Cookie Cutter

The big new idea in baking: cookie transformations-- using a few cookie cutters and a twist of the wrist to create 100 totally unique and fun cookie designs! You Can't Judge a Cookie by Its Cutter: Make More Than 100 Cookie Designs with Only a Handful of Cookie Cutters Dubbed "the most creative baker I know" by Ina Garten, cookie expert Patti Paige reveals the secrets behind her famous decorating techniques and dough recipes. Known for her irresistibly playful cookie designs, Patti shows how, with a change of perspective and her decorating tips, a single cookie cutter is the only tool you need to make a Chick that will transform, into French Fries, a Hen, and a Dog! A pumpkin-shaped cookie morphs into a bunch of bananas or into George Washington's profile; a tea cup into a stork or graduation cap; a ghost into a cat; a football helmet into a bird on a nest or an elephant; a gift box into a spider; or Santa into a turkey , and much more. Plus, Patti shares her seven favorite cookie dough recipes from classic vanilla sugar cookies to vegan gingerbread, and all the tools, tips, techniques and resources needed to create your own transformations in the kitchen - even how to make your own cookie cutters.

A killer in Detroit is targeting blacks and leaving by the victim's body an Oreo cookie--black outside, white inside--symbolizing blacks who side with whites. Lieutenant Mary Cunningham goes after him.

Everybody loves delicious, perfectly decorated cookies - the kind that look almost too good to eat (not that that ever stopped us). But who needs a whole drawerful of cookie cutters in every shape and size that gets left to collect dust in the dark corners of your kitchen, never to be used again? Clever Cookie Cutter will show you how to create 30 incredible cookie designs using just 3 simple cookie cutters - a heart, a gingerbread man and a star. From fabulous flamingos to bootylicious bums and boobs or out-of-this-world aliens to magical unicorns, this little book will have you covered no matter the occasion or your mood. And handy tips and techniques, plus basic dough and icing recipes, make cookie decorating a breeze, no matter your level of skill (or patience). So you'll be able to impress your friends, delight your family and maybe even surprise yourself along the way. - Transform heart-shaped cookies into fabulous flamingos, sumptuous strawberries and beautiful butterflies. - Turn gingerbread men into luscious monstera, fearsome sharks or spooky zombies. - Take star-shaped cookies and turn them into purr-fect cats, magical unicorns and spring-time daffodils. - Plus, pick up handy tips and techniques for the best cookies you've ever made.

Those who've spent time with the elderly Amish woman realize the wisdom in her words. One could say Catherine's kitchen is her office. Baking cookies is her form of therapy. Christmas wreaths, nailed to the porch of the Amish home, attract the eye of photographer Claire Ryan. Knocking on the door, she plans on asking permission to take some photos and then be on her way. But once inside, sitting in the warmth of that home with paper angels on strings and pine boughs decorating the mantel, Claire relaxes, eventually telling Catherine why she's about given up on finding love and no longer bothers with Christmas. Soon they're in the kitchen getting ready to make cookies. When Catherine brings out a wooden box holding old tin cookie cutters, Claire notices one is missing. The cookie cutter is found weeks later -- and it has nothing to do with making cookies.

"This one-of-a-kind treasury is a complete guide to every aspect of the cookie cutter art: there are instructions for baking and cutting cookies and making and applying icing, as well as sources for cutters (Butts even shows you how to create your own,) and unusual ways to present cookies for entertaining and gift giving. Butts gives detailed, illustrated directions for more than ten piping techniques, including garlands, flowers, and pull-through designs, as well as special decorative effects like sponge painting and shading." "The heart of the book is "A Cookie Calendar," with delectable recipes for more than twenty different kinds of cookies, and more than forty designs with decorating instructions for each one. January brings Almond Nut-Crunch Cookie Snowmen, while Pansies made of Mrs. Harlan's Highbrow Shortbread welcome the first day of spring. A Wedding Cake made of Chocolate Lovers' Shortbread Mainlined with Espresso makes a perfect shower favor, and Spiced Molasses Cookies in the form of colorful Autumn Leaves and Indian Corn make Thanksgiving even more special." "From Gingerbread Santas and Hanukkah Dreidels to a Chocolate Minichip Apple for the Teacher, these cookies are irresistible to nibble on and just as much fun to make."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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From Betty Crocker, a comprehensive book of 175 cookie recipes: a perfect cookie for every occasion!

Christmas is a sparkling time--and beads make the season glow even brighter. Everyone crafts at Christmas, and beautiful seed, crystal, felted, and lampwork beads are an easy way to add twinkle and shine to everything: ornaments, centerpieces, handmade gifts, and more. Anyone who can string or glue or stitch can make these contemporary, charming wreaths, holiday cards, one-of-a-kind stockings, and gift bags. Lavish, colorful photographs showcase the projects.