sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

this is actually FABULOUS…i’ve been so wanting to make those awesome cookies since you posted them!

Thanks Bakerella! I just need to learn how to pipe so I can try these out. I don’t think I can do these this week since I still have finals but definitely next year! Going to give the neighbors cake pops and Oreo truffles for Christmas!

I wanted to share that I did a demonstration of Cake pops for my speech class and everyone loved them – and eating them too! One of the girls got hooked and went out and bought your book that same day! Spreading the love you started Bakerella:)

WOW, that’s an amazing idea, using the ice cream cone cutter to make santas cookies!!! Thank you so much for sharing all of your creations. (pleas apologize my english)….

My son and I made a bunch of xmas cookies this past weekend. I have the ice cream cone cookie cutter so we were super excited to see your post! My son was so bummed that we didn’t have a santa cookie cutter and when I showed him what you’d done with the ice cream one, he said you rock! So we are making santas this weekend.

I LOVE these! I let my 2 year old make sugar cookies just last night… wish we would have thought to look here first. Not that we could have done this on our first try- but I wanted to say, I’m trying my first cake pops TONIGHT! I’m keeping it simple with apples for the teachers at school… wish me luck!

These are adorable. Thanks for including a round template as well. Decorated sugar cookies are on my “To Do” list.

Your cookies are fabulous. And these little templates are adorable! I’m nowhere near being able to pipe these cute faces onto cookies, but I’m going to print out a page and let my daughter color on them for some cute Christmas gift tags. Thanks so much for sharing!

You are so awesome! Thank you for the templates and all your hard work.

These are so cute. I can’t wait to do my holiday baking.

Thank you! These are so cute, you have the cutest ideas!

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Oh Angie!!! Thank YOU so much!!! I am completely honored with your words.
I hadn’t even had a chance to read your blog yet and Kim called and read the words to me, without telling me who wrote them. I said, “Aw, how nice!! Who wrote that?” BAKERELLA!!
A THOUSAND THANK-YOUS!!!!
xo,
Marian

awesome! how did you turn your sketches into a digital line drawings?

So sweet! Not only the templates, but you, for sharing with everyone! Awesome.

Delightful Santas! Well done Bakerella!

What a great reference document! Thanks for taking the time to create the Santa template, love all the versions you came up with!

This is wonderful! THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for sharing – I absolutely love these.

Your the best! Thanks so much!

Adorable! Thanks for sharing.

These are unbelievably cute!!! You are such a talent!

What recipe do you use for royal icing?? I’ve tried making it before and it is not nearly as smooth as yours!!!

I would love to make these out of felt. They are darling ?

Once again a great post and your beautiful words complimenting Marian (Sweetopia) were an added bonus.

You did a great job on your Santa’s and what a great idea with the template.

You are such a sweetie! Thanks for sharing your many talents – and always making me smile!

Thank God something other then cupcake pops. I love love love those things, and I own the book, but I love to see other things and these are GREAT!!!

These are so cute! I love your blog!!

These are so cute.So nice. I can’t wait to do my holiday baking.

Thank you so much for sharing – I absolutely love these.

Those elves are melting my heart. They are SO adorable!

So cute !!!! THANK YOU for the patterns. I’ll use them for cupcakes.

WONDERFUL!!!
Mglòria, Gourmenderies

Fear not, you def are as good as she is :) We’re always our worst critic…

Any chance you can do a step by step of what to pipe and flood in order? As well as the adding the sugering or decorations? For all of us novice cookie decorators..pretty please

Wanted to let u know an upside down heart makes a great Santa too.

Wonderfull!!!!
kisses
Paola

I checked out the Sweetopia’s tutorial, awesome! also wanted to tell you I printed out the PDF for my kids to color for tree ornaments, maybe i’ll even get time to make the cookies! lol!
thank you for all you do for us! Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much for sharing these designs with us.

Thank YOU!!!!!! You are amazing. What a kind person to do that for us~!!!!! Thanks for helping us all get better!
Andrea

Those are too cute! Who would have thought to turn the cone upside down. :) I am going to get baking and probably turn the elves and Santa’s into Christmas cookie ornaments. They would look great on the tree………just have to figure out how to package them. Thank you for the wonderful tips and ideas! You are creative beyond words!

I am going to print that out and give it to my daughter to colour in – maybe cut them out and put them on the tree. AND make cookies, of course.

these are sooooooo cute!
and thank you for your adorable santa templates!

super cute!!!

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Do these cookies have a soft texture or do they get hard.

Awe… those are so cute. I love the cookie cutter you used. I just made cookies and blogged them. My back was killing my by the time I was done with 4 dozen. My hand was hurting too. Did you have this problem? Best wishes for a great holiday!

Thank you so very much for making us a template. I am going to attempt these today!!

Thanks! Going to a cookie making party Saturday armed and ready!! Hope we can attempt these!

Thanks so much for sharing to cute

oh yay! thank you so much :)

You are a sweetheart! Always sharing beautiful things with us.

Thanks!! :)

I love these templates! Especially the round ones. Sweetopia is definitely the gold standard with decorated sugar cookies… it’s like another world! =P

OMG! I saw my Mom’s ice cream cone cookie cutter when I was getting a cut-out for pie crust over Thanksgiving and thought of garden gnome/elves! I was so excited to see this :) Thanks for the great templates!

I love this!! Thank you so much. I have been wanting to practice with piping for awhile, however I am so not an artist. Like you said in your last post, I can trace! I never thought of using stencils or templates. Great idea!

These look amazing! Too cute to eat. You are so talented–I caught you on The Today Show and you are a natural in front of the camera.

Congrats on all your success! You deserve it.

so cute!!!! I really want to make them but my mom says they’re too much work. Sad Face.

Hi , congratulations , the cookies are beatifuls,.
Best wishes and happy holidays xoxoxoxo.

Oh, how darling! Love the template idea!

Bakerella – this made my day! Thank you for the ideas that keep on coming :) Can’t wait to get baking soon! Have a great holiday!!!!

Great looking cookies. Wish that you would come to my class and give a demo. Not good at the royal icing.

So incredibly adorable!!! Thank you for the pdf.

I just love these Santa’s! The round ones are adorable :)

Thank you so much! I was already thinking of printing my screen the other day and cropping your drawings at Paint so that I won’t have to draw the patterns myself. This is very very helpful! Wish me luck on the piping! :)

Thank you for the templates – these cookies are so cute!!

Thank you very much! I can’t wait to try these this weekend :)

Thanks! Especially for the advice on using Americolor Super Red. I adore the Wilton Colors, but trying to dye icing red with it takes ages. I will definitely try Americolor!

OMG!
I’m from Brazil and found your website when I was looking for a Red Velvet Cake recipe..
I’ve been browsing your recipes ever since and they’re so, so, so awesome!
And look very yummy and really easy to make too!
Loved them!
I’m so excited to start baking asap!
Great job, keep it up!
Mariana

These are too cute! What a nice site you have, so full of ideas!

ciao
Alessandra

You’re too fun! I love these little santa cookies.

Darling! I wanna make em now.

Hi Bakerella! I’m such a fan. I was wondering if you have any tips on using red gel coloring. I’ve never seen the Americolor brand, so I have only used Wilton’s red gel. I found that to get the true red that I desired, I had to use so much red gel that it changed the consistency of the icing, which then caused it to take forever to dry and it just didn’t look quite right. Any tips would be appreciated! Thanks!

Too cute! What recipe did you use for frosting because mine was not nearly as white as yours. I know it is because of the butter and vanilla, so I am wondering how you made yours. Thanks!

Lovely and delightful, I am not a good cook and i do not have an oven, but i will be sharing the love by turning them into brooches and giving them away.
Love them!

Thank you for the templates & decorating info!

I love multitasking ideas! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely adorable! :)

Oh my sweet goodness…these are darling..thank you so much for sharing…and isnt Sweetopia just the best !

Quick question…I have recently gotten very interested in cake/cookie decorating and was wondering if you had your icing recipe posted somewhere? thanks!

nicole, 21, college student

Could you make an elf for the circle cookie cutter?

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I LOVE the elf – he’s really my favorite. And I think that your piping is great!

thank you SOOO much for the circle ones! im baking cookies today and i was asking all my friends if they had any christmas cookie cutters because all i had was circles. i was just going to turn them into ornaments but i LOVE your santas so much better :)
you never fail me <3

So super excited, my kids were playing with their play dough and found an ice cream cone cookie cutter YAY

my FAVORITE thing to eat for Christmas is my mom’s lasagna. It is our traditional dinner every year – prepped a few days in advance so there’s no work on Christmas!

Not only are you an expert baker, you are an accomplished artist as well. I love your wonderful blog so much….thank you for all the beautiful things you make and sharing your talents with us !!!

Have a beautiful Christmas and a very Happy New Year !

Hugs,
Nonna

These are too cute to eat. Lovely!

I tip my hat to all you bakers out there….I chose these cookies to make as my first baking project…..overload! ha But I’m not giving up! I have been working on these things for 3 days and tomorrow I will start icing! My family is doing a cookie swap, we are all responsible for 5 DOZEN! The hardest part I think is the coloring..and working with a not so great mixer! Well good luck to everyone and happy holidays!

So cute! I love how you showed us your sketches and how the faces are different!