Well the Cookie Nip Summer Tour is complete and I while I could regale you with details of the celebrities we encountered, the amazing cakes we saw at the co...

If you have sent me a message in the past few weeks that I seemingly ignored, please forgive me. It is not that I ignored anyone, just that I can't read. And...

Hello friends, I love sharing recipes with you. It is my goal to send one every week but let's be honest; sometimes life or work prohibits it. This blog tell...

What happens at Cookie Con comes right on back home with you! After thirty years in education, I have enjoyed my share of conferences and somebody else's sha...

No matter how carefully we roll and cut and bake, at some point we will get a cookie that is a little rough around the edges. Sometimes it is caused by a coo...

Those of us who bake cookies probably have a good mixer with a sturdy engine. Many of us have KitchenAid mixers. The KitchenAid comes in three different mode...

So last weekend I was at Cookie School with a guest from Pittsburg. She was very friendly but we all could immediately tell by her accent that she wasn't fro...

I have told you before that Pinterest is not your friend. Styled food photo shoots are so trendy and popular because we love to look at them. Enough caramel ...

When I started on this journey of concocting a signature flavor, I had a certain blend in mind. I will admit it is just a little bit exciting to have every f...

One of the most maddening challenges we face as cookie bakers is color bleed. I have tried to completely dry colors before introducing more colors, outsmart...

It has been an exciting couple of weeks for The Cookie School. About this time last year I began dreaming of creating a signature flavor and last week, it to...

I am not a numbers person. That's why when I struck off to create a signature flavor for The Cookie School, I recruited a higher level math teacher to help m...

It is a good thing I am a lifelong learner! The same day I defended my dissertation, my committee told me, "Congratulations! You can now teach YOURSELF." I s...

The addiction begins with the vision for a beautifully crafted cookie and one stinkin adorable cookie cutter. That works out so well, you pick up five more b...

Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox? Everybody involved with an elementary school knows that the high holy holiday for us is March 2! ...

Meteorologists are not the only ones who love groundhogs. If you know any elementary learners, chances are, they will be celebrating some General Lee this we...

The Cookie School's online store is up and running. Especially if you are a distance learner, that is an easy way to purchase supplies you need to bake and d...

People are always asking me this question and I typically say, "A week!" I need to rethink that answer. Don't be ridiculous. These cookies don't ever hang ar...

Have you had enough of cookies to last you until next Christmas? Me neither. I have found that creating art out of butter and sugar only makes me want to cre...

Stones were invented for pizzas, not for cookies. It must have been some serendipitous discovery that it even works for something with such a high butter con...