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Pastel Patterns On Mini Eggs

Pastel Patterns On Mini Eggs

Adding simple, airbrushed patterns is the perfect way to make the small space of a mini egg cookie pop! And who doesn't love a happy...

Hillary Ramos
Preventing Air Bubbles in your Royal Icing

Preventing Air Bubbles in your Royal Icing

Air Bubbles in Royal Icing: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?? Anyone who has ever flooded a cookie has likely run into the dreaded air bubble. It is a flaw...

Sarah Mills
How to Fix Black Royal Icing: Getting a True, Dark Black

How to Fix Black Royal Icing: Getting a True, Dark Black

If you have whipped up a batch of black royal icing and noticed that it has a tint of a different color to it, you’re...

Sarah Mills
Royal Icing Storage Tips and Timeframes

Royal Icing Storage Tips and Timeframes

Any cookier who uses royal icing* knows that you very rarely have NO icing leftover at the end of a project (if you are consistently...

Sarah Mills
Butter Bleed in Icing: What the heck is it, and what the heck can I do about it?

Butter Bleed in Icing: What the heck is it, and what the heck can I do about it?

There is little more frustrating to a cookier than going to bed content with the beautiful trays of freshly flooded cookies in your kitchen, only...

Sarah Mills
Make DIY Cookie Paint with Marshmallows

Make DIY Cookie Paint with Marshmallows

Another week of trying to figure out ways to entertain these kids. Don’t they know mommy is tired???? I made and flooded cookies this week,...

Sarah Mills
How To Get Started: Airbrushing Sugar Cookies

How To Get Started: Airbrushing Sugar Cookies

Are you considering buying an airbrush machine to level up your cookie decorating game, but can't figure out what supplies you need to get started?...

Emily Iden
Helpful Tips for Writing with Royal Icing

Helpful Tips for Writing with Royal Icing

We frequently get asked for tips about how you can improve your writing technique for writing with royal icing, so we've compiled our best tips...

Emily Iden
When You're Asked to Make Character Cookies or Difficult Cookies: 3 Solutions

When You're Asked to Make Character Cookies or Difficult Cookies: 3 Solutions

How to turn down requests for character cookies, and three solutions to offer instead. One of the most common requests a baker will get is for...

Hannah Hazelton
How to Open Your Gel and Airbrush Color Bottles

How to Open Your Gel and Airbrush Color Bottles

Our airbrush and gel colors can be opened just with the cap alone! All bottles have a foam gasket that reduces product leakage. Follow this...

Sarah Mills
How to Freeze Cookies

How to Freeze Cookies

Yes, you can freeze cookies! However, it's important that you freeze them at the right stage of baking and icing, and know how to properly...

Hillary Ramos
How to use Sweet Stamps

How to use Sweet Stamps

It's never been easier and prettier to apply personalized messages to your cookies, cakes or cupcake toppers. With stamps you can easily emboss your message or...

Hillary Ramos