I have heard that Orlando is the happiest place on earth and this weekend, it surely was! After two years of staying away from each...

I get a lot of questions about how this texture is produced and I am amused by the way it is described! "It looks like dry, cracked,...

I get all kinds of texts from all kinds of people wanting me to troubleshoot cookie failures. I am happy to help.This question is...

Everyone who mixes butter and sugar together will usually admit that baking is therapy. But, could it have an even higher calling? One...

Remember Mall Cookies? Back when we could spend an entire day in the mall shopping, we would undoubtedly meander through the common area...

It is no secret that Gowans are not handy. Academic, perhaps; fixers of broken things, never. All the tools in this house will fit in a...

I hear you squawking! Everybody is wanting a Keto cookie! By looking at me you can tell I don' t know much about the latest diet...

Well the Cookie Nip Summer Tour is complete and I while I could regale you with details of the celebrities we encountered, the amazing...

If you have sent me a message in the past few weeks that I seemingly ignored, please forgive me. It is not that I ignored anyone, just...

Hello friends, I love sharing recipes with you. It is my goal to send one every week but let's be honest; sometimes life or work...

What happens at Cookie Con comes right on back home with you! After thirty years in education, I have enjoyed my share of conferences and...

No matter how carefully we roll and cut and bake, at some point we will get a cookie that is a little rough around the edges. Sometimes...

Those of us who bake cookies probably have a good mixer with a sturdy engine. Many of us have KitchenAid mixers. The KitchenAid comes in...

So last weekend I was at Cookie School with a guest from Pittsburg. She was very friendly but we all could immediately tell by her accent...

I have told you before that Pinterest is not your friend. Styled food photo shoots are so trendy and popular because we love to look at...

When I started on this journey of concocting a signature flavor, I had a certain blend in mind. I will admit it is just a little bit...

One of the most maddening challenges we face as cookie bakers is color bleed. I have tried to completely dry colors before introducing...

It has been an exciting couple of weeks for The Cookie School. About this time last year I began dreaming of creating a signature flavor...

I am not a numbers person. That's why when I struck off to create a signature flavor for The Cookie School, I recruited a higher level...

It is a good thing I am a lifelong learner! The same day I defended my dissertation, my committee told me, "Congratulations! You can now...

The addiction begins with the vision for a beautifully crafted cookie and one stinkin adorable cookie cutter. That works out so well, you...

Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox? Everybody involved with an elementary school knows that the high holy holiday...

Meteorologists are not the only ones who love groundhogs. If you know any elementary learners, chances are, they will be celebrating some...

The Cookie School's online store is up and running. Especially if you are a distance learner, that is an easy way to purchase supplies...

People are always asking me this question and I typically say, "A week!" I need to rethink that answer. Don't be ridiculous. These...

Have you had enough of cookies to last you until next Christmas? Me neither. I have found that creating art out of butter and sugar only...

Stones were invented for pizzas, not for cookies. It must have been some serendipitous discovery that it even works for something with...

Joyce Payne, one of the holiest ladies I know, came up to me at church and gave me some rules regarding Christmas Cookies. I have to...

Wow! I have a lot that has been going on the past few weeks and I am just now catching up. Every day I get at least a dozen messages...

Everybody I know is either at the Georgia National Fair or at Disney World. I spent my fall break teaching Cookie School. I may not be in...

Lots of great things are shaking at The Cookie School. Every week I meet great new friends who share my passion for baking artwork. I...

There ought to be a 12 step program for what is wrong with me! All I set out to do was bake cookies. So, how did I get here, trying to...

A long time! Often when we are finished rolling out all the cookies we need, we have a bit of dough left over. If you know of an event...

Neither am I. Fortunately, you don't have to be artistic to create these cookies. If you learned to hold a pencil or a paintbrush, you...

Everyone who is a teacher fully understands that it is not a giant leap to preach! Preachin' is just teaching punctuated with passion....

When I was a beginning cookie baker/decorator, there were two consistencies of frosting for every cookie; dam frosting and flood...

With 17 first cousins, guess who ended up with this treasure that I am convinced, made my Grandmother one of the finest bakers in the...

If the struggle that is ADHD is not yours, I offer you a frame of reference for your own gratitude. Tonight I ran in to Kroger to pick up...

For frosting cookies, you need more than a recipe. You not only need to know how much of each ingredient to put in the bowl, you need to...

​Let's get real. When you pay someone to make your cookies or your cakes, you are not paying them for their delicious ingredients or...

If you work with frosting long enough, you are going to mis-mix some. A few of the Americolor brand colors are ones that get really...

If you come into my kitchen on any given day, you will find a bunch of snap top bowls containing bits of colored frosting. If you know...

I am raising a couple of enterprising teenagers. The entrepreneurial gene begins developing the minute you won’t buy something they want....

Yes. Keep it. Bake it. Do whatever you want with it except throw it out. This is a baker's recipe so naturally, it is going to make more...

I'm not gonna lie. There is a 12 step program for people who hoard cookie cutters. I am unapologetic. I love cutters; tin, plastic,...

Yes. Especially if the cookie is still in its dough state. Every baker has struggled with custom designs with little bitty appendages...

My mama used to have a recipe she affectionately called a "dump cake," duly named because you just dump everything in the bowl and mix....

My mama was a big believer in the Airbake cookie pans. She probably baked a half million cookies on them. But, I, on the other hand, have...

Most all cookie recipes begin with softened butter. But let's just suppose that you didn't think about getting out your butter last night...