CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, April 11, 2014

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

And the winner is.......

Dawn Rudisill

(Please email me at cookiecrazielady [at] gmail [dot] com 

so I can get your address and have your prizes sent to you!)

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Personal Side

Fabulous week......

I tried two new things this week....and both were successful.

I got a new airbrush and had success using it this week.

I purchased one a few years ago and it broke within 3-4 months. :(

At CookieCon, I heard about an inexpensive one that I subsequently ordered from Amazon.

I'm certainly not a pro at it, but it got the job done.

I was happy with the results.

Then I finally found the right combination for a corn syrup edible clay.

I had bought several silicon molds over the Christmas holiday and was anxious to try them out.

I had some failed attempts at a clay these last few months.

But this week....it came together!

And the cool thing......it is basically the same ingredients as my glaze......plus butter. 

YEAH!

It tastes like buttercream! Mmmmmm

I'm so excited.

Then......I was asked to teach a glaze class on a Cookie Cruise that is happening in January 2015.

Once again.....super excited.

This next week.....I need to get some Mothers Day cookies done for the blog.

I've got a great idea for a collection that I hope is going to work out. :)

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Instagram photos for this week:

Happy Friday!

Awesome cutters....many of them custom that I ordered from Piping Mad Prints.
It brings a cookier joy to see such pretty cutters.

Bridal Shower beauties from last week..... 

Wait......before you throw something at me, read my disclaimer.
These snowflakes were made for a cookie project I'm teaching in November.....
and not a reflection of the current season or a desire for more S***. Haha

A week from Sunday.....how did that happy so quickly?! 

I can hardly contain my excitement!
I learned two amazing techniques this week.
This cookie shows both of them.....
First.....airbrushing.....can you see the little shimmery hearts on the background of the cookie?
And then I had success developing a corn syrup "clay".
This allows me to mold pretties to put on top of the cookies.
Happy happy happy!!

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... April 4, 2014

Spring Basket Cookies (Tutorial)

My goal with these basket cookies......to make them as 3D as possible.
I used three different large shapes......an oval, scalloped oval, and rounded rectangle.


To make them 3D-ish, you'll need the main bottom shape
and a duplicate shape with a half circle/rectangle taken out.

I laid the 2nd layer of dough on top of the main layer.....forming a 3D basket on bottom.

Press the middle portion in to give it a hollowed out look and then make the handle area thicker.

Once baked, outline and flood with brown or white (or color of choice) glaze.

I created texture two different ways.

The two baskets on the left (below)......I waited about 30 min and then 

started adding lines of glaze with a 1.5 PME tip making sure the lines did not touch.

Allow the lines to dry for about 30 min and then add crossing (weave) lines.

For the brown rectangular basket, I originally tried to use a texture mat to give it a weaved look.

(see photo above of all three basket cookies....it's the one on the right.)

When it didn't work, I just took my handy cake tester and added weave lines. 

The glaze needs to crust for approximately 2 hours before you can achieve this effect.

Give the basket-weaved glaze plenty of time to dry (a few hours).

Now you can add the basket contents. 

In this case, I added eggs.

To get a layered effect, add the back eggs (including the underneath area close to the basket).

Allow them to dry for at least an hour.

Then add additional eggs in front.

Dry overnight.

Using Americolor color gels, paint the eggs pretty spring colors.

If desired, you could even add patterns and designs with the gel.

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