., a lot less messy than two weeks ago when he made cinnamon rolls from scratch!

  95. So cute…

    I walked through Budapest (Hungaria), while I’m on holiday there. Also ate delicious hungarian cake.

  96. Rested up from a emotional week. I had to put my dear 14 year old cocker spaniel to sleep earlier in the week and the emotions of it all wore me out.

    The cookies are beyond cute!

  97. Playing with my children and finally watching hockey!

  98. I went to visit my family a reconnected with old friend :)

  99. I went ice skating with my nephew! A great way to spend 15 degree weather :)

  100. I helped one of best friends celebrate her birthday!!

  101. I made a big pot of soup and an apple-pear crisp! Warmed the heart and soul!

  102. Wow,that is just the cutest idea ever! Can’t wait to try it out myself…
    To answer your question: I watched a great movie with my boyfriend (Les Intouchables, would recommend it to anyone)…and of course we had to make some pastries together. He’s my personal baking slav..i mean assistant. It’s always fun to bake with and for someone you love.

  103. I spent the weekend getting the house organized and then went out to lunch with my husband and 5 week old baby, Fatima Miranda :)

  104. Hung out at home, watched Downton Abbey and I’m currently admiring your tiny little cookies… I’d love to see some photos of your kitchen… where do you keep all your stuff???????

  105. I spent the weekend with my husband’s aunts, uncles, and cousins and had a great time!

    These cookies are so adorable!

  106. This weekend I just hung around mostly. I also cleaned my floor. These cookies are super super cute! Where do you come up with these adorable ideas?

  107. Just needed to stay WOW. Cutest thing I have seen in a long time and such a creative idea. Love them!

  108. Watched movies, got take-out with the mister, and baked COOKIES! Perf!!

  109. Please Please PLEASE!!! I am the family baker, and for the last 6 months, I am always baking cookies, but I’ve tried all of my own recipies, and I’ve just finished your own original cookie recipies. I would really like to branch out in the world of cookie baking, because I used to do just cakes. I find cookies easier, faster, and my siblings (I have 7) and my parents love them!!!

  110. I went to a birthday party at a Japanese Hibachi grill. The food was awesome and the company was even better!
    I also made a new recipe, chocolate chip cheesecake bars. Yummy and super rich!

  111. This weekend I spent with family celebrating some exciting news for a nephew and brother-in-law. It was a beautiful weekend… but would have been even better with cute cookies in tow. :)

  112. I helped with a youth event at my church and cooked lunch for a bunch of kids ! Great fun !

  113. I made springerle cookies and spaghetti sauce. Nice combo, right.

  114. We went to double basketball games for my sons and ate Tandori chicken that I made.

  115. Lol, I went to a cat show! I don’t know how hubby talked me into it… Those are so cute! Perfect for a Valentines party!!!!

  116. These are unbelievably adorable! I love your creativeness in making cute food :) It was Australia Day here this weekend in Australia so we got a long weekend, yay! We celebrated with friends & I started all the baking for my baby’s first birthday :)

  117. I made a pot of chili and watched movies! Love the cookies, they are adorable!

  118. I would love to learn more cookie decorating tips. I spent the weekend relaxing with my girls who were both recovering from the flu.

  119. I watched a bunch of movies and continued my search for a mug cake that’s actually tasty! The search continues…

  120. Omg Angie, those are so adorable! I actually did a lot of baking yesterday, since it was my sister’s birthday. And we went to the pool on Saturday, although the water was so cold I only stayed 15 minutes, lol.

  121. I went to King Arthur Flour! So much shopping and eating!

  122. I spent all weekend washing my hands since my toddler had pink eye! Eek! (But I also spent this morning making some cake pops, so that was a little more pleasant!) Beautiful job on your valentine’s cookies!

  123. OMG love the cute cookie on cookie tiers!
    I went to a friend’s karaoke birthday party (Happy Bday Kabat!) and played with my cutie lil niece!

  124. I was moving to a new home. What a mess! :p

  125. Went car shopping. Love your ideas!

  126. So adorable and inspiring! This weekend i made cinnamon ginger cupcakes for the family!

  127. I met up with my college roommates and spent some quality time reminiscing and having a good time. Sunday was spent at church and hanging out with the little sister! Nothing wild, but it was a great weekend nonetheless.

  128. These are super adorable! I went for healthy (somewhat) and made granola clusters from One Good Thing by Jillee. Tasty but I’ll bake them less and only add the fruit during the second baking next time.

  129. Snuggled with my infant and dreamt about cookies!

  130. Baked some tollhouse cookies for my guys!

  131. Did some final testing of Valentine’s Day truffle recipes. Made a Kau (not Kona) coffee ganache that failed miserably, but I was able to salvage it into an excellent Kau coffee mocha mousse with Oreo Cookie/macadamia nut butter/brown sugar crust. I also did a re-do of the truffles and they turned out fabulous.

    I’ll have to pick up some mini-cookie cutters to make these sugar cookie sugar cookies.

  132. I made a strawberry cake for the first time – smelled amazing! And then fashioned them into a patch of Strawberry Cake Pops!

  133. My boyfriend and I had a casual lazy weekend as we just got back from Hawaii on Tuesday.

  134. finisihed a valentines day quilted wall hangingQ

  135. those are so cute! We went and checked out colleges for my oldest son!

  136. I made the best ever Oatmeal Raisin cookies!!!!!

  137. I saw Zero Dark Thirty and was so proud of the men and women who caught Osama! I love America!!

  138. We had an ice storm so we stayed in most of the weekend. I love to cook and bake but we went to one of my favorite eating places!

  139. went to a piano recital

  140. I celebrated my moms 53th birthday! Had a fun day full of family en nice food! :)

  141. I cooked, baked, and picked out paint colors for my living room!

  142. Angie, these cookie creations are just beyond adorable. They’re the cutest decorated cookies I have ever seen in my entire baking life. LOVE that you used Bridget’s (Bake at 350) sugar cookie recipe and that you were inspired creatively by her book, Decorating Cookies. You have inspired me. Truly, inspiration begets inspiration! ? xoxo

  143. How funny!

    This past weekend I attended a Cookie Decorating Seminar and learned so much!!

  144. It was a Ladies Who Lunch Weekend!! Nothing like chatting and brunching with your girlfriends!!

  145. we traveled 2 hours each way to my daughter’s swim meet. Love family outings! :)

  146. this weekend i went shopping and ate everything i could find in the food court

  147. I watched the SAG Awards and went to a beer tasting. Those cake stand cookies are beyond adorable!

  148. My weekend was all about my sweet nine year old. On Friday, we celebrated her birthday with a family dinner at her favorite restaurant. On Saturday, we gave her a surprise birthday party with friends. On Sunday, she and I had lunch and went shopping at the American Girl store in Seattle. It was so much fun!

  149. This weekend I did not do any major baking :0(…. I sure wanted to, but instead, I did some major cleaning and stuck to basic cooking for dinner (fish, collard greens, and yams!).

  150. this weekend we made cookies….decorated some circles as polar bears (with grated white chocolate) and the other circles as penguins (with black sanding sugar left over from Halloween). Cute and sweet! And we went to the cinema for my daughter’s birthday!

  151. I worked all weekend but dreamed of cookies!

  152. Very cute! This weekend I treated myself and got a manicure and pedicare since it is 70 degrees outside and flip-flop wearing weather.

  153. THESE COOKIES ARE KILLING ME WITH CUTENESS!!! GWARH!!! Super adorable! I attended a wedding where I was seated near the dessert bar! LUCKY ME!! It was all delicious, but definately not as adorable as these cookies!

  154. So cute can’t wait to try!

    I bought a house this weekend! Yay!

  155. I just swooned over this, my ovaries can’t take the cute! Spent the weekend cleaning the house and planning baking for next weekend- my bf and I are having an early Valentine’s because we’re a long distance couple :)

  156. Both of my girls had a sleepover Saturday night (first time I’ve ever spent the night away from my youngest) so I went on a date with my husband. First one in months!

  157. That book is SOOO cute!! This weekend I hung out with my family and watched my favorite movie, You’ve Got Mail. I love romantic comedies!! :)

  158. Cleaned out some of my girls toys. Not fun at all.

  159. I baked oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies on Saturday and on Sunday stood in the freezing rain to train my puppy at her doggy training session!

    Btw the cookies look brilliant!

  160. I didn’t do much as I was recovering from surgery I had this week. I had my husband and daughter here with me so all was good.

  161. Okay, it’ll sound weird if I don’t first state that I am TEN YEARS OLD! (Oh I want that book!) On the weekend I slept over with my cousins at my papaw’s house! We ate snacks and played games and watched “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” AWESOME MOVIE!!
    Thanks!

  162. These are too cute to handle! This weekend I had a work holiday party with my AMAZING coworkers!

  163. Oh my, the 3 tier cookie stand with little cookies are just adorable. It was my mom’s birthday Sunday so we celebrated with dinner & cake. She turned 81.

  164. These cookie stands are so creative! This weekend we went wedding band shopping, and then indulged in an unhealthy (but delicious!) dinner at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles. It was a great weekend! :)

  165. I was coming down with cold and just sat around and watched episodes of Torchwood on neftlix.

  166. I went to a basketball game and baked cookies with my cousin.

  167. Those are SO cute! I spent my weekend getting caught up on stuff around the house.

  168. I watched my son play basketball and enjoyed a snow day today with my children!
    Thank you so much for your creativity and inspiration, I can’t wait to make these for Valentine’s Day!

  169. These are so cute. I am going to have to make them. Going to have to tryfind the book here in Canada too.
    Love the idea.

  170. I slept almost enough…went to church…laughed with my hubby, called a kiddo…

  171. Those are adorable !!!
    This week-end I made some brown butter chocolate chip cookies to go to my grandmother !

  172. this weekend, I tried to catch up on sleep and cooking this week’s meals. I was semi-successful!

  173. I was in bed with the flu this weekend. Even though I got my flu shot, it still got me, but thankfully only for the weekend! I wanted to bake cookies because it was nice and cold outside, but my body had other plans! Thanks for sharing your cute ideas every week and for new baking books to buy!

  174. I got called in to work. Boo!

  175. Oh how lovely. I took my son to the local agricultural field day to ride on tractors.

  176. So cute!!

    I spent the weekend with my boyfriend for his fathers funeral, it was not a very good weekend :(

  177. i cleaned my kitchen cabinet faces and sorted thru glasswear. the fun comes later… i’m planning a remodel!

  178. These are THE cutest ever! This weekend I was a single mama as my husband is in Europe for work. Friday I hosted our monthly book club, Saturday my 5 kiddos and I cleaned house, Sunday we went to church. Nothing too exciting, but ours none-the-less =).

  179. I went to a class to learn how to make homemade ricotta and mozzarella

  180. We had birthday dinner for my fiance with my future in laws!

  181. This past weekend I took my mother in law grocery shopping and helped her around the house. What I really wanted to do was bake your moist cake recipe which I hope to do this coming weekend. My husband loves it.

  182. A better question might be “What *didn’t* I do this weekend?” We had a full weekend of sports and scouts and a day trip to visit relatives. By Sunday night, I was begging for Monday to arrive so I could relax for five minutes!

  183. This weekend, my college had a welcome back party so my friends and I went to that as a break from reading and homework :)

  184. Oh my gosh, that’s so cute!
    This weekend was my baby brother’s birthday, so i made red velvet cake pops dressed as pokemon balls for him, since he looves pokemon! ;)

  185. I LOVE this idea!!!

    This weekend I transformed a formally really disgusting space under our stairs into an organized closet for tools, seldom-used kitchen equipment, and our vacuum cleaner. It’s a project I’ve been meaning to get to for, oh, five years, so I’m very pleased!!!

    I deserve cookies.

  186. Oh, my goodness! You are so creative. How adorable & delicious these look! I wish I was baking this past weekend, but me & my whole family were stuck inside sick.

  187. Beautiful and delicious looking cookies.

  188. Oh. My. Goodness!!!!! I ALWAYS love you beautiful edible treats so much, but this takes the cake! {See what I did there?}. The mini cookies are to die for, but then THE EDIBLE TIERED STAND!?!!!!! Perfection! You are amazing. :)

  189. X-country skiing and soaking in a hot-tub after – very nice!!!

  190. I baked & iced 2 dozen cupcakes (zebra-striped – vanilla/chocolate) for my daughter’s birthday party! They turned out adorable!!

  191. I got to see my grandparents-in-law! It was great! :)

  192. as it was raining down the coast my 3yr old decided to get creative and “play” food. we didn’t have all the ingredients she wanted for her pretend cake, but we made it work, museli in the baking tin, small tomatoes for eggs, raisins for toppings – then sit on the floor and have a nik nik (picnic) with her one year old sister. very cute.

  193. I spent the weekend taking care of sick kids.

  194. I made some decorated (game face football) cookies this weekend!

    Your dessert stand is out-of-this-world ADORABLE!!!

  195. I worked all weekend, not very fun

  196. I had a quiet weekend just enjoying friends and family. It was great!

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