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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.

Play food

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 spent time with my son and my nephews playing games and such. Love those kiddos!

  2. Omg Bakerella these are AMAZING! I love them! And this weekend I spent time with my family and learned to crochet!

  3. Those cookies are uber adorable! So cute I’d probably stare at
    them instead of eating them. Haha.

    I spent my weekend watching episodes of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness while baking chocolate orange cupcakes! :)

  4. I mostly stayed home with my sick baby.

  5. I made cookies too this weekend! Panda faces to be exact, for my godson’s 5th birthday.

  6. These are AMAZING!! This weekend I wasn’t feeling well so the majority of the weekend I spent it in bed. Thank you for the chance to win such an awesome book!

  7. I had an industry-related seminar all day Saturday but on Sunday I lounged around with my fiance (we drank coffee, went on a walk, had a nice chat and just relaxed).

    I wish I had time to make cookie stands but I always look forward to seeing what creative cookies you come up with.

  8. I made cream cheese cookies!

  9. I caught up on all my tv shows! :)

  10. Enjoyed the outdoors a little by taking the dog for a walk. Cute cookies!!!

  11. This weekend, I attended a gorgeous wedding and ate cute dainty food while trying to utilize my best etiquette. I only banged my champagne flute against the butter dish ONCE! Accomplishment, I know. ~_^

  12. Oh these are cute! I love sugar cookies. This weekend I baked biscuits and threw some pots in the ceramics studio. Nothing too crazy, but it was a relaxing way to pass the time.

  13. We went to a family reunion and got to play with lots of cousins!

  14. I made some princess wands a tutu for my nieces 3rd birthday party.

  15. Busy decorating cookies for friends and family. This is the cutest and most novel cookie idea I’ve seen! Might have to make a few for some special friends! Love your ideas!

  16. My weekend was kind of blecch. I spent it recovering from a stomach virus that’s been going around, and tried to avoid thinking about food as much as possible :(

    On the bright side, since I was spending most of my time sleeping and trying to distract myself from my illness, I actually rediscovered my old Game Boy Advance and a sizable stack of various Pokemon games for Game Boy, GB Color and GBA. So I certainly can’t complain :)

  17. I played with the baby. She is trying to walk now!

  18. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! These are the cutest little cookie stands ever! This weekend I made cupcakes for my son’s birthday…yum!

  19. This weekend I went to my company’s *belated* Christmas party! I think I spend over an hr trying to make a decent attempt at an “up-do” hairstyle, oh dear.

  20. It was Australia day this weekend, so we had a barbie!

  21. I made a babyshower cake! And went to visit a very dear friend who is ill.

  22. We planted our garden with spring veggies and started our summer seeds indoors.

  23. I baked cakes, big ones though not as cute as these! AND saw Wicked with my mom and sister. :)

  24. Finally saw the Silver Linings Playbook – Jennifer Lawrence is amazing

  25. Went to a work party for my husband, and had some DELICIOUS cake pops! Couldn’t help but think of you.

    P.s. These. are. SO. adorable!

  26. I worked on my valentine wreath and making princess dolls for my two granddaughters.

  27. I love these!!

    This weekend i was with my Boyfriend and his family, and then at work :( nothing fun, hopefully next weekend will be better!

  28. This weekend I made two cakes for friends. A two tier monster truck cake and an army tank. That was a long 12 hours of hard work but so worth it to see how happy they were with how they turned out.

  29. This weekend I was in Evanston, IL for an audition for the graduate vocal program at Northwestern.

  30. Stayed home and watched Trouble with the Curve. Great movie

  31. I worked on my 72 Nova that I am restoring!

  32. I went to tea with my sister. We had a lovely lunch and a pot of tea! These cookies would have topped off our day!

  33. We continued to celebrate my husband’s birthday and ended up having hours’ long conversation about The Life of Pi with special friends.

  34. My Husband got sick so I took care of him all weekend. I love the cookies they are so cute!! :)

  35. I made chocolate chip cookies for my husband! He’s been working extra hard lately.

  36. What a super cool idea I would love to try and make these. Would be fun to win the book too. Fingers crossed.

  37. I made ginger shortbread cookies with meyer lemon curd!

  38. I watched my daughter play basketball (high school) and celebrated my Husband’s birthday. I would really like this book!!!

  39. I put a tile backsplash up behind my stove in. Newly remodeled kitchen on Saturday then had a cake decorating class on Sunday.

  40. These are so adorable! I wish I had the time to try making these. But I did spend some of the weekend making cookies with my son.

  41. My husband and I started registering for baby gifts! We’re expecting our first in May!!!! So excited!

  42. I took my cute daughter on a little date – frozen yogurt and a bit of shopping! :)

  43. I watched my son play in a basketball tournament – they got 3rd and I got bleacher butt!

  44. I went thru some old cookbooks looking for vintage Valentine’s Day Cookies!
    Then I went to watch my hometown Hockey Team on Sat and Sun!!

  45. We attended our oldest son’s Cub Scout Pinewood derby and I cooked and baked the rest of the weekend. Delicious but nothing out of the ordinary. Doesn’t January need an out-0f-the-ordinary injection about now?:) Cheers! x

  46. I work every weekend. I consider Monday one of my weekend days. Today, I spent time with my son and relaxed. I had a busy weekend.

  47. I went to Houston to see my man!

  48. I donated blood to Bonfils… could really use a cookie book to get my blood sugar back up :)

  49. I got to visit St Louis.

  50. Went to visit my fiancee’s cousin before he moves to Chile.

  51. “sigh” I studied. And studied. Did a little bit of cooking. But mostly, I studied.

  52. I made Valentine cards…Now I need to make these darling Valentine treats! You outdid yourself….AGAIN!

  53. Moved a lot of boxes because we were moving houses…Then went to the beach and enjoyed the sun!

  54. I did insanity workout videos with my husband lol :)

  55. So cute! I actually stayed in with my 6yr old who has th flu and dreamed of baking ;)

  56. This weekend, I made pinwheel cookies in heart shapes. You know pinwheel cookies, those chocolate wafer cookies filled with marshmallow and covered with chocolate. Yummm! Oh and some heart-shaped chocolate sugar cookies. I flooded them and will let the children write their Valentine wishes on them instead of buying Valentine’sthe Day cards.

  57. I spent the weekend relaxing, watching movies and seeing some friends! It was fabulous :-)

  58. Took the kids to see all their grandparents! Love family time :)

  59. Went to bday parties this weekend.

  60. I baked cookies ;)

  61. So cute!! I went to the wedding of two of my friends…it was so special :)

  62. This weekend I took a Breakfast Pastry Class. Then Bowling! :)

  63. we went to a friend’s birthday party, so I didn’t get to do any baking until tonight…cake pops and mini donuts

  64. I performed with my dance troupe in a Chinese New Year show!

  65. OMIGOSH! These cookies are soooo CUTE!! I will seriously try out the sugar cookie recipe from your friend at Bake at 350! Liek you, I totally hate waiting for things to come to room temperature. Always puts me behind schedule! This weekend, I was baking with my little girl in her little easy bake oven. We made dessert pizza with nutella ganache and she absolutely LOVED it! I also tried out a meringue cups with fruit recipe from a baking blog called bakingdom. So much fun!

  66. I made tiramisu cupcakes and dark chocolate with raspberry filling cupcakes! I can’t wait to try these little gems next weekend. The drawing in on my birthday and would be a fabulous gift :)

  67. Went to my craft shop and talked with all my craft buddies and then we went to dinner. But I would have rather been baking up some sweet cookie treats for all my friends!

  68. How ADORABLE!! :) I made pb&j sandwiches for the homeless this weekend!

  69. Greetings from Down Under! I would love to win this book! This weekend, I had some of my friends over and we hung out together. I am super excited, ’cause my birthday was on Friday and my darling family gave me a cake pop machine which cooks cake pops for you! Can’t wait to try it out!!

  70. I love creative people and you are the best. This weekend I made black beans as explained to me by a friend from Mexico. There was no receipe but it turned out great.

  71. Shop, clean, and corrected mid-terms yea! or ugh! However you want to take it……..Your cookies are soooooocute!

  72. I was busy being crafty in preparation for my baby boy’s first birthday party!

  73. I visited with family, and we would have LOVED those cookies!! So incredibly cute!!

  74. I worked on Saturday and went home sick from work on Sunday. Still recovering from whatever gunk struck me down. Boo.

  75. I started school! Surprisingly this is fun now that I’m an adult.

  76. Went camping and took my son to his motorcycle race, he got 1st place, I’m super proud of him. These cookies are so so cute, you are super talented! Would LOVE to win, I’m new at cookie decorating and could use some help.

  77. I made a fun birthday cake for my daughter, baked lemon meringues, and made boeuf bourguignon with my husband. Great family weekend at home.

  78. This weekend I made a cute minnie mouse cake, but I would like to make the cookies from this book on another weekend, hint hint :)

  79. This was too cute!!! I have to give these a try! This weekend I went to a vintage fair! =)

  80. I just hung out with my boys after a very busy week.

  81. Your website always makes me smile. What an adorable, sweet idea!
    This weekend our family toured the Medical Team Northwest’s Real Life Exhibit and were reminded of how fortunate we are and how wonderful it is to help others. I also made Gevulde Speculaas (a Dutch almond stuffed cookie) for the first time.

  82. Omysquee such tiny cute cookies :D how sweet.

    This weekend I tried cuban food and liked it :)

  83. I spent the weekend with my friends!

  84. We went to visit my mom and took her grocery store and did her bills. Not really exciting:)

  85. We went to the symphony’s pops concert on Fridaynnight, which was awesome. We took our daughter tomtwomdifferent birthday parties and a dance class, and we got,our house ready to sell, since we’re moving very soon. Oh, and we had friendsover for supper on Saturday. I didn’t bake cookies, but I did make some mocha pudding that I layered into a sort of trifle using bits of leftover cake and crushed raspberries.

  86. I made paper decorations for my daughter’s 1st birthday party this coming weekend!

  87. I spent some of Saturday visiting with my now 4-month old grandson. Ahhhh… he makes my heart sing!

  88. Lots of family time! And I got the kids to help me vacuum the house. They are 5 and 8, so that was pretty monumental. (:

  89. I made thumbprint cookies with a group of 3-year-olds!

  90. Last Saturday, we celebrated our eldest son Bautista turned 7! We gave a birthday party for our family and friends! We had a blast!

  91. I made lemon muffins… and worked.

  92. Definitely using this idea for my graduation party! This weekend was a fun-filled couple days with visiting friends and saving lives!

  93. I was busy cross country skiing all weekend :)

  94. I played dominoes with my grandparents :)

  95. Hi,

    Omg!! These are absolutely adorable! Love it!!!
    This weekend I was busy with school home work and work… but the little time I had I baked peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies!! They were definetly a good way to procasinate and not do any school work ;)

  96. This weekend we had fun @ playgound with our 3 year old son then had shave ice (snow cone) as a treat!

  97. We did a little home improvement project and enjoyed family time!

  98. this weekend we went to a birthday party! it was really fun! all the cake and we went swimming!

  99. I worked all weekend at the hospital, but its ok because I had a lovely Monday off work

  100. my family came to see me here in atlanta! awesome time with all of them!!

  101. Over the weekend I toughs my friend how to make apple pie. :)

  102. en los últimos fines de semana desde que encontré esta pag me pongo con mi hija a probar casi todas las recetas me fui de compras para poder hacer estas bellezas dios que maravillosas manos tiene ud que mi dios la acompañe siempre para que pueda seguir compartiendo con nosotras, y así yo poder hacer y ver en el rostro de mi bebe esa sonrisa que me encanta cuando algo le gusta..ya tengo los dulces hermosos que voy a dar en el nuevo año chino…

  103. Super cute! This past weekend, I ate a delicious tres leches cake! Have you made this kind of cake before?

  104. You are so creative, and I love your cookies and stands, and you inspire me to be creative and BAKE! It was a great Colorado weekend, blue sky and it was unusually warm. My husband and I were out and about, holding hands, enjoying the weather and just having a fun day! Whoohoooho and it was such a super weekend!!!

  105. So cute!! they remind me of those Japanese sweets made from clay.

  106. I went to lunch with my friends and watched my brother win state! Not a bad weekend. Also I adore these cookies! They are so cute! I am a sucker for small things.

  107. The cookies are so cute! I love them. We hung around the house this weekend doing chores.

  108. This weekend I brought my three year old to see Robert Munsch! I went to see him tell stories for the first time when I was about her age so it was amazing to share the experience with her.

  109. I just got ready for this trip I’m currently on (for a class). Love your mini meta cookie cookies! :)

  110. My husband and I spent a romantic evening in downtown Chicago! He would love to help me eat some adorable cookies!

  111. So cold outside this past weekend. Stayed in and had Chinese food and watched movies.

  112. I went to visit my cousin in CT…drank wine and ate BLT’s!

  113. Love the miniatures…adorable. I made a peppermint hot chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting with just a hint of mint. Celebrating my my girlfriends daughters’ birthdays. Relish! Hope I win :-)

  114. Read a book!

  115. Oh my…I love these so much. So pretty and cute and adorable and lovely! (Yes, I could go on)
    Thank you for another amazing idea.

  116. Vacationed in the sunny Puerto Rico with friends! These are too cute!

  117. I went to Disneyland with my kids this weekend!

  118. Wacky busy weekend! My girls had a synchronized swimming meet, my oldest girl then had a high school dance, and the school my youngest attends had their annual trivia night/auction fundraiser. Whew!

  119. I started crocheting a new afghan!

  120. We went to a nephew’s 3rd birthday party and had so much fun!

  121. Worked out and took me time!

  122. Worked and headed to the gym!!!

  123. I love all the cute things you make!
    I went shopping at Michael’s and got killer deals ;)

  124. This weekend my little sister came over to my house and we spent a great weekend curled up on the couch playing a new video game :D I definitely need to get into some cookies though!

  125. Made some cookies, church, hung out with my kids.

  126. we spent the weekend sleeping & getting better from the cold we all had :)

  127. These are adorable. . . I just don’t know if I would have the patience.

  128. I attended Winterfest at the Indiana Fairgrounds then ate at The Rathskellar to enjoy Devour Downtown Indy. DH & I enjoyed the rare treat of staying overnight at a four star hotel Sat. night. A busy but FUN weekend.

  129. This weekend I was house hunting. I really hope I can find a 1 bed apartment. I miss baking and having dinner parties!

  130. I designed my first cake recipe!!

  131. I made Valentine treat boxes for my grandchildren’s classmates (for their Valentine Party). I also made larger treat boxes for their teachers. They are all filled and ready to go. I also had some friends over for dinner. What fun!

  132. I vegged this weekend…

  133. We cleaned the garage on Sat. ( fun ? ) Visited our new Grandson on Sunday :)

  134. I pieced and quilted a baby quilt!

  135. i made “leche asada” that its a tipical peruvian dessert… its a bit complicated but the result was ok.

  136. I went shopping and took my son to his baseball registrations

  137. I spent it with family :)

  138. I made no-bake sweets with Dylan, 3 years old and Portia, 8 years old. Yum!

  139. I made cream puffs with my mother in law. It was her mom’s recipe. Fun stuff!

  140. I spent most of my weekend drawing sketch cards for a project I’m working on 0: Fun, but tedious, Haha.

  141. Love them!! We went shopping for my son’s 9th birthday which is this week.

  142. Had friends over for dinner with homemade lasagna (noodles and sauce included!) Sooo good.

  143. What did I do this weekend? I make red velvet cupcakes! Yumm (:

  144. With my mother-in-law and the neighbor’s mother across the hall from each other in the nursing home, I made Pretzel Bites. Try to make snacks for them and their visitors to munch on. Love the cookies and stands.

  145. I ran errands with my daughter…she can make anything fun.

  146. Cleaned my house, did laundry, and tried a new cookie recipe.

  147. Ooh, these are lovely! Let’s see, this weekend I celebrated my birthday!

  148. You are a true artist, and I love your canvas! ;) Thank you for sharing your gorgeous work with us. I spent the weekend with my family.

  149. Your cookies are so stinking cute! Love them! This weekend I went shopping for some yarn to make some scarves for myself and my sister (and maybe some friends), went to a play at the local amateur theater, went out to dinner with friends, and did some knitting. It was great!

  150. I made sweet wedding cookies for a very special friend that finally got married!!!!

  151. Cook dinner for friends.

  152. Love the cookie stands, so creative and inspirational. This weekend I sorted through some old family photos while hanging out with a sick kid. Was way more fun than it sounds, she wasn’t too sick and we enjoyed some nice mother daughter time. We’re lookin forward to Valentines cookies and have been visiting Sweet Sugar Belle for inspiration.

  153. We went to my grandmother’s for dinner! Thanks! Jen

  154. I did nothing fun-lots of laundry and cleaning! Boo!

  155. Took care of my 18 yr old daughter who just had her kidney removed and my husband who had a total hip replacement. My house is the recovery house right now. So no nothing fun

  156. I got may nails done, crocheted a hat for my 3 year old, and took a road trip with my 17 year old to visit The University of West Georgia.

  157. Sadly, it was “cram for med school exams” weekend. On the bright side, that means this weekend gets to be fun!

  158. I did a lot of cleaning out and organizing our spare room which we’re turning into a nursery in 6 months!! :)

  159. So cute!!! I made cookies this weekend too!

  160. We were snowed in and the only treat I made was chex mix,

  161. I made a delicious chocolate layer cake for my Grandma’s 89th birthday!

  162. What an adorable idea! I love seeing all of your beautiful cookies. I worked this weekend and made cookies to mail to my college kids!

  163. Too Cute! I met a friend from undergrad after 22 years at JFK airport

  164. Recovered from this cold I have, ugghh!

  165. Just stayed home and painted some furniture! Which is always fun. :D

  166. Saturday my husband & went to Biola University to see Biola Youth Theatre’s production of “Guys & Dolls”. So much fun! On Sunday he had to fly to Hong Kong for work :-( , so after church & lunch with our grown kiddos I amused myself by baking a batch of easy Coconut Macaroons, the very first cookie I made by myself as a child for a girls’s club bake off. They are yummy. :->

  167. Believe it or not, I made cake pops with my daughter! She received the cookbook for Christmas and wanted to try it out so we made the candy hearts. Not nearly as perfect as yours, but still pretty tasty.

  168. Those are super cute! This weekend I went to watch a friend’s independent movie screening as well as baked my favourite matcha mochi cakes.

  169. I made one of my sisters raspberry cream filled cookies. Also made fake sweets for my online shop! http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonsterBakery

  170. Had some unfortunately warm weather for January…75! However, it was great to take a walk along the trails with the dog!

  171. This weekend I stayed inside and out of the bad weather. I enjoyed doing NOTHING!

  172. I was cleaning out my storage cupboard :(.. on the plus side all my decorations are now easily accessible :D

  173. This weekend I went to piano class early in the morning and then my mom and I went to Old Town Pasadena to get macarons. So good!

  174. This weekend I celebrated my boyfriend ‘s sister’s birthday at his parents and since I am born this month they also celebrate mine as well. Great to relax with family!

  175. The small cookies look so delish!! yuuummm! SO CUTE =]

  176. Those cookies are beyond adorable! This weekend I celebrated my sister’s engagement, I am so excited for her! Thanks for the great cookie inspiration :)

  177. I had to work, but I wanted to make cookies. Maybe the truth is I just wanted to eat cookies.

  178. This is ridiculously cute!

  179. You come up with the cutest ideas! This past weekend, took my three girls to the mtns for some snow playing time (we live in sunny Cali).

  180. Did some much needed organizing around the house and then went bicycling with my boyfriend =)

  181. I had a nice relaxing Saturday catching up on some shows and then worked one of my favorite jobs on Sunday at iHop serving pancakes and hanging out with wonderful coworkers. :)

    I did want to do some baking though so I am super jealous of your weekend!

  182. i went to LA to drop off my sister at ucla

  183. These are perhaps the cutest things I have EVER seen. Must try ASAP. I made a cake for a friend’s daughter. Three tiered black cake with rainbow peace signs and butterflies. It was black with laser like candy themes. Felt so good doing it. And the look on her face was priceless. Love your blog.

  184. So cute!!! This weekend our car broke down and we had to spend the rest of the weekend inside due to ex-tropical cyclone Oswald passing through. :) It was lovely listening to it all, I love a good storm, just sad that for some in other areas they were flooded and had to evacuate :(

  185. I played with sourdough!

  186. I hosted brunch for a couple of friends(P.S. These cookies look awesome!!!)

  187. My weekend included dinner with friends and some butterscotch bar cookies. Hard to beat!

  188. Cleaned my kitchen sorted through baking goodies to see what I need to learn how to make cookies as incredible this!

  189. I made penguin cookies – cute but not as cute as these

  190. I made peanut butter cookie. The fourth batch this week.

  191. i procrastinated. LOL.

    your work is amazing as always!

  192. I took my two year old to the zoo and we made sugar cookies!

  193. This weekend I made and decorated a cake to look like a dragon for and upcoming party. It was just the practice one.. but turned out pretty dang cute!!

  194. I worked all weekend :(

  195. This weekend I cleaned out a closet and then I made muffins! :-D

  196. This is absolutely adorable! :) I went to Disneyland this weekend and had the best time ever there cause the lines were short!

  197. This weekend I baked brownies and a cake!

  198. I cleaned then cooked for a Sunday dinner party.

  199. This past weekend I had three day weekend because of snow!! Hubs and I had ice cream and watched movies!

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