Smart Cookie: Transform Store-Bought Cookies Into Amazing Treats

by Christi Johnstone

Overview

It's fun to bake, but it's really fun to decorate!

Everyone knows the best part about making cookies is the decorating! Smart Cookie includes 50 simple and fun cookie creations made entirely from easy-to-find store-bought ingredients -- no baking required! Projects include rainbows, monster pops, balloons, robots, ladybugs, and much more, with lots of ideas for tips, techniques, packaging, and displays.

From birthdays to graduations and baby showers to Christmas, there is a cookie in this book for any and all occasions. If you love to decorate cookies, are looking for imaginative ways to celebrate holidays and special moments, this book is for you!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762452538
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	23 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Christi Farr Johnstone is a writer and photographer whose work has been included on the Huffington Post, Babble, Foodista, Craft Gossip, The Kitchn, in Parents Magazine, and more. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Smart Cookies 6

Getting Started 8

The Great Outdoors 34

Desserts in Disguise 58

Happy Holidays 84

Celebrate Good Times 116

Child's Play 138

Cute Creatures 160

Formulas for Metric Conversion 181

Resources 182

Acknowledgments 184

Index 187

Editorial Reviews

09/15/2014
By following these 50 decorating designs, readers of all ages can easily turn store-bought cookies into eye-catching custom creations such as adorable acorns (made from nutter butter cookies, pretzel sticks, candy coating, and sprinkles) and pretty princess wands (made from star-shaped cookies, lollipop sticks, candy coating, and edible glitter). In each of these projects, Johnstone (lovefromtheoven.com) employs easy techniques similar to those used in Karen Tack and Alan Richardson's Hello, Cupcake! and Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh, My! For instance, frostings are melted and used as a coating, and candies and confections (sometimes cut into shapes) become colorful embellishments. VERDICT Johnstone's charming decorated cookies require minimal time and equipment and no baking. This is her debut title and a great resource for kid-friendly decorating projects and last-minute party favors.

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