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Toffee Cookie Bars

Toffee Cookie Bars

This is a great little recipe Izzy adapted from a recipe in our Betty Crocker Cookie Book...

Toffee Cookie Bar Recipe

ingredients 

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter soft
1/2 cup margarine soft
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg yolk
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 bag semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

Oven 350. Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla, yolk. Mix in flour and salt.  Press in 9 x 9 pan. Bake until golden brown, 25 minutes or so. Immediately place chocolate chips on baked crust, let melt, and smooth out.  Sprinkle nuts on top and chill until set. Cut into bars and enjoy! 

Xoxoxo,

Sam and Izzy

How to Make a Fake Cake Slice

Spring Time Tiered Tray Decor

I know I call this a baking blog, but lately I have been crafting and sewing more than baking.  Here's what I've been working on for the Sam's Sweet Art Etsy shop...

Spring Tiered Tray Decor
     and most of what you see is available in the shop!  I hope you like these ideas for your home.

Sam's Sweet Art Etsy Shop

Essential items for decorating a tiered tray...
* sewn items, like fabric carrots!
* mini signs
* mini pillows
* fake flowers / plants
* dishes / bowls / cups
* fake foods
* kitchen items
* candles
* books
* bead strings

I hope you like all these ideas. 

 Most items available in the shop!

#burlapbunnypillow

#easterminipillow

#fabriccarrots

#carrotminipillow

#bunnyminisign

#carrotminisign

#tieredtraydecor

#springtieredtray

#minisign

#minipillow

#easterdecor

#springdecor

#farmhousedecor

XOXO,

Samantha

How to Make Cute Bunny Cookies

How to make cute bunny cookies for fun party favors...

Best Sugar Cookie Cut Out Recipe

ingredients 

1 cup butter softened

1 cup+ 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp. extract -- pure vanilla, or other

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

3 cups flour

Mix well!  Roll, cut, and bake at 350 degrees just until set, lightly golden on bottom.  

This sugar cookie icing is a lot like our favorite Eat n' Park cookies!!!  It's a color flow icing that's self leveling and perfect for fill in and piping!  We love it!  

Best Sugar Cookie Icing ~ Color Flow

ingredients

3 cups powdered sugar

4 tbsp. water

1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract or other

2 1/2 tsp. corn syrup

a few drops lemon juice if desired

Mix well until the consistency of glue.  Add more powdered sugar for thicker consistency.  Use gel food coloring.  Just smooth it on with a spatula or spoon and it also works great in a piping bag. Add your sprinkles quickly before the icing sets.  Let dry for several hours before packaging.  If you really want that professional look, start by outlining your images with royal icing, then use color flow to fill in.  

Tips for making great bunny cookies.  
*  Go to your local party or craft store to purchase the royal icing eye balls.  
* Use marshmallows for the bunny tails.  I used fondant, but marshmallows would be perfect!
* For chocolate bunnies, use melted chocolate!  Delicious and much easier than using brown food coloring. ;)
* Make our sugar cookies ahead of time and freeze in a freezer bag or plastic containers.  They freeze really well.  Thaw for about 20 minutes or up to room temperature before decorating. 
* Let icing dry completely before placing in bags.  Sometimes this can take 5 - 10 hours, depending on humidity in your area.
* For quick drying frosting, use Wilton candy melts to decorate your cookies.  

Xoxoxo, 
Samantha

Fake Cookies For Display

Faux Cookies For Display...

  Our biggest seller this year, from the Sam's Sweet Art Etsy shop, was our fake Christmas cookies.  They were a big hit and available as just cookies for display, or tree ornaments.

Let's talk about faux desserts for a minute.  They make such a fun display for your table!  I mean, don't you wish you could keep those pretty decorated cookies on the table longer?  I know I certainly do!  Although decorated sugar cookies are so delicious, they are sometimes too pretty to eat.  My suggestion... get fake cookies from the bakers at Sam's Sweet Art!  I'm a former cake and cookie artist.  Who better to make you some sweet cookies for your home decor?! ;) 

Check out our new arrivals for the perfectly sweet Valentine's Day decorations...

Valentines Fake Cookies For Display...

GET THEM HERE

Black and white, pink and gold, modern Valentine's Day cookies
Fake Cookies for Display

GET THEM HERE

Winter Themed Fake Cookies For Display...

GET THEM HERE

These fake cookies will make a wonderful decoration for your home or a great gift!  Let us help with that after Christmas decorating! Remember, these are also available as ornaments at no extra cost!  They will look great on your Valentine's Day tree!

Sooooo many more fake cookie designs to come!  I can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2020! 

Xoxoxo,

Samantha