chocolate kiss cookies

CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, February 7, 2014










It's back!
Cookie Con 2014 is coming soon.
You don't want to miss this....

I'd LOVE to see you there!



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CookieCrazie will be at Cookie'sCool in Genoa, Italy May 1-3, 2014
http://www.cookiescool.com/en/cookie-artists/pam-sneed-cookie-crazie

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review


/www.cookiecrazie.com//2014/02/layered-heart-cookies-tutorial.html


/www.cookiecrazie.com//2014/02/chocolate-kiss-cookies-tutorial.html


/www.cookiecrazie.com//2014/02/showers-of-love-cookie-collection.html





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Personal Side

Lots of productive things done this week.
I worked on an order for a princess baby shower and 
added in some spring flowers for good measure.
Daffodils and tulips were popping up during a snowstorm on Tuesday. haha
It was nice to think about all the green and color that will come soon.

I got a little crafty.....making fold-over labels for the shower cookies.
It was more work than I anticipated.....but I plowed through and got them done.
I think my friend will be pleased with the outcome.

I haven't decided for sure what cookies I'll do next week.
Somehow....I think they will be spring-related.....just because I enjoyed the flowers so much.

Can you believe Valentines Day is in just one week?

And CookieCon is just a few more weeks after that.
It makes me happy, just typing that. :)

♥

Instagram photos for this week:


Sending some love on this Friday morning......

Texture......love it!


 Princess alert!
( Haha.....can you tell I had trouble getting the dough out of the tiny cutter?!)


Have a happy hippo Monday!

 

Got rid of all the dough "poke marks" :)


 THIS is what I was working on during our snowstorm yesterday.
It won't be long......right?




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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....


Chocolate Kiss Cookies (Tutorial)





Mmmmm......that love-able candy that represents a kiss. :)

The best part about making these cookies is that you control the messages placed into them.
They can be as generic or as personal as you'd like.

Print out your personalized messages using a small font (8-12).
Trim them so they are on a long thin piece of paper.


For the cookie, I highly recommend a chocolate cut-out cookie. Mmmmm
The dark color and yummy flavor is perfect for this project.

 The special copper cutter I purchased a few years ago is no longer available (sorry!),
but a triangle cutter with one end curled to look like a kiss works just fine.


BEFORE baking the cookies......
Trim the message papers with an extra blank portion that can be stuck into the cookie.
Cut open the "top" of the cookie and insert the paper message.



Once the cookies are baked, outline and flood the cookies with gray 10-second glaze.
(Gray is made by adding a tiny amount of Americolor Super Black to uncolored glaze.)


Allow the glaze to dry for 1-2 hours (times will vary with conditions),
then gently press on a texture mat to give the glaze a crinkled foil look.
To make the imprints random......press in one direction, and then in a different direction.


Also, use a cake tester to add some foil lines to the glaze.


Allow the glaze to dry overnight.
Brush a mixture of silver pearl dust and almond extract onto the entire cookie.


xoxoxo


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