About
What Makes a Cookie?
With my background of 25+ years as a graphic designer, my cookies are custom edible art! I use the same design principles of color, contrast, emphasis, space, and balance that I have used in my professional life in my cookie hobby creations! I want to create something I am proud of and something you can’t wait to give to that special person.
The Cookie Making Process
Step 1: Designing
My first step is at the computer. I decide on the color palette, sizing, text treatment, techniques needed, and any other design elements that may be required. If I’ll need a custom cookie cutter, I will make that now.
Step 2: Mixing, Rolling, Cutting, and Baking
I mix the dough flavor, roll out sheets of dough, and chill it. After a few hours of chilling, I cut the cookies into shapes and bake. This usually takes a couple of hours plus the time in the fridge to cool.
Step 3: Making the Icing
Once I mix a batch of royal icing, I begin coloring the icing and placing it into piping bags. Some icing colors will need three different consistencies: thick for flowers and embellishments, medium for lettering, and thin or “flood” for covering the cookie. This process can take up to 3 hours.
Step 4: The Decorating Begins
Once I have all of the icing colors mixed and bagged, I am ready to lay the base layer on the cookie. Each cookie is covered individually with the needed color and then placed onto drying racks to dry. Drying time is at least 12 hours before any detail can be added on top.
Step 5: Details, Waiting, and More Details
Details can include airbrushing, embellishments, stenciling, lettering, sprinkles, etc… Some cookies may even require another layer of detail on top of this. The cookies then remain on the drying racks for at least another 12 hours. If more details are needed, they are added to the hardened cookies. The final details need to be added at least 24 hours before the pickup time.
Step 6: Packaging
Once all of the details have hardened, I can begin packaging the cookies into pouches with ribbons, heat sealed into baggies, or straight into cookie boxes, depending on the order. Bagging and tying ribbons can take as little as 30 minutes or up to several hours.
Now the cookies are ready to be picked up! Cookie making is a time-consuming hobby, but the end product is always worth the extra effort!
Cookie Flavors
Vanilla
Chocolate
Cake Batter with Sprinkles
Candy Cane
Piña Colada
Pumpkin Spice
Almond
Lemon
Pricing
Please note: This pricing is a general guideline. Cookies don't always fit neatly into size categories because of their odd shapes. Prices depend on both size AND complexity of design / personalization. Most of my regular-sized basic cookies are $3 - $4 each. I require a minimum order of 1 dozen cookies.
A minimum of two weeks is needed to create your cookies. If you need your order faster than that, a 25% rush fee will apply.
A minimum of two weeks is needed to create your cookies. If you need your order faster than that, a 25% rush fee will apply.
Cookies
Minis
Approx 1" - 3"
$1.00 - $3.00/each
Regular
Approximately 3" - 4"
$3.00 to $4.00/each
Large
Approximately 4" - 5"
$4.00 to $5.00/each
Extras
Cellophane pouch
with ribbons
$5.00/dozen
Heat sealed
in bags