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Celebrate With Cookies!"The perfect gift for someone who enjoys making fancy treats and entertaining." Meredith Spidel, author of Mom of the Year.
#1 New Release in Cooking with Kids, Cookies, Sweets, and Curiosities & Wonders
A Cookie to Celebrate is full of cookie baking tips, recipes, presentation ideas, and photograph-filled instructions
Desserts made to impress at your next party. What sets A Cookie to Celebrate apart is its step-by-step instructions for gorgeously personalized cookies for all kinds of occasions, from birthdays to anniversaries to the changing of the seasons. These cookies are ornamental edibles that are perfect for the holidays, and because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, they're great for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, kids' parties, and potlucks.
Perfect cookie for every occasion. Jana Douglass is the founder of Jana Lee's Bake Shop, an artisan bake shop specializing in custom decorated cut-out cookies for special events and celebrations. In A Cookie to Celebrate, Jana shares her baking expertise and recipes as a veteran baker, inspiring you to create your own new classics. Each cookie in this collection is guaranteed to be a stand-out.
Reimagined recipes and exciting new treats. A Cookie to Celebrate is filled with new twists on cookie concepts, like Engagement Ring Cookies and Baby Onesie Cookies confections decorated for every season and reason. Try something new with ice cream cone cookies with sprinkles in summer, conversation heart cookies for Valentine's Day, or even decorating a birthday cake with cookies!
Discover:
- How to expertly roll, cut, and bake your cookie dough
- Helpful tools and techniques for coloring and piping icing
- Creative ways to spice up classics or try something new
If you have enjoyed cookie baking books such as The Perfect Cookie, Fabulous Modern Cookies, The Cookie Companion, Creative Cookie Decorating, or Baker Betties Better Baking Book, you'll love A Cookie to Celebrate.
List of contents
Foreword: A Cookie to CelebrateTable of ContentsIntroductionCookie basics: rolling, cutting, baking, etc.How to make sugar cookies (recipe)Roll dough to desired thicknessCut with desired shapesBake to perfection- puffy centers.Royal Icing 101How to make RI (recipe)COLORING the icingHow to make pipe/flood consistencies and bag icingStorageDecorating Basics (things to know before you get started)Helpful toolsPracticing lines on paperHow to pipe and flood BASICSSpring Theme ChapterTulip CookieHow to make leavesBunny Cookie (using the same cutter turned upside down)Simple FacesLemon flavored icing for SpringSummer ThemeIce cream cone cookiesHow to make homemade sprinklesDifferent colored sprinkles for different themes (4th of July)Fall themePumpkin Cookie (I am thinking pink or more on the peach side)How to create texture on cookiesAdding a jack o'lantern face to the pumpkin for HalloweenAdding florals to the pumpkin for ThanksgivingHow to make royal icing flowersWinter ThemeSnowflake CookieUsing sprinkles for added sparklesHot Coco CookiesHow to make (and use) royal icing transfersWedding ThemeWedding RingHow to use luster dusts to create realistic metallicsHeart Cookie with textTips on how to add text to cookiesAdd a nod to Valentine's DayBirthday ThemeBirthday Cake CookieTips on how to make candles look realisticBalloon CookiesHow to use the wet on wet RI techniqueBaby ThemeOnesie CookieHow to make ruffles with royal icingHoliday Theme (specifically Christmas)Santa FaceHow to create characters without complex facesNote to SantaEdible MarkersWriting notes to kids, etc. any time of the year!Finishing your CookiesDrying cookiesPackaging Cookiescellophane bags, etc.Display IdeasParty plattersOur signature wedding ring cookie tied to a champagne bottlePlace SettingsHow to keep cookies freshConclusion
About the author
Jana Douglass is the founder of Jana Lee's Bake Shop, a luxury bake shop specializing in decorated cut-out sugar cookies for special events and celebrations. Located in Columbus, Ohio, we strive to create charming and delicious treats for any occasion. All cookies are made to order and are delivered right to your door.
Summary
The cookie cookbook for the Instagram generation; stunningly beautiful photographs of inventive and inspired decorated cookies from a social media baking star.
Foreword
Jana Douglass is a tastemaker in more than one way; her cookies taste fantastic and are edible works of art
Jana Lee's Bakeshop is one of the most unique bakeries in America with inventive designs, recipes and decorating tips
Jana Lee's Bakeshop is an Instagram sensation and Pinterest perfection with the gorgeous cookie and decorating photos
Douglass has been featured in media and also partners with local and national brands like Anthropologie
Report
"A Cookie to Celebrate, comes to you from instagram sensation and specialty baker extraordinaire Jana Douglass. Her inspired ideas, detailed instructions, tips & tricks, will have you making the perfect cookie for every occasion imaginable." Edible Life in YYC
"The perfect gift for someone who enjoys making fancy treats and entertaining." Meredith Spidel, author of Mom of the Year.
"Desserts made to impress at your next party: What sets A Cookie to Celebrate apart is its step-by-step how-to instructions for gorgeously personalized cookies for all kinds of occasions, from birthdays to anniversaries to the changing of the seasons. These cookies are ornamental edibles that are perfect for the holidays, and because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, they're great for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, kids' parties, and potlucks." City Book Review
