Mah Jongg Tiles & Hand-painted Macarons
Special Project My client coordinated a Mah Jongg tournament last weekend as a fund-raising event for Juvenile Diabetes. She ordered Mah Jongg tile cookies as event treats, and French Macarons for the Silent Auction. I decided to feature this order on the blog, since these cookies and macarons were so well-received! Mah Jongg Tiles I…
French Macarons – Tips
We will use this blog post to periodically add tips, hints and other useful information to help with your mastery of baking this awesome, amazing little confection – the French Macaron! We will start with a hint for making smooth shells, and then add new info under separate headings to keep this post current and…
Monogram Wedding Macarons
We are very excited to share this post about our special French Macaron project!! My friend, Hilary, asked me to design custom guest favors for a party. The event was a pre-wedding celebration for her daughter and fiancé. Since the wedding is out-of-state, the Houston event provided for many local friends and family to enjoy…
Fancy Macarons
I love the current trend of decorating cookies with rock candy to look like geodes – I just don’t like the crunch of the rock candy for eating the cookies! So I thought I’d try something a little different with these Tiffany-inspired macarons and see how that would go! It was clear at the outset…
My Little Pony Cookies
Last summer, I made a custom set of My Little Pony cookies for a special client for her visiting niece. Although the popularity of MLP seems to be waning somewhat nowadays, I wanted to put this post together to show some of my work process. My favorite part, aside from making their cute faces, was…
Done & SugarDusted Blog
Hi, everyone! Deb here – it’s early August and I’ve been baking French Macarons and Decorated Sugar Cookies for a little over 2 years now, and launching Done & SugarDusted in the fall of 2016! I am an artisan baker, working from my home kitchen under the Texas Cottage Food Law rules and regulations. I’ve…
Summertime!
Summertime is such a fun time for cookie designs!! Pineapples, flamingos, flip flops, ice cream, hot suns – you know, all the fun stuff!! I love the bright colors of summer for cookie designs, and all the new jewel and metallic dusts for accents – anything shimmery and bright!!