White Easter

I haven't had my laptop for a couple weeks but now its back. So I thought I'd share my Easter cookies. Too bad I forgot to take a picture of the Snow Bunnies we made in our front yard with the heaps of snow that poured down on us just in time for Easter.

I'm auctioning off a cookie decorating class for Sam's preschool. I suckered my friend, Shimako from Bittersweet, who taught me everything I know about cookie decorating, to make a guest appearance. We'll see if people sign up. I'm making instructional hand-outs on how to decorate cookies. I'll definitely share those with you once they are finalized. I'm hoping to cover the following in the class: 

• Cookie baking tips
  
• Consistency of royal icing for different uses
  
• Dipping vs flooding
  
• Making a cornet
  
• Different ways to decorate with royal icing (pastry bag, cornet, squeeze bottle, edible markers)
  
• Using stamps on dipped cookies
  
• Creating another dimension with nonpareils, crystal sugars, decorative sprinkles
  
• Royal icing decorations piped onto cellaphane or parchment 
  
• Classic decorative designs (swiss dots, cornelli lace, snail trail, etc)
  

Anything else you guys would want to get out of a cookie decorating class? Questions or techniques you'd want answered?