Decorated Cookies

Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies

February 14, 2011 | 48 Comments | Email | Print
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Happy Valentine’s Day!! You know I love any excuse to decorate some cute sugar cookies and Valentine’s Day is no exception. Back in grade school Valentine’s Day meant filling out Valentine’s cards for classmates and eating ungodly amounts of conversation hearts. They were the “it” Valentine candy. Would a boy give you one that said [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers Football Jersey Cookies

September 21, 2010 | 51 Comments | Email | Print
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The leaves are starting to turn, the nights are getting cooler and it’s getting dark earlier. That can only mean two things: it’s fall, and it’s finally football season! Which means it’s finally time for some football cookies! These are fashioned after the Penguins jersey cookies that I made two seasons ago during their successful [...]

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Pea in a Pod Baby Shower Cookies

June 7, 2010 | 54 Comments | Email | Print
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These Pea in a Pod cookies are my latest baby shower creation. Is it just me, or does there seem to be an unusually large number of baby showers happening recently? In any case, they are a great reason to try out new cookies! This shower was for my cousin, and the theme of the [...]

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Classic Baby Shower Cookies

May 12, 2010 | 43 Comments | Email | Print
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I whipped up some cookies for a baby shower this week, and since a few of them are new designs, I wanted to share them with you! These were done for a fairly typical baby shower (more traditional than the last baby shower set I did – remember the Rock n’ Roll Onesies?) and will [...]

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Rock n’ Roll Baby Onesie Cookies

April 23, 2010 | 51 Comments | Email | Print
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I had a really fun order this week for a baby shower. A fellow food blogger from Pittsburgh, Lauren of Burghilicious (check her out – great blog!), was helping to plan a coworker’s baby shower and wanted to order cookies for the event. The twist was that this wasn’t your stereotypical baby shower. The mom-to-be [...]

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New Baby Onesie Cookies

November 5, 2009 | 29 Comments | Email | Print
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Pittsburgh Steelers Cookies

September 10, 2009 | 37 Comments | Email | Print
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It’s football season, folks! Today starts the NFL’s Kickoff Weekend, which begins with a night game featuring none other than the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Tennessee Titans. Since I already threw Pittsburgh Penguins decorated sugar cookies at you during the Stanley Cup playoffs, I figured I couldn’t play favorites and needed create [...]

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How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing

June 4, 2009 | 316 Comments | Email | Print

Welcome to the first in what I plan to be a recurring “How-To” series here on Brown Eyed Baker. While recipes are all well and good, there are some techniques that are best explained in a step-by-step method, with pictures included (at least this is how I learn best). As I was decorating my Stanley [...]

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GO PENS! with All-Occasion Sugar Cookies

May 29, 2009 | 93 Comments | Email | Print

After coming painfully close to raising the Cup last year, the Pittsburgh Penguins have earned a rematch with the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals, set to begin tomorrow night. This isn’t a sports blog so I won’t bore all of you foodies with the nitty gritty details, except to say I have [...]

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Sugar Cookies for the Super Bowl

February 5, 2009 | 27 Comments | Email | Print

Okay, first things first… I’m from Pittsburgh and I love my Steelers. I couldn’t be more excited about their Super Bowl win – it’s a wonderful time to be from the Steel City! Alright, my gloating over, I had a large cookie order for a Super Bowl party that consisted of 4 dozen of my [...]

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