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Easter Bonnets

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I’ll just call them Cookie Hats since Easter is now over. I made these this weekend but you can certainly do them for other occasions like Mothers Day. Showers, too. You can change the colors for different themes. Any Red Hat Society peeps out there? These would be fun. I can also see these for a Kentucky Derby party – you could get really creative with them. Or forget the flowers, paint them with silver luster dust and turn them into flying saucers.

I found the instructions for these cuties in a book called Cookie Swap.

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Here’s what they are supposed to look like. Gorgeous, huh! These are made using royal icing to coat the hat and pipe the perfect little dots. Fondant is used for the flowers and the bands.

Now, I didn’t have extra hours to wait for royal icing to dry when I made these, so I improvised. But, if time weren’t an issue, I’d go royal.

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Instead, I covered the sugar cookie hats in tinted and rolled fondant…

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And used sugar pearls to add detail. To help them stay in place, I used the pearls to press indentations around the hat. Then, I put a tiny amount of water on the sugar pearl and placed it in position.

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Here they are with and without the pearls.

The base of the sugar cookie hats should be rolled thin before baking and the top part of the hat should be thicker to accommodate the fondant band. I used the shortbread sugar cookie recipe in the book, but feel free to use your own recipe and decorate.

Note: To get the fondant and cookie shapes to match in size, I re-cut the cookies with the cutter when I took them out of the oven and while they were still warm because they had spread a little.

You can attach the fondant to the cookies with a little bit of icing and you can attach the fondant flowers with a little dab of water.

Fondant Flowers.

All I can say is I heart my flower blossom plunger cutter. Say that fast three times.

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I bought it a while ago and this is the first time I’ve used it.

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You can cut shapes out of fondant and by pressing down on the plunger, you can make center indentations… or not.

You can also press the plunger into the fondant and remove the flower shape to then press and release onto a sponge.

This will give the flowers a curved shape.

But, without a sponge handy I had to improvise again.

So I grabbed the paper towel roll nearby and laid it on its side.

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See how they curve when you press them into a soft surface and release? If you wanted, you could also add sugar pearls to the centers or pipe with icing.

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These were fun to use. Now I need to get my hands on a little leaf plunger cutter to round out the look.

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Cookie Swap is full of recipes, decorating and displaying ideas.

Like these….

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Yes, this is a cookie. A ridiculously beautiful cookie. Seriously, who does that? Amazing!

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And these are in the book, too. Love them! Looooooove them. But, I’d have to find someone to pipe those dots on for me. Mine would never look that perfect.

In addition to really pretty sweets, the book also has cute cookies to make you swoon.

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Like these hamburger and hotdog shaped macarons. Dying.

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And these watermelon cookies. Oh and umm, the lemons? Those are cookies, too. I know. Craziness.

Want to try your hand at some spectacular cookies?

Or just want to look at pretty pictures?

Enter for a chance to win a copy of the book.

Just leave a comment on this post and tell me if you’re an adventurous cookie maker or content taste tester.

Deadline to enter is Monday, April 5th at 5:00 pm ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winner below.

One winner will be chosen at random and announced Monday evening on this post.

Good luck!

Okay, we have a winner. But first, I’d like to say how glad I am that so many of you lean towards the adventurous side. It’s fun to challenge yourself and this book will do just that.

Alright, let’s see who won.

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YAY for Sarah the Adventurer! This book has plenty of projects to keep you busy. Have fun.

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3,222 comments on “Easter Bonnets”

  1. I’m definately an adventurous cookie maker. Love those cookie ideas!!

  2. Adventurous all the way! Your flower fondent cutter are awsome!

  3. I have been told I make some of the world’s best chocolate chip cookies but that has kept me in a cooking making “rut” … time to break out!!!!

    This book would be perfect!!! (You’re amazing!)

  4. I’m DEFINITELY a taster….but I love to make them too :)

  5. I’m a cookie maker and it’s for the best. Tasting never works for me, just devouring.

  6. thanks for introducing this gorgeous Cookie Swap book. I am especially anxious to learn about the lemon cookies. My sister is getting married in a couple of months and is decorating with a lemon theme. these would make the perfect favor.

  7. Trying to become an adventerous cookie maker! It’s hit or miss most of the time. Might not always looks the prettiest but they usually taste good.

  8. This is a wonderful book! Thanks for the opportunity!

  9. I’m more of a taste tester- but could aspire to decorating “semi-greatness” with such an exciting book :)

  10. Bakerella, my first final is next week. I need a distraction. I can be any kind of cookie baker or taster you need me to be if I can just have this book!

    (But I normally am adventurous.)

  11. Those cookies are absolutely amazing! I must get my hands on this book…I would consider myself to be an adventurous cookie maker :)

  12. Love these! I am always ready for an adventure! I love experimenting and trying out new tecnhiques in decorating…

  13. I’m adventurous – I enjoy trying new recipes (especially from different cultures) or frequently just make things up as I go along! I now really want the flower plunger (& a leaf one) you used – those look awesome!!!

  14. ADVENTURE BOUND!!

  15. I’m not really brave with my cookie baking. I usually stick with easy things like chocolate chip- my fave, or snickerdoodles!

  16. I love to make all kinds of fancy cookies.
    Plain and simple to say “I love to bake !!!”
    I will try new recipes every chance I get plusI look for things to taste in stores …parties…bake sales …anywhere I can.
    Both my children, now in there 20’s, had theme parties every year for birthdays and any occasion I could sneak one in. They always consisted of cookies & cakes to match the theme.
    I still bake new items for their office parties… just because I like to bake.
    This book is awesome…. just my style !!!!!!! I would be honored to win it.

  17. I’m somewhere in the middle!! I like to experiment – but LOVE to eat them :)

  18. Very cute cookies. I like your fondant look better than the royal icing.

    It is a tradition of mine every year to try at least one new cookie recipe…but I usually end up making three. So I guess I would fall into the adventurous category!

  19. I am becoming a bit more adventureous thanks to you! My coworker attempted your sheep cake balls this weekend and now I feel less adventureous :-)

    I am definitely a content taster though, but no coffee! Ick!

  20. so beautiful……I’d love the book, so I could make some of these!

  21. I wish I was a more adventurous cookie maker :)

  22. I was reading this post and when you got to the part about the Cookie Swap book, I wanted to rush to the end of the post and see if you were going to give a copy away! Yay, you are! I would love to win it and try out some of their beautiful ideas.

    julie@uppercrustcakes.com

  23. This book looks AMAZING!! I want to be more adventurous. I’m getting there very very slowly. This book would definitely help with some inspiration and confidence!

  24. I love your Easter bonnet cookies! I made ‘bonnet cookies’ several years ago, but they weren’t as cute as yours! I would like to be as adventurous as you are!

  25. I am a very contented cookie-tester! However, since I also like to make the cookies, sometimes I share that fun job with my hubbie and our kids.

    Jen

  26. I LOVE making cookies! It’s something my family always did together when I was growing up. My mom and dad each have special types they’d make with us. I’ve never heard of this book, but it looks awesome! Thanks for showcasing it!

  27. A cookie with a bonnet on it! MMMM

  28. How cute! I love them! I want to be an adventurous cookie maker, but we are moving, and my desire is new…but when we get in our new house: watch out! Until then, I am a taste tester :)

  29. These look fantastic! I haven’t gotten into fancy cookies, but I’m all about the decorated cupcakes. I’d love to try some of the things in this book, though!

  30. Ah-dorable. My girls would love to have this for a tea party with their little friends. This is just too cute.

  31. OMG! How cute is that, i thinks its so cute you may feel guilty if you eat it.

  32. Absolutely gorgeous!!!

  33. These days I am the tester. I am mom of three who is also their teacher, so that takes most of my time. I do love to bake, and sometimes one of my girls will join me in the kitchen. If I win, I bet I’d have all three in the kitchen with me.

  34. I would LOVE to own this book. I normally am the taste tester kind of a gal, BUT am on an intense diet and have found MORE joy in creating beautiful baked goods!

  35. I LOVE to bake, and those cookies are too cute!

  36. adventurous cookie maker/cake decorator/grandma to 6 adorable little kiddos who love to eat my creations!!! I would love to make those wonderful cookies! pick me!!!
    p.s. love your blog!

  37. Oh wow, those cookies look terrific – and yours look just like the ones in the book! I would definitely try my hand at making them if I had the time… but I don’t really, so I guess I’m just a content cookie taster! And I’m sure that if I won, I would spend hours poring over the pictures! :)

  38. Definitely an adventerous cookie maker!

  39. So cute! I would love to win!

  40. I’m certainly both — but in particular, I enjoy testing the cookies prior to subjecting them to the oven!

  41. Cookie Taster in the house!

  42. cute, cute, cute!

  43. I am not ordinarily a cookie baker, but these cookies make me want to give it a try! Love the watermelon cookies and lemon cookies as well!! Too cute!!

  44. everything looks beautiful, I love to bake and haven’t in a while but now I have to grandsons living with me and I would love to spoil them with these beautiful and delicious treats. Going to look for this book at my nearest book store. Absolutely wonderful the cake pops are amazing. Thank you for sparking my interest again.

  45. I think that all the cookies are adorable!!! I would love to win this book now that I have a new grandson we will be making cookies all the time!! So, I would say Adventurous! Love trying new things!

  46. Those are adorable! I like to taste best but it is fun to experiment!

  47. I’m totally an adventurous cookie maker! I love baking and would love an excuse to bake some of those cookies.^^

  48. I am both a content cookie taster, and an adventurous baker! These cookies are absolutely adorable!

  49. I am an adventurous cookie baker. In fact, I made 3 different kinds this weekend. It was so much fun, but I am glad that my husbands coworkers like to sample my baking. There is no way I can or will eat 10 dozen cookies.

  50. Adventurous baker! Though my cupcakes come out waaaay better than my cookies

  51. This book seems awesome! I love to bake and decorate cookies. The more I practice the better I get! Thanks! :)

  52. I would love to win this cookbook. I have been playing with cookies and the added inspiration would be amazing….kind of checking in on your site!

  53. I’m a happy taster and content to marvel at creative confections like yours.

  54. I’m a taste tester when it comes to fancy cookies, but I definitely love being adventurous when it comes to simple chocolate chip cookies :)

  55. I used to be adventurous. Now I encourage my children to be so. I am a taster of their creations.

  56. I am an adventurous baker for sure! I am big on buying new tools just to try a recipe that I saw in a magazine or on-line…and co-workers and family are always asking what I am going to bake next!

  57. I love decorating cookies, but my all time favorite is to make my grandma’s secret chocolate chip cookie recipe ! soooo good!

  58. I would SO love to make some of these cookies! They look like so much fun :)

  59. I love making them AND taste testing!

  60. What fun ideas! I wouldn’t say I’m too adventurous yet, but I do like baking (and eating) cookies!

  61. Definitely adventurous, but not always successful lol. More of a taste/flavor creator than design, though!

  62. I host a cookie Exchange every December. This cookbook is just my cup of tea. Thanks for making such nice prizes available to all of us. Glad you’re feeling better. Stay Well!!

  63. count me in! If I don’t win, I’ll have to buy it.

  64. I can use some of this inspiration and yumminess in my life right now. Adventurous baker.

  65. hrm.. more of a cookie taster!! need to practice my cookie-making skills. they need a little work. haha

  66. Too cute! Perfect for a tea party. Gotta try my hand at um. Mine won’t turn out as gorgeous as the pictures, but I’m sure I’ll have fun making them.

  67. ADVENTUROUS COOKIE MAKER!!!

  68. Oh, I am definitely a cookie taster! YUM!! :) But I love to make them too. Sadly, I don’t have a lot of time and mine always turn out flat. :-/ I would love some new ideas from the book!

  69. Well, I guess that I have been a boring cookie baker….until now. This has inspired me to have more fun with cookies. Thanks!

  70. I am a adventerous cookie maker, I find things all the time to bake or make up things(that does not always turn out so well) but I love baking and I love cookies

  71. I love to bake cookies and try new recipes!

  72. Well, I keep on testing. Baking stresses me out, because things barely turn out to be as pretty as on the pictures. Shame on me, I guess:).

  73. adventerous cookie baker, definitely!

  74. Content taster…I’d love to be able to do these things, just don’t have many occasions tf three o do so. Also, I don’t want my family of three eating cookies all the time. :0) If I had the book
    I may get adveturous. I REALLY want one of yours…when is it coming out and will you have a book tour???

  75. I LOVE these cookies. I think I will make some for picnics this summer. The lemon wedges are awesome! Thanks for the great ideas! I guess if I don’t win the book I’ll have to buy it now! lol. Thanks for the book suggestion. It’s right up my ally! :)

  76. I haven’t done much with cookies but I’m all about trying new things when it comes to baking.

  77. When it comes to cookies, I like to try new flavors, but as far as decorating goes – I’m no good with the cookie. Thanks!

  78. BEAUTIFUL cookies!!

  79. I am a cookie maker! Just wish I had the time to do it for real, and not have to go to my day job!

  80. Definitely adventurous. I loooove making frosted sugar cookies!

  81. I love making cookies! I usually stick to the old favorites, but every once in a while I get a wild hair and want to do something fun and different.

    I need to win this today because it’s my birthday! don’t you want to give me a present now? : )

  82. Oh what fun I could have making cookies with the encouragement of this book! Woot Woot! I already can’t sleep just thinking about the ideas. ~Adventurous Baker #1

  83. simply precious! you are so creative and have such fun ideas! i would make you proud if i win the book! it would be an additional source of creativity!

  84. I love these cookies! Such a cute idea. I definitely going to have to try them out! :)

  85. I love to have a copy of the book, those cookies are awesome

  86. I love cookie cutters!!!! If I just had the time to use all that I have…..

  87. OMG how cute are those?!?! I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker. Not a big cookie eater myself, but I love making new *and cute* things for my kids to take to scholl and hubs to take to work. I have seen this book *not in person though :(* and would LOVE a chance at it!!
    I absolutely adore your site, and hope you are feeling better!

  88. I’m definitely the adventurous cookie maker, but not very imaginative, so need a recipe to follow. Of course, there’s always tasting along the way…. ;)

  89. I love to bake!! I make cookie trays a lot and would love to make cookies like these.

  90. I only go as far as making sugar cookies- but I really enjoy that and try making them cute! I’d love to win!

  91. Oh, how adorable! I *unfortunately* am the content taster. Cookies are one of the things I can never get right unless they’re peanut butter cookies or spritz cookies. But that’s as adventurous I can get with cookie making– but I am an adventurous cookie eater :)

  92. I’m definitely an adventurous cookie maker! I’d love to make more cookies!

  93. I am a cookie maker, but not terribly adventurous. Lack of time usually gets in the way of much creativity. I did decorate 5 dozen Easter cookies yesterday, though. And don’t worry, I taste tested many of them.

  94. I love to make them but love to eat them too:)!!

  95. I’ve made the hamburger cookies before but the recipe I used was even cuter than the one picitured. You use nilla wafers for the buns, frost the insides of the cookies with some yellow and red frosting and then put a york peppermint pattie inside for the ‘beef’. A little cornstarch and sesame seeds on top and they are done. It’s a great project to do with kids. Just be warned that they are SUPER sweet !

  96. I like to explore with decorations, but I never really have the chance to. =( I have loads of fun though, when I do have cookie decorations…

  97. Those are beautiful cookies but I usually lack the patience required to make them. It is one of the things I would like to work on though because I want to do fun things like that when my girls get a bit older.

  98. I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker and I absolutely love these little hats so as soon as I find cookie cutters similar to these I will be giving them a try!!!

  99. I’m advertourus some of the time – but always love to be a taste tester!

  100. Bakerella –
    You are awesome! Bottom line.

    Can’t wait to try these :)

  101. wanna be adventurer

  102. I’d like to be an adventurous cookie maker, but I just don’t have the time at this point in my life :-( Someday, though! For now, it’s just plain cookies, chocolate chip, pb… I’ll sure taste test them, though, if someone else makes them!

  103. Can’t say that I’m an adventurous cookie maker… more of the traditional chocolate-chip cookie maker. Constantly trying to perfect them. :)

  104. very adventuresome cookie baker..love these ideas as I do themed events all the time!!!

  105. Oh wow, I covet that book. I’ve become a cookie fanatic lately and those hat cookies are too precious! I will have to add this to my Amazon wish list!

  106. I am all about the adventure! The books seems amazing!

  107. I am a cookie taste tester…not a professional, but I am trying to be! How amazing are these cookies! And I am totally awestruck at YOUR creativeness, Bakerella. Love your site.

  108. Content taster for sure! I just don’t have the patience. I’m getting a little more comfortable with cupcakes. Cookies will be next. Mmm, sugar.

  109. I’ve always wanted to try iced cookies, but a little afraid. I just seem to be the cupcake queen at my girls’ schools right now which is still a good thing!

  110. Adventurous baker and eater!

  111. I love love love making cookies and I really want to try those wedding cake ones for my sister’s upcoming shower. Sadly I’m probably more of a taste tester than a baker though

  112. I would LIKE to be an adventurous cookie maker/baker. Our baby girl’s first birthday is coming up in September, and I would love to make elephant cookies that are pink with white polka dots. We’ll see if that happens! :-)

  113. I would love to try my hand in cookie making!

  114. Ohhhh my goodness. Those cookies are A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Swooning over here! Now I want to make some!

  115. I love making sugar cookies! We always make sugar cookies as the party favors for my kids birthdays. Tons of work, tons of time, but in the end its always worth it!

  116. These cookies are gorgeous. I’m ready for the challenge!

  117. OHHHH I want, BIG TIME! I am currently working on baking my best masterpiece ever, my little bun in the oven! FINALLY something I can’t burn, HA! I am looking for fun cookies and treat ideas for my baby shower, this would be PERFECT!

  118. I’m becoming more of an adventurous baker by the day, but my expertise is definitely in taste testing. Looking forward to seeing who the big winner is!

  119. What a fun book! As a professional cookie taster, I could go to town with something like this!

    Thanks, Bakerella. Hope you’re feeling better!

  120. Usually if I make cookies it’s something like chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin….the fanciest decorating I’ve ever done is some icing and sprinkles on a sugar cookie! I’d love to get more adventurous. My new year’s resolution was to bake something every week, with it being something new as often as possible!

  121. I have just made my first flooded sugar cookies for Easter (eggs and tulips) and am totally hooked on cookie decoration :)

    I admire your patience with the bonnets.

  122. those wedding cake cookies are just precious!!! I need to find some and some people that are getting married to just find an excuse to make those things!

  123. I LOVE to bake cookies! They are so easy and fun to make, it’s like instant gratification!

  124. Adventurous! I don’t like sweets very much but love to back and decorate , so I take everything to work. They LOVE me at holiday time LOL.

  125. I’d say I’m more of a tester but I’d love to have a go at making cookies like these! They are like a work of art LOL

  126. I am an adventure seeker with cookies! But I always make my husband try them before me, just to assure quality.

  127. cookie eater for sure! haha! I love how cute they are! Good job at making them :)
    and the book looks amazing! so many cute designs <3

  128. Oh my! Those cookies are gorgeous!
    As an amateur baker, I’m still working on perfecting basic cakes. So, for the time being I’d say I’m more of a taste tester but I do hope to soon become more of an adventurous baker :)

  129. your cookie hats look fabulous! And so glad that you are feeling up to baking again!

    Would love a copy of the book!

  130. I am a taste tester… this would go to my favorite SIL. Than I can make sure all her cookies are divine! :)

  131. Oh my god! This book looks totally brilliant! Both scoffer and adventurous maker of cookies!

  132. I am definitely the adventurous cookie maker… but I like the taste testing too!!!

  133. Adventure cookie baker! My mom and I LOVE to make cookies together, and we LOVE to make them pretty! I’m going to get her this book for Mother’s day…assuming I don’t win it. :)

  134. I’m more of a taste tester and an occasional cookie baker!

  135. I made cakeballs for the first time this weekend! It was wonderful and so much fun… so I would say that I’m an experimenter… cookies could be a lot of fun! :)

  136. I’m definitely the adventurous kind and that book is right up my alley! Mmmmm:)

  137. I am both an adventurous cookie baker and a content taste-tester! The tasting is the best part of the baking!

  138. Does it count if you are both?? One for me… one for someone else..!

  139. Adventurous only begins to describe it! Let’s just say I had my daugther Ella’s 5th birthday party and the theme was Bakerella Birthday Party! 25 kids…aprons, baker hats and a lot of fun! I have to give up my attention to perfection with cookies and just have fun with my daughter (and son too, alhtough he just likes the decorating and eating part)

  140. I loooove the bonnets! Question…does fondant on cookies taste good?
    I tried royal icing on cookies this easter, it didn´t go well so I could really use the book! thanks!!!

  141. Well, I’m sorta in between. We are moving so no cookie making is happening at this time! :)

  142. I am definitely the adventurous cookie maker! My mom is, and was, as wonderful cook and baker but has deferred the cookie baking of the family to me. She knows I love to try new things and adore working on all the cookies that are time consuming.

  143. Mostly a taste tester, but I’m getting more adventurous, and this book would definitely help!!!

  144. Love these cookies! And I love your idea of cutting them after baking. Mine always spread, so I’m going to try this next time. Would love to have this book!

  145. Those cookies are amazing!! I cannot imagine the amount of time it takes to create those little masterpieces. Thanks so much for sharing your amazing talent!!!

  146. I think I actually NEED to get this book…
    And those flowers are very cute indeed.

  147. I would have to go with adventurous! Would love a try at making those mini wedding cake cookies!

  148. For sure, I’m the adventurous one!

  149. I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker. The more creative and fun the cookie looks, the better!

  150. We just bought a new house and now I will have room to bake:0) Can’t wait!!

  151. I am an avid adventurous baker! I have tried mostly ALL of your recipies, and I have to say the funniest one is when I tried to make your box of valentine’s chocolates. Yours was so beautiful and mine looked like it belonged on CakeWrecks!
    Thanks so much for all of the baking ideas.
    <3 The Tell-Tale Tart

  152. I make snowflake Christmas cookies for friends each year! I started selling some extra ones last year. They are not as nice as this but not bad. I would love to have a copy of this book.

    Patty

  153. Just a content taste tester but may be, just may be I’d get adventurous if given the chance.

  154. I am definetly an adventurous baker. I LOVE to try new recipes and to make them fun and creative. I would LOVE this book!

  155. Adventurous baker! I love to try new things, especially new ways to decorate and present beautiful little bites. Presentation is fun! I would love to put those little lemon cookies in a mason jar with a checker fabric top to hand out as favors for a summer BBQ.

  156. I am just starting out with cookies but absolutely love to decorate them! This book would be a great addition to my kitchen!

  157. I bake a lot but when it comes to decoration don’t have much knowledge. Would love to try it out sometime.
    Hope you are feeling better now.

  158. I am 100% both!

  159. Definately an adventureous cookie maker. Now all I need to is some adventureous taste-tasters to try my creations!

  160. Definitely an adventurous cookie maker – I just made Candy Cap mushroom cookies for a themed dinner party! That book looks soooo cute!

  161. oh my god, I want that book. I am absolutely an adventurous cookie maker – and love a good challenge, like this book would present… Hmmm…

  162. I would say I am both an adventurous cookie maker and a taste tester! This book looks AMAZING!

  163. I think I am a little of both. I always start out saying I won’t eat any of the cookies and that they will be gifts for other people but as soon as I eat one it is over!

  164. I would say I’m an adventurous cookie maker, well, they never last long, what with my husband eating them as soon as they come out of the oven… I would love to get my hands of this book too…

  165. Those little hats are so cute! I would like to be adventerous, but I usually end up making something I am sure will taste good and turn out well.

  166. im adventurous but i never know how to make awesome cookies like those!

  167. I like to try adventurous cookie recipes and LOVE it when they turn out!

  168. Although I suck at decorating (I’m working on it…), I’m definitely more of an “adventurous” cookie baker! I do like testing as well, though!

  169. Definitely a taste tester! Baking cakes is much more fun than baking cookies.

  170. those are adorable! I have some friends that would come over for some fun if I had that book :) We are definitely adventurous bakers that love to reap our rewards

  171. Wow, beautiful. I love making stuff like this, but it takes a lot of time and patience. Gonna have to wait for summer vacation to get into these great projects!

  172. Adventurous, ah, no. Unless drop cookies are an adventure, which I doubt. Cookie tester – most definitely! My more jiggly parts attest to that.

  173. I love to decorate cookies but usually I bake regular cookies. I love doing both and I love eating them too, I have no problem with that. Also that book is so cute.

  174. Oh yes I am an adventurous cookie baker!!! These adorable hats could be done for almost every holiday. And, I would love to win the book so I could try them and some of the other beautiful cookies pictured. YUM!!!

  175. I am a content taster, but with the right tools, I believe I could become a cookie creator. Love the sight of all of the cookies today. What a treat and would I ever like to have a bite of each one of them.

  176. I think I must fall somewhere in the middle…I have made a cake that looks like a bonnet though…

  177. What cute cookies! Hope you had a great Easter weekend!

  178. I LOVE these…tasting them is my favorite…but creating them is a blast too!

  179. i am perfectly content with tasting all the yummy cookies!!! ;)

  180. Taste tester! Thanks for sharing.

  181. Adventurous enough for my small kitchen to accomodate! I’m making 100 princess crown cookies for my niece’s bday party next saturday. I might just roll out the cookie dough on my dining table!!

    Hope you’re feeling better Bakerella!

  182. Thus far, I’ve just been a content taste tester, but with this wonderful book I could definitely become an adventurous baker!! :D

  183. those cookies are so cute!! i’d say im a mix, i like to try new recipes but i still love the basics

  184. Adventurous cookie maker all the way!!

    This has given me some wonderful fondant ideas, thanks. I once made gorgeous fondant hawaiian cupcakes, and made fondant flowers for the tops – that was painstakingly slow process. That plunge cutter looks awesome.

  185. I love baking cookies!!!! Always looking for new and creative ideas. :)

  186. I would say I am both, but first and foremost an adventurous cookie maker! Don’t have this book yet and I just clipped a coupon to get a discount on it my next trip to the bookstore. HMM…maybe I won’t have to make that trip. Fingers crossed :)

  187. those cookies are so cute!! i’d say im a mix, i like to try new recipes but i still love the basics

  188. Definitely adventurous cookie maker! Those cookies look amazing!!

  189. Wow! I’m speechless! I’m smitten with the cookie ideas from “Cookie Swap” and floored by your beautiful creative adaptation!

    Thanks for the inspiration!

    Wendy G.

  190. Oh my! The cuteness just goes on and on, and on!

  191. hi, I would love to be as much of an adventurous cookie/sweet maker as you, I read your blog a lot! unfortunately, since there’s no big cake/sweets making and decorating shop near me, when I tried to make cupcake pops, it totally flopped. A complete disaster! So for now, I’m satisfied just looking at pretty cakes and cookies. Someday, i hope i can try some of the stuff in this blog!

  192. Hi Bakerella! I would absolutely love to be the adventurous baker, however, I have a problem. Whenever I cook anything, and this includes baking, I taste test…CONSTANTLY. Sometimes, I eat so much that my stomach is too quesy from all the sugar to enjoy whatever I baked! Soo, I would love to be the adventurous baker, but because I do so much sampling, that makes me the content taste tester by default! ;)

  193. definitely an adventurous cookie maker!

  194. I am an adventurous cookie maker AND a content cookie taster! Life too short not to be BOTH :)

  195. I’m good with cakes but my cookies always end up a bit wrong! I leave them to my mother, who does them best.

  196. I’ll adventure into it head on and after a few mistakes I tweak it to my own version and roll with it. Love trying anything.

  197. I would love this book! I have a couple of cute cupcake and cake books, but no cookie books. My 4 boys would be happy to gobble up and test any cookies, and I would love to be a cookie decorating diva!

  198. I’m a wanna be Adventurous baker, the hats are wonderful, every time I see a post I want to make what you make!!! I did buy all of the supplies for macaron’s, should of left DH at home, he almost fainted at the cost of almond flour, hehehehehe:) Thank you so much for the fun, fun, fun web site. I am glad your feeling better.

  199. Those are sooo cute :D wish i had that book so I could try my hand at making some too :)

  200. Oh, I wish I could do beautiful cookies likes the ones in the book, hey, someday… right?!? But, for now I am a taste tester.

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