There have been a few other review of this cookbook that also make it seem like a good book to have…even though I’m not much of a hand at cookie decoration. Yours look great and are bright and spring like, too. Bet it was fun.

Your cookies look just adorable, I love the colours you used. I also started cookie decorating recently. It is a huge hit with kids so I pull out all the stops and Christmas and for birthdays. There are some truly amazing cookie cutters out there, which aren’t available here in Italy so I order them on the Internet. I posted about cookies for my son’s soccer team a while back - I did the jersey, shorts and soccer boots in the team colours and the kids loved it. There is a woman in Toronto, her company is called The Marmalade Cake Co. and she does amazing things with cookies and cakes. Have a look at her website - it is truly inspirational!
Thanks for a great post!

Looks like you had good fun Ivonne. The cookies look very bright and springy! I tried once to decorate cookies (don’t have any equipment though, I used readymade paste and tools from the supermarket) and it’s suprisingly difficult!

love the bright colors! I’m sure the cookies must have tasted good too!

Check out the cookie decoration of o’holysweet on Flickr - she is amazing!
Yours look like fun!

you’ve definitely succeeded in representing spring! i also have a new-found respect for cookie decorating–it’s not as easy as it looks!

You would be so welcome at our Drop In & Decorate Cookies for donation events — we make sugar cookies, decorate them with royal icing, and donate to food pantries and emergency shelters. You can see some of our decorate cookies here: http://www.ninecooks.com/dropin.html

You would be so welcome at our Drop In & Decorate Cookies for donation events — we make sugar cookies, decorate them with royal icing, and donate to food pantries and emergency shelters.

I made butterfly sugar cookies and decorated them a month ago with the intent of putting up a spring post and it still hasn’t happened…

Beautiful cookies! I love royal icing; it really is the best icing for decorating cookies.

*Note to self: pick up some spring cookie cutters*

You definitely mastered the art of decorating cookies, Ivonne!! Those cookies are GORGEOUS (love the cookie-cutter shapes!) - far from “funny-looking” - you’re too modest! :0)

Aww … cutest cutters *ever*!

Ivonne, You’re the queen of cookies

you’ve inspired me to start decorating cookies myself! i recently bought some cute cookie cutters for spring too so now i’m totally psyched! thanks for sharing, your cookies look adorable.

Your cookies turned out so beautifully. I love the decorating on the purple cookie…very pretty.

Natalie @ Gluten a Go Go

Several years ago I tried my hand at piping and decorating my cookies. Needless to say I failed miserably and I felt it wasn’t worth the aggravation. Your cakes are decorated beautifully Ivonne. You do a wonderful job of piping where it *really* counts. Luv ya!

Carini i tuoi biscotti… così colorati e perfetti per la primavera.
Ciao.

They look so beautiful, Ivonne! I love the shapes you chose, and the colors you used to paint them.

I am not much for decorating cookies either… I think I would rather eat them plain too! But I would like to learn how to decorate them a bit better, since I have an almost-4 year old who would love me to decorate all of his cookies! We might have to break out all of the spring-y cookie cutters and give it a whirl! Thanks for the post, I love reading through your blogs:)

Ivonne,
I think your cookies look fab! It is a very time-consuming project though, I agree, and I don’t think I have the patience for this kind of decorating to do it all the time - probably why I’ll never start a wedding cake business! It’s fun to try it though, and I hope you had fun with the book!

Adorable cookies, love the colors and gold leaf especially.

Love those cookies! You did a great job.
I used to decorate cookies with my daughters when they were little girls, but now that I don’t ‘have to’ I don’t. I find it too time consuming and it seems that the pastry bag is not my friend. I do find the book interesting though.

How colorful!

These cookies are so cute and colorful! I’ll bet they’re yummy too!

I think you did a lovely job! I’d buy these before I’d buy something I found in the grocery store ANYDAY.

Wow…so cute, love the colours and shapes

Are these hearts for me ?
They are adorable! I wish I had the patience to decorate cookies beautifully, ah well….to each his/hers talent! You did a fantastic job! What about delivering some my way?!!

Seems like these would win my heart!

Obviously everyone loves the cookies–since I am the original “cookie monster” I do too! Beautiful and I’m sure they taste just as good.

I have that cookbook on my wish list I like the idea for the icing though. I’ll have to remember to check that out if I ever get the book!!

So cute.

After baking and decorating 60 sugar cookies for an order this weekend, I can imagine how long/frustrating it was to border/flood all those cookies - hope your hand coped better with icing-bag-cramp than mine did

Ohhhh…yes i agree with the rest. Your cookies looks so adorable. Love the bright blue & pink.

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