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Play Food

Play food

I made some tiny sugar cookie sugar cookies for you.

Tee-niny!

Yes, I love little and I kinda like to play with my food… But I’m sure you know that about me by now.

And you probably know that I made more than just baby cookies.

They’re cute on their own, but I really needed them to put on display.

Cookie Stands

On these 3-tier sugar cookie dessert stands I made.

EEek! Cookies on cookies. Key-ute.

Making Sugar Cookies

I love sugar cookies since they require a few basic ingredients that I almost always have on hand.

They can be baked in no time – especially with the recipe I’ve been using from my friend Bridget at Bake at 350. It’s been my go-to recipe lately. I love hers because nothing has to be set out to room temperature. And her dough doesn’t need to be chilled before rolling either. Equals Awesome! I hate waiting. So I love this recipe. When the dough comes together it will be crumbly, but don’t worry. Just grab it and knead it a bit and it’s ready to roll and cut. And it lifts beautifully, too.

Here’s Bridget’s recipe for sugar cookies and royal icing on some peppermint cookies I made a few weeks ago. And here is the recipe on her site.

But even better, Bridget has a Cookie Decorating book out. And I’m giving one away at the end of this post. YAY!

Decorating Cookies

Actually, I’m giving away a signed copy of her book, Decorating Cookies. Easy to understand instructions with tons of adorable cookie decorating ideas. You’ll love it.

Skip on down to the bottom if you want to enter. Wheee!

Or if you want to see how I made my cookies stand, then keep on reading. These aren’t in Bridget’s book… I was just inspired by her cookie creations and love for decorating and wanted to share it with you since I love using her recipe.

Hope you like them Bridget! P.S. I need a piping boot camp. I don’t know how you do it.

Rolling Pin

Roll your cookie dough out nice and flat. I used these rubber dough bands to make sure the thickness was even when I rolled.

Cookie Dough

Then cut out circles in graduating sizes. I used 3-7/8, 3, 2-5/8 and 2-1/4 inch sizes.

Cookie Dough

Before you bake, use a plastic drinking straw to remove the centers of each cookie. The straw collects the dough in the center. Convenient.

Freeze the cut shapes for about 10 minutes to help the dough avoid spreading and then bake.

And when they come out of the oven, use the straw again to make sure the holes stay the same size.

Shapes

Use the dough scraps and tiny cutters to cut out shapes for your desserts to go on display.

A piping tip like the one on the right will make circles with rounded tops since the tip is cone-shaped.

Makes great mini macarons or whoopie pies. Just tap the tip on the counter to release the dough.

Cookie Dough Shapes

Lots of little shapes.

Cookie Cutters

Assorted shapes – around 1 inch wide.

Tiny alphabet cutters. XOXO

Graduated ovals – plain on one side and crinkled on the other.

And my favorite – I can’t live without – graduated circle cutters that I used to make the stands.

Graduated Cookie Shapes

You’ll want to use four different sizes to make the 3-tier stands.

Note: For the chocolate cookies, I swapped out 1/2 flour for 1/2 cup cocoa and used all vanilla extract in Bridget’s recipe.

Piped

After they are baked and cooled, and then comes the piping. This always goes smoother in my head than when I actually start piping.

Pipe first with outline icing and then fill with flood icing.

However for these I ended up using a royal icing consistency somewhere in between and piped and filled with the same consistency.

Piped

Ugh – wonky lines. Not what I’d hoped.

So after I filled and before the icing set completely, I piped dots all the way around. Camouflage it.

Much better.

Let cookies dry overnight. And after all the cookie decorating save leftover royal icing in an airtight container or in the piping bag with the ends tied off and cap closed for finishing up the project the next day.

Now comes the fun part.

Decorating

Ice the cakes and decorate!

Easy details for major impact.

Luster Dust

Oh and those macarons, try painting them with a little luster dust.

Just mix some of the powder with a small amount of clear extract and you can paint right on the cookies.

Pretty.

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Pretty dang cute!

Cookie Dessert Stands

And even cuter on display.

These were surprisingly easy to make stand up.

Cookie Sticks

Start with using cookie sticks for the support. These are bigger than the lollipop sticks I usually use for cake pops (lower right).

The sticks should be about 6 inches tall for the stands. Buy the 6 inch sticks or cut down the 8 inch.

Use a cookie stick to gently twist through each cookie opening to make sure it goes through before building.

And make sure your cookie icing is completely dry and set from the day before.

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Sugar Cookie Stands

  1. Start with the smallest cookie shape. It should not be iced. Place on a flat surface and then insert the cookie stick. Slide the largest iced cookie on top. Having two cookies on the bottom will give you more support and keep the stick straight.
  2. Cut striped straws into 1 1/2 inch sections. Slide one straw piece over the stick and push to the bottom as a spacer/ledge.
  3. Slide second largest iced cookie on stick until it stops at the straw. Then slide another straw piece on top.
  4. Slide last cookie on top until it stops at the straw. Then slide one more straw piece on the very top. Wrap a piece of washi tape around the straw and cut out a triangle for a cute flag topper.
  5. Note: Not shown. Use the leftover royal icing to pipe in between the two bottom cookies and pipe dots around the centers of each tier to help secure the cookies in place as you build. Attach the desserts to the tiers with royal icing too. Then let dry and don’t move for a few hours. I skipped this step because I wanted to get right to taking pictures.

Sugar Cookie Dessert Stands

There you have it four cookies for 3-tier stands. Bridget’s recipe will make four stands with enough cookies to decorate.

And these can be totally scaled back? Two tiers? Just a cookie plate? Just the tiny cookies? Only one cookie shape? Choose how you want to play.

Cookie Stands

They’d be super fun and totally stand out for Valentine’s Day, for a dessert party or even party favors.

Enjoy!

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Now for the giveaway!

Decorating Cookies

Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of Bridget’s book, Decorating Cookies.

  • Just answer the following question and leave your response in the comments section on this blog post.
  • What did you do this weekend? Something fun I hope. I made a bunch of cookies : )
  • Deadline to enter is Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Sorry, Time’s Up. Winner announced below.
  • One winner will be picked at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening on this post.

Good Luck!

 

Thank you all so much for the sweet words on the cookie stands. I really appreciate it. And now for the winner of Bridget’s book.

It’s comment #917 – Becky P! Congratulations and have fun decorating cookies. And swimming too.

 

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1,910 comments on “Play Food”

  1. they are beautiful!!!!!! Omg soooo cute can’t wait for my daughter to grow up lol

    I spent my weekend going to indoor soccer games, booooo…

  2. I made six dozen lemon cupcakes with lemon-cream cheese frosting for a friend’s special event…!

  3. Had a weekend getaway with my hubby for his birthday! I can’t get over these, can’t stand the cuteness!

  4. So cute!!! I love miniature things.

    I went to a concert and visited my parents this weekend! :)

  5. I went to see a live rockabilly band with a friend:)

  6. I got stuck in a snow storm on the motorway from 8pm – 3am. At 39 weeks pregnant I was a little nervous I might go into labour but all was ok and my husband and I had a memorable evening listening to Les Mis while people built snowmen in the middle of a 6 way highway.

  7. I have never tried cookie decorating – but would love to try!

    And my weekend was fun, in a way. I spent the first part of it with my family and went to the movies, which was very enjoyable. I had to work on a project for the rest of the weekend, but I got a lot of work done – so it was time well spent!

  8. Made a birthday cake for a special little girl. She wanted a horse themed cake as she’s taking equestrian lessons.

  9. Oh, I love tiny cookies! And those cookie cake stands are a brilliant idea!

  10. I went to a wedding reception which I made the cake for!

  11. This weekend I had an After Christmas Christmas Party with my friends. I also spent time with two of my adorable nephews.

  12. I love your idea!!!! the are so cute….
    This weekend I bake orange almond cake and also ice cream cup cakes in the cone with my daughter…..

  13. My hubby and I took our daughters, Alice and Sophie, to the zoo!

  14. Love your site and would love the book. I was home preparing things for my son’s 5th birthday party. Made lots of yummy snacks including pigs n a blanket, homemade caramel corn, cheese ball, salami rolls and an ecclair cake! YUMMY. I need some new fresh ideas!!!!

  15. Went swimming and fell in the pool! A nice indoor activity on a freezing cold Moscow weekend! Super cute post!

  16. Adorable!

    This weekend I went to a concert for the first time in months, caught up with an old friend, and demonstrated my great value at work! It was a pretty great few days!

  17. Lasagna day at my mom’s!

  18. Got to see my parents, it was such a treat since we live pretty far away from each other!

  19. i made a few hot cakes for my son :)

  20. I enjoyed time home with my baby boy before my maternity leave ends tomorrow. :(

  21. We celebrated our son’s 13 birthday. We ended up bowling and they had the best 80’s-90’s music blaring in there. I was singing with every song! so fun!

  22. Made a dump truck cak e Saturday morning for a little boy turning 3 then spent all night Saturday having a Cougar Towm marathon! Laughed so hard my ribs hurt the next day.

  23. I have made my first decorated cupcake sugar cookies ! Adorable :D

  24. This weekend I cooked dinners for the week (beef stew, chicken pot pie, shredded chicken, and chicken chili) and put them up in the freezer. During the week I only have to heat them up. I also baked some brownies. Nice relaxing weekend at home.

    Love the tiny cookies. Super cute.

  25. I love this project-so cute! This weekend I finished painting my kitchen which included moving & scrubbing my fridge. No fun, but I love the results. I have never used royal icing, but I’ve always wanted to try. I think I almost have myself convinced I can do it!

  26. We went to a 50th birthday party where the brother of the birthday boy played guitar and keyboard and sang covers all night…so fun! Plus delicious blueberry cobbler!

  27. Lovely cookies.. This weekend I went to the ICES meeting in Puerto Rico

  28. I was sick…but better now…making cookies today :)

  29. This past weekend, I cleaned, de-cluttered a bit and then I worked on Sunday…eek. We did have friends over Saturday night and it made the weekend better than it sounds! ( :

  30. Made pancakes with my 3 year old

  31. I love all things small! but this takes the cake. wow! this weekend a made a 1920’s inpired cake for my friend’s birthday party!!!

  32. This weekend we enjoyed Saturday evening with our best friends and did a whole lot of nothing on Sunday. It was great to have a day to just relax.

  33. Extraordinary cookies.. This weekend I study with the kids and went to the ICES meeting..

  34. These cookie look too cute to eat! Absolutely adorable!

  35. I cleaned the house. (Not so exciting.)

  36. Adorable cookies!

    I had a totally boring weekend. It was freezing and had snowed on Friday, so I did things inside. I read, worked on a scrapbook and watched hockey.

  37. Took the kids sand boarding, then kayaking at the beach

  38. Those are soo cute! Definitely want to make them for valentines day!
    This weekend I went shopping, just to come home empty handed! But hey, free exercise! At least then I don’t have to feel bad for indulging on ice tea and a bucketload of popcorn! :)

  39. I went to see Lincoln, did some baking and caught up on sleep!

  40. These cookies are adorable!! I love the luster dust ones! I did cleaning this weekend which is not nearly as fun as making cookies. :(

  41. Last weekend I decided to finally quit my job that is more draining than fun and makes me ill. That decision magically cured the sinusitis that had kept me in bed on Saturday and I got to enjoy a wonderful Sunday with my boyfriend. He cooked a wonderful dinner for us and I provided little cakes (that actually would look cute on the cookie stands as well) for dessert. My boss was a little shocked when I told him on Monday but knowing that I will soon have enough time and energy for baking and crafting is priceless. The cookie stands are definitely on my to-do list now :) Thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas!

  42. Thank you for sharing, love them!
    This weekend we went on a minicruise to Newcastleand did a lot of sightseeing and (cookie) shopping there, it was fun :-)

  43. Very clever! Love the cookie stands. This weekend we celebrated our daughter and son in law’s one year anniversary with a dinner party. It was fun to get together with both sides of the family

  44. What did I do this weekend? Well, we had friends children over to stay so we had a fun packed weekend. We went sledging in the snow and to the park and managed to spread all the toys across the entire house! Pretty large clean up operation on monday!

  45. I would love to make these adorable cookies!! I watched my husband put a swingset together for the kiddos this past weekend.

  46. I went to the UT-BG basketball game. They are rivals. Great crowd, lots of fun. My team won!

  47. I picked out tie for a bathroom remodel. It will very nice for my handicapped hubby when it is finished. The house is a mess now so I didn’t bake, but the construction workers got some cookies from the freezer.

  48. I went to a local farmers market and then to Goodwill and found a rooster weathervane for $9. Cute!

  49. Oh they look amazing!!! Would love to have a whole weekend just making miniature cookies… This weekend I went to a course in canvaswork embroidery – almost as fin as baking :)

  50. YOU ARE A GENIUS BY THE WAY!! well last weekend I went down to my lake house with my extended family and we had a lot of fun outside fishing, relaxing and my favourite COOKING, ready to celebrate Australia day!

  51. So adorable! I wish my hands weren’t so shaky all the time, I could never pipe such small cookies without getting frosting everywhere! I’d have to make bigger versions. :P

    This weekend I did.. well, too much. I got sick last thursday and should’ve just stayed at home and rested. Instead I went out with my friends, which only made me sicker. So, apart from the going out, I’ve been a coughing, pleghmy mess. And that’s too much info, I suppose. :P

  52. Awww these are brilliant! I worked all of the weekend but this weekend im going to a cake pop class, far more exciting!!

  53. Hello, super blog je viens de connaître et j’en suis ravie
    Ce week-end j’ai fais des pâtisseries tel que des tartes aux pommes, des ornais, galette des rois j’adore cuisiner et dotant plus la pâtisseries mais ce que je découvre sur ton blog est merveilleux super décoration de gâteau c’est véniel et je recommande ton blog
    Bisou

  54. It was Australia Day. We celebrated by having an Australian style bbq

  55. We were snowed/iced in this past weekend, so we made kettle corn and watched Toy Story 2.

    Love this recipe/cookie stand idea. So cute!

  56. I worked……and played with my daughter. (only the last part was fun!) haha

  57. Watched Detroit Metal City and played Ico with my boyfriend. DMC was great, but we haven’t beaten Ico yet.

  58. i went to my first wilton cake decorating class and i loved it!! cant wait for the next one im new to the bake world ;)

    cheers! <3

  59. It was my brothers birthday, so we went karting then we played three games of laser tag in the dark. We also went to a Chinese restaurant, so I tried something new, not sure what it was but it was good

  60. Wow i love this idea ! Definitely going to try it ! :) I spent the weekend at the beach with my baby girl. and made banoffee pie ! Was delicious.

  61. Stunning biscuit cake stands, what a great idea. This weekend we hung out with friends eating & chatting whilst the kids played nicely together.

  62. this looks fantastic

  63. The cookie stands with mini cookies are UBER cute!!! I caught a cold and read lots of books this past weekend. Oh, and watched the rain pour down. It was a wonderful weekend just to stay inside.

  64. Oh, your cookies are just too cute! I spent the weekend having a roast with my family – catching up on everyone’s adventures over the past week x

  65. I dragged my 3- and 5-year old on an hour and a half car ride to watch the old Peter Pan cartoon on the big screen in a renovated 1920s theater. A fun adventure!!

  66. This are wat to cut ;-) love them!
    This weekend i made a 3D cookie birdhouse house just for fun

  67. These are too darn cute!!! I have some cookie baking in my weekend plans- gifts for a friend, you just added to my inspiration…. hmmm what else to do!

  68. Those teeny cookies are so cute!
    On Saturday I played paintball for the first time (and got a big bruise on my arm).
    On Sunday I participated in a 10K run. SO MUCH FUN!

  69. they are lovely! such cute tiny sweets…great idea for my son’s 1st birthday next month…thanks for your brilliant ideas,..

    last weekend, i baked (with my 6yr old son) my sister’s favorite moist dark chocolate cake frosted with chocolate icing,. she just loves it and my husband too which I really love doing again and again… making them love me more… a blessed day ahead and more ideas helping us newbies…thanks

  70. This weekend I made basketball cake bites (on their way to Indiana right now), worked on a friend’s belated birthday choco cupcakes w/ choc whipped cream (she’s addicted), and started planning my daughter’s Hello Kitty birthday party (your Hello Kitty pops were my first ever cake pops). Tonight I think I’ll dream of cookies on stands and new cookie cutters…thank you!

  71. Tiny things are so cute! This weekend I got to see a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

  72. This weekend I baked vanilla cupcakes filled with edible cookie dough! They were amazing :)

  73. oh god, those look amazing! I just stayed home, and made vanilla and red velvet cupcakes, they were delicious!

  74. So cute! I spent this weekend planning my husband’s 45th birthday party. So fun!

  75. I rode my horse, marveled at your cookies, went to the rodeo, thought about making the cookies and stand, went dancing, looked at you web page again, went to dinner with friends, told them about the cookies & your website… Spent the rest of Sunday trying to gain the confidence to actually take the plunge and DO IT!

  76. Obsessed over your blog, went to Ikea, and pilaaahtes

  77. This is freakin’ adorable! hmmm…what did I do last weeken? Had a dentist appointment with my son, Saturday morning, then French class for me in the afternoon. Sunday, went to piano class with my dd and went shopping afterwards.

  78. We made chocolate chip cookies this weekend. After seeing these cuties, I’m thinking sugar cookies are on tap for the upcoming one!

  79. Love your work :)
    I went on a mushroom hike with my daughter.

  80. I made some sugar cookies in preparation for serious Valentine’s goodies to take to my work, sissy’s work, and hubby’s work!

  81. Nothing. Which was exactly what I wanted!

  82. Oooh, they are just the sweetest, I want to squeal!

    This weekend, I baked brownies and hung out with my husband. A pretty normal weekend, actually!

  83. That book looks way too fun. This weekend I did some deep cleaning and played with my little boy.

  84. I went to my friend’s baby shower. It was really fun!

  85. i had a great weekend short shift at work, the rest of time to spend with my seven year old. went shopping for a birthday present for his little buddie, then lots of time playing with rc monster truck, and i snuck in some reading time for myself.

  86. Celebrated my son’s birthday.

  87. Oh, I did hot yoga for the first time this weekend! I have never sweat so much in my LIFE, oh my goodness.

    And these little cookie cake stands are to die for!

  88. This weekend I was with my family enyoying life and love. Family’s love is a blessing.

  89. This weekend, I got three things done from my To Do list and I made brownies.

  90. Love these!

    I took my daughter to see the circus for the first time (first time for me too!)

  91. Those are adorable! I celebrated my mom’s birthday this weekend :) She’s the best!

  92. we went to the park with my daughter and her cousins.

  93. We stayed home and relaxed with our kiddo

  94. I absolutely love these – too cute and exactly the type of thing I want to make next. :)
    And I wrote! I’m writing a book and so into it that I can hardly pull myself away!

  95. My 7 year old step-daughter and I made some chocolate cupcakes with purple “flower” icing! We had a BLAST!!!

    P.S. Your cuteness never ceases to amaze me!!!

  96. I did my homework (lol, I know – not fun at all). But afterwards, I rewarded myself by trying to learn how to make macarons for the first time. Let’s just say it was an interesting experience! I wasn’t sure how to incorporate flavors into the macaron (whether to use liquid or powder).. and might I add, I was trying to be a little experimental in that department too. Haha.

  97. I made one of my best friends a birthday gift! <3

  98. I went to dinner and a movie with friends and prepared for my spring semester classes to begin!

  99. I had a relaxing weekend hanging out at home with the kiddos. Maybe next weekend we will have some fun making some cookies. =)

  100. This weekend I went skating outdoors with my family. It was so nice and enjoyable, even in harsh weather!

  101. I made pumpkin cinnamon rolls;) so delish

  102. I went snowboarding for the first time! So fun!

  103. How cute! :)

    This weekend included meetings and time with friends and family–nothing too exciting, but it was good overall. :)

  104. I decorated a cake for a friend’s son’s birthday on Saturday then relaxed all the rest of the weekend. On Sunday, my husband and I stayed in bed until our daughter came in and said “Gee, Mom and Dad! It’s 10 o’clock and you’re still in bed?!” Next weekend I get to bake cookies! I can’t wait!

  105. Had dinner & drinks on Friday to celebrate 2 of my girlfriends Bday’s and then the best part of my weekend was Sunday-showering my baby sis with gifts at her gender reveal Baby Shower! She’s Having a BOY! :)

  106. I stayed home most of the weekend and read a book! (:

  107. Baked a batch of cookies!!

  108. We had some friends over for dinner and I spent the day at the kitchen! Loved it!

  109. these are too precious! love them <333

  110. Cute. I am making these…..one day.

  111. I had a birthday party for my one year old-cannot believe my baby is one- where did the year go?????

  112. This past weekend my two boys and I camped out on the couches watching cartoons all day and took lots of naps as we are all sick. Boo.

  113. These are so pretty! I would love to make these for Valentines’s Day! And this weekend I made brownies for the kids at the church I volunteer at.

  114. Those are the CUTEST dessert I’ve ever seen!! This past weekend sadly I did no baking because I was reorganizing our homeschool classroom, but I baked a fabulously fun Strawberry shortcake cake last weekend!

  115. I took my son to the bounce house place for the first time! I think we would have a blast baking and decorating cookies!

  116. Cute!! I spent the weekend celebrating my husbands 30th – pineapple upside down cake and key like cheese cake! Yum :)

  117. Those cookies looks cute! We celebrated our daughter’s birthday!

  118. I took a kickboxing class (which I LOVE) and I made a new dessert–chocolate eclair cake! Yum!

  119. I went to the LA Arboretum! and ordered pizza for myself and some friends :-) Sunday I worked and went to the mall just to get some Mongolian BBQ.. Yummy!

  120. My husband and I painted the nursery for our new baby!

  121. I found a puppy in middle of the morning traffic. She is safe now looking for a perfect family for her.

  122. What I love about you, is that whenever I get thinking about a certain holiday and want to do something different, I just have to come here and look. I love these. For some reason, I have been afraid to try royal icing, but I think I am going to do it this time for an office valentine party. They are so elegant.

  123. those look super fun and intimidating at the same time!! This weekend we celebrated my youngest son’s 7th birthday and had his party! Sunday was spent trying to keep the house warm since the heater broke but we were able to get a temporary fix until the part comes in.

  124. Bakerella… I just can’t get over how adorable and clever this idea is! These have to be my most favorite thing you’ve ever made, not counting your cake pops. TOOOOOO DANG CUUUUTE!!! I have to assemble some cookie helpers and make these myself! :D

    That book looks so awesome, I would be thrilled to win a copy. Last weekend I got to go with my hubs, baby son and my in-laws and visit our beloved Uncle Joe. We had pizza and pasta together for lunch, then topped things off with a walk and ice cream for dessert. It’s always so great to see him, it was a wonderful weekend. :)

  125. Made muffins and cookies and played with my son!

  126. Basketball, erranding, etc. Those cookies are sooo cute!

  127. The new lective year in Guatemala started last Monday… so I spent my weekend reading…! I love med school!!

  128. I visited my grandparents in California. So nice to enjoy the sunshine when back home in Minnesota its freezing cold!

  129. Those are ridiculously adorable! You impress me often, but this is above and beyond!

    My father in law came into town, so we entertained him for the weekend =)

  130. Cleaned my house. I’ll definitely be making these for my Granddaughter’s birthday. They are adorable!!

  131. It was a sad weekend attending my grandma’s funeral, but I did bake many, many, many cookies for my family this weekend to make it better for everyone

  132. a-DOR-able! This past weekend I made birthday cards. They go really well with home-baked treats for the special people in my life.

  133. These are SO cute. I love Bridget’s blog and I’m so happy she got a book. This weekend I went to ISSE, a salon and spa trade show that I’m covering for my beauty blog! I got way too many things :x

  134. I ran 10 miles! Training for a spring marathon :) very proud of myself!!

  135. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law came for dinner, and I made an awsome orange and chocolate mousse.

  136. I caught up on episodes of Girls, and cleaned house. I’m a wild woman!

  137. This past weekend I spent some time with the in-laws celebrating birthdays.

  138. We started teaching a new class at our church.

  139. This weekend I helped my stepmom bake cookies, cupcakes, and cake pops galore! So much fun!

  140. I went to a disguise lunch with some friends. It was wonderful to see everyone disguised as cow boys, My husband was dressed like a sheriff and I was like one of the bar tenders, with a very sexy outfit. It was so fun!!!

  141. I needed to come up with some Valentine cupcake designs so that’s what I did over the weekend. I ended up with four different designs and thought they were all very pretty . . . not quite as pretty as your tee-tiny cookies though.

  142. I went to the Bridal Fantasy Show with a friend. The cookies are adorable! <3

  143. It was raining all weekend in Phoenix so we caught up on good movies!!

  144. Those are so cute! Such an adorable idea. This weekend I made boeuf bourguignon for my family.

  145. I made a batch of Spicy Dried Shrimp Cookies, yummy!!

  146. Those are so cute!! I went round dancing this week and got to teach a couple how to waltz!

  147. Would love that book! So inspiring!

  148. we spent the weekend painting in the house we are renovating

  149. I made linzer cookies for the first time… turned out not as pretty as I hoped, but absolutely delicious!

  150. This weekend was actually very exciting. My family hosted a baby shower for a close family friend. It is going to be a boy so lots of people came to our house early and decked our whole house in blue. When the mother-to-be came there was a whole plan set out. Lots of food and games for everyone :P

  151. Believe it or not I made your chocolate peanutbutter truffles. Man they were the BOMB!!! so easy and so good. I covered in chocolate too :)

  152. Those cookies are adorable! Mostly, I did puppy-proofing this past weekend. The new addition shows up in a week and a half…and we hear she is a real spitfire!

  153. I made Valentine cookie cutouts. I split my dough in half and coloured it with a bit of red to get a really nice pink and then cut out hearts and put them together before baking. They were so nice I didn’t even add icing or sprinkles to them. Took some pictures, and then took the rest home to munch on. Got to love design days. :)

  154. I spent an entire day with my 17 year old son. Those days are getting more scarce, so I really enjoyed our time together!

  155. I loved this post! so much cuteness as in everything you do :) This weekend I BAKED.. one white almond cake, two sheets of chocolate mint blossom cookies (from Bakeat350 as well) and did some cake pops for a cute babyshower. You are a true inspiration to me :)

  156. I finished up 45 cheerleading bows for competition, made 25 birthday cakeballs for a friend of a friend and catered dessert for one of my old cheerleader’s 2 year old daughter’s birthday party (minnie mouse theme: 18 minnie mouse cupcakes, 36 cupcakes w/fondant bows…my first time using fondant…and 36 oreo cookies decorated to resemble minnie mouse). THEN, I took my 14 year old daughter and 2 friends out for bowling and arcade playing (I kinda slept in the chair while they played). I am really tired now!

  157. I went to a fabulous baby shower!

  158. So cute! This weekend I had dinner with my sister and studied for an exam I had… At least it was part fun!

  159. Those cookies are sooo cute gonna play tea time wit my daughter and make sum of theses….this weekend I made pink champagne cupcakes and champagne frosting for my friends 25th birthday party which came out yummy

  160. We went cross- country skiing! It is such fun! It was a balmy 18 degrees!!

  161. Lovely cookies! I was taking care of my newborn and unpacking boxes in our new appartment….

  162. I got to play with my three year old daughter all weekend

  163. We adopted another rescue dog so we spent time getting to know him. :)

  164. Love the cookies! Even more, love miniatures. What a challenge! :) Helped my parents, who are in their 80’s. One just got out of the hospital – and is doing great! :) Have a great day.

  165. i saw the hansel and gretel movie!

  166. I Stayed home. I was sick :(

  167. These cookies look marvelous and so cute, always been my favorite type of tiny cookies :)

  168. This weekend I got addicted to Mad Men. Thank you Netflix!

  169. I discovered a cool marketplace just near where I live, which I’ll definitely be revisiting. So many cafes to choose from! Sadly, none had any cookies as adorable as yours. :(

  170. Wow…love these ???? this weekend my daughter had a dancing comp, so we stayed in hotel Friday night, dancing comp on Saturday, birthday party on Sunday, ironing school uniforms….love this quick cookie recipe….ideal for a single mum with very little baking time ????

  171. I am down to the last 2 days of a bake-free January…I am dying to get my hands on some flour and make these~!!! Thanks Bakerella!!

  172. I worked the entire weekend. And I work at a grocery store so I was there until close 2/3 days of the weekend and I worked until 10 on saturday (the day I didn’t close). So I think I need this book for this weekend since I’m off on friday :)

    I’m a big fan of both of you!!

  173. I made black eyed susans and brought them to work for my co-workers. They were really happy to see me!

  174. I was down with a sinus infection. Not fun. But these are so fun!

  175. OMG these are amazingly cute! This past weekend I baked mochi muffins! Some with nutella filling. Its a great mix of a little fluffy and a little chewy.

  176. Absolutely ADORABLE!

    This weekend our family (Hubby, Son (6), Daughter (4)) did a Marathon Mile at LegoLand, then hung out at home, staying warm from the cold rain.

  177. I spent the weekend with my huband and son.We went to our Middle school’s musical production of Grease JR.It was lots of fun.Those cookies are so adorable!!!! Thank You for this chance.

  178. I made a chocolate cheesecake this weekend! My first cheesecake and i was delish, more shall follow!

  179. wow, these cookies are sooooo cute!!! love!
    We celebrated the birthdays of two dear friends – one was the big 4-0!

  180. estuve horneando 50 cupcakes para un bautizo. salio genial

  181. Oh these tiny cookies are sooo cuteeee!
    I cleaned the house and watched a movie with my kids!

  182. FAFSA done, tax paperwork waiting and Bunco cooking for Monday night. I know, boring!

  183. I saw Oscar nom Silver Linings Playbook – recommend it for sure!! And also made some delicious homemade salsa :)

  184. These are sooooho freakin cute!!! I had an awesome weekend- Saturday started with making regular sized and mini sized choc fudge cupcakes with choc buttercream (some for gifts and some for me!) and then I spent the rest of the day with my best friend and her three gorgeous girls who I adore. Sunday was housework but also included whipping up a double batch of orange poppyseed cake. It was a long weekend here, so Monday counts as part of the weekend… After a relaxing morning I had afternoon tea with girlfriends! So as you can see I had a pretty ‘sweet’ weekend :)

  185. Such a cute idea! Love the tiered cookie stands… Among many things, shopped this weeked for a queen bed for my teenage son who is quickly outgrowing his twin… : – )

  186. I made cookies, cake and cupcakes for my sister’s engagement! :)

  187. Super cute cookies and display!! You are so talented!
    This weekend turned into a big babysitting weekend, where I babysat my 3 nephews and niece. I had such a fun time, couldn’t say my husband enjoyed it too much though, he said at one point “there’s way too many kids here”, haha! I didn’t mind one bit though, I LOVE LOVE having my family around! :)

  188. In.CREDIBLE! These are so amazing!!! And this weekend I went grocery shopping and attempted to hang a large mirror and it didnt go so well =/ Haha oh well

  189. Love these mini cookies so cute!
    This weekend I made blue cake pops and yellow railroad sign cookies along with an order of 6 Thomas the Train centerpieces. After delivering them, I got to stay and enjoy the party.

  190. I made brownie balls and a dark chocolate cake for a friend’s birthday. They were a huge hit!

  191. Baked Jacques Torres chocolate cookies and danced hula :)

  192. I went to my friend’s absolutely gorgeous wedding and we danced until the venue made us turn off the music! It was the perfect big fat greek wedding!

  193. I made a birthday party for my two-year old!

  194. Took my girls to a monster truck show! LOL never thought with 2 girls I would be going, but how can you resists loud trucks and lots of dirt!!

  195. i did homework, watched tv, got sick, then took a very cleansing shower:) then had CHICKEN NOOODLE SOUP!!! <3 love

  196. Adorable!! I will try these for my girl birthday party!
    This weekend was all about kitchen renovation! First stages, long way to go!
    Love your blog!!

  197. Unfortunately, didn’t get to do anything. I was sick this weekend :( P.S Your cookie tower looks really cute!

  198. I went shopping and bought a new winter coat.

  199. I went to see my friend’s band play. It was nice to be able to support him since it was his last time with this band.

  200. I picked up my 2 1/2 yr old grandson, he will be staying with us for the WHOLE week. Yippee!!! We made chocolate chip cookies together on Saturday. Yum Yum….

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