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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Personalized Cookies for Zoe's Birthday

Yay! I got my first order! My friend Mary ordered personalized cookies for her daughter Zoe's 7th birthday! Knowing that I am allergic to nuts and that all of my baking is nut free, Mary knew that individually wrapped cookies would be a "sweet treat" for Zoe to bring to school to help celebrate her birthday with her classmates.

I started off by following all of the same steps I used when I made Decorated Sugar Cookies. This time, I filled Wilton Squeeze bottles with icing instead of using ziplock bags. I found the bottles to be a very effective tool. After squeezing out of all the icing, I let the cookies set overnight.


Mary gave me a list of Zoe's classmates so that I could personalize each cookie.

She requested this color combination. I just love it! Instead of using food colouring to add colour to the white icing, I used Wilton Icing Colors in teal and violet from Bulk Barn. The bottles are about 1 ounce and will last for a very long time. I used a toothpick to add as much color as I needed to the icing. To make the icing darker, add more color.

Happy Birthday Zoe!
All packed up and ready to go!

7 comments:

  1. They are beautiful. Great job.

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  2. They came out great...very cute!

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  3. So pretty and the frosting looks so smooth! Mine is always so goopy!

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  4. I use ketchup and mustard bottles to squeeze out icing. It's a much cheaper alternative that works just as well!

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  5. These are so adorable. Congratulations on your engagement, by the way. I just read about it at Bakerella's site.
    I am a teacher also and I love to bake as well, so I was very happy to find and begin following your blog. Keep up the good work!
    Bethany
    This That and T'other

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