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CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, March 14, 2014











Cookie Con 2014 is this next week.
Stay tuned for a full report once I return. :)





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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side


This is going to be fairly short and sweet.
I'm preparing to fly to Salt Lake City for CookieCon 2014......
and so I've got a to-do-list a mile long.

I can't tell you how excited I am to meet many of you for the first time.....
and to reunite with others I met at the first Cookie Con.
It is going to be an amazing time in the cookie world.
If you are unable to go this time......PLAN NOW for next time.
You won't want to miss it.

I hope to get lots of photos and report back to you about all that happened.
While waiting, you could check out my CookieCon post from last time.

I'll try to peek in next Friday, but CookieCon will be in FULL swing, so my time may be limited.

Here we go......

♥



Instagram photos for this week:



Happy Friday!


I'm ready.....how about you?


Happy Monday!


Just "coloring" with luster dust today.
So happy that it's spring-like outside!!!


It won't be long..... 


Getting in on the fun....just one week from today, heading to SLC for CookieCon14!
Can't wait to see everyone and go CRAZIE over cookies! :)
 #cookiecon14 #imgoingtocookiecon14



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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....


Layered Heart Cookies (Tutorial)





Dimension........I love it as much as texture on cookies.

I wanted to make "puffy" hearts.
I tried to make several layers with icing.....and it didn't work so well.
So it was time to stack some cookies.

Everyone has heart cutters.
Crazie people like me have a MANY MANY heart cutters. haha
Try to find three similar shaped hearts in three different sizes.
(Notice I found three SETS of three heart cutters......
ummm, please ignore the fact that this is not my complete set of heart cutters. ;))



I rolled out the base cookie of each stack like normal......3/8" thick.
But for the two upper layers of each stack of cookies......
I rolled the dough out thinner so that the final outcome wouldn't be too thick.
I'm not sure I achieved my goal......since the cookies were STILL way too big.
I have a hard time rolling out dough very thin, but at least the cookies weren't 2" thick! haha



"Glue" the three cookies together with glaze.


Outline the bottom cookie with a #3 or #4 round tip
 and allow it to dry for 15+ min to make sure it becomes a sturdy wall.
(In the photo below, I outlined the upper two cookies too......but since I toppled over those outlines
when I flooded the layer over the sides.....it is not necessary.)

For flooding, start with the top cookie.
Flood the surface and then carefully flood the edges so that the glaze flows over the sides.
Do the same with the middle cookie, make sure there's glaze all the way to the corners.
When you are flooding the bottom cookie, be careful to only add "just enough" glaze.
With all the overflow from the upper cookies......it's easy to get too much glaze 
on the bottom one and cause overflow where you DON'T want it to go over the sides. :)


Allow the base coat to dry really well before adding any details.

There is a myriad of things you can do to embellish the hearts.
I'll leave that part up to you.....but I've given a few ideas on these three layered hearts.

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