How-To Guides

There’s nothing quite like the cozy aroma of vanilla and butter drifting through the kitchen during the holidays, and these vanilla bean cut out sugar cookies bring that magic to life. Soft, perfectly shaped, and speckled with real vanilla bean, they’re the ideal canvas for all your Christmas cookie decorating dreams. It’s the kind of…

Chocolate buttercream is always in season and you will love the twist with this chocolate buttercream with cacao powder. Rather than using cocoa powder, this chocolate buttercream recipe uses cacao powder. Both cacao powder and cocoa powder come from the same beans but it comes down to processing the beans that makes the difference. Cacao…

If you’re looking for a cozy twist on classic buttercream for your decorated sugar cookies, this cinnamon buttercream is it. Rich, smooth, and packed with warm spice, this frosting not only tastes like fall in a bowl — it also crusts beautifully, making it ideal for cookie decorating. Cinnamon is a classic fall flavor that…

Buttercream sugar cookies are becoming more and more popular and who’s to blame? Buttercream sugar cookies are soft, perfectly sweet, and super cute! Many people, including myself, find buttercream cookie decorating to be easier than royal icing. There’s only one consistency of frosting, no dry time between layers, and you can do many of the…

I have been on the search for the best dye free food coloring for buttercream cookies. I believe I have found the winner! In short, TruColor Natural Food Color are the best natural dyes I have found. In my review, you’ll notice that there are some imperfections, though, so make sure to read the whole…

Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday deals are here for 2024! I have been scouting out the best Black Friday deals for us bakers and cookie decorators and compiling my finds here. I’ve found deals on stand mixers, baking needs and accessories, and cute, fun items for gifting. Specifically, I’ve been watching for deals that…

Having a daughter with an egg allergy and as a family who avoids gluten, it was a must to come up with delicious gluten free egg free cookies. These cut out gluten free egg free cookies are perfect for sugar cookie decorating. I use my soft vanilla buttercream frosting recipe to decorate cookies. Are you…

We’re in the middle of summer and buttercream doesn’t get along with heat all too well. I’m going to share how to keep buttercream cold so you can keep decorating. Maybe your issue is that your hands are too warm to decorate cookies or maybe your buttercream keeps breaking. This guide will teach you how…

Utilizing a projector for cookie decorating can take your decorating to the next level. You can use it as an aid to your writing skills, trace silhouettes, and create more uniform cookies within a set. In this post I will be sharing: what projector I use and recommend how to set up the projector what…