Decorating Cookies by Bridget Edwards | I’m Lovin’ It
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Cookie expert, and blogger Bridget Edwards guides you through more than 60 delicious cookie-decorating designs for every occasion and holiday in her book, Decorating Cookies: 60+ Designs for Holidays, Celebrations & Everyday. Bridget shares her favorite cookie dough and royal icing recipes along with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step photos and for an added bonus, five guest-star baker-bloggers each share a special decorating technique in the back of the book!
Over the course of 4+ years since I started blogging, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some incredible people, and lucky enough to call some of them friends. Bridget, of Bake at 350 was the very first blogger I ever connected with.
It was over cookie decorating. I had fallen head over heals in love with her site and how she makes swinging a bag of royal icing over a cut out cookie look so simple.
I decided for Easter 2009 I was going to try decorating cookies with royal icing. I ran into a bit of trouble and shot off an email to Bridget while I was up to my ears in pink and green icing, squeeze bottles and tooth picks.
You know what happened?!……….she emailed me right back!! I’m pretty sure that night we emailed back and forth as Bridget walked me thru my first batch of decorated cookies!
That was the beginning of our friendship!
Now here we are 3 years later and Bridget has published her talents, Decorating Cookies: 60+ Designs for Holidays, Celebrations & Everyday so she can help you! Just like she helped me!
I’ve had the honor of spending time with Bridget in person on a few occasions – you may remember she was the first blogger I ever met in person, when her sweet hubby surprised her with a trip to come see me!
Not only is she filled with creativity, but she oozes kindness, and class! Not to mention on heck of a sense of humor.
Don’t think this book is only for seasoned cookie decorators. Bridget’s knack for teaching cookie decorating is ideal for the beginner and seasoned cookie decorator. The nicely organized book is full of step by step cookie decorating instructions, including basic techniques to master (like Bridget’s favorite, the flat dot), a detailed section on equipment and supplies you will need, recipes and……my favorite part, a troubleshooting section!
See I told you, it’s just like having Bridget right with you while you work!
Click the picture to see some of the decorated cookies I’ve made over the last few years thanks to Bridget’s help.
I’m in awe at how talented Bridget and all the other cookie decorating ladies are. I often get frustrated that my cookies are perfect, but Bridget always reminds me that “other people will just see a beautiful cookie, not your mistakes” and “you can always eat your mistakes!” HA!
Look for Decorating Cookies: 60+ Designs for Holidays, Celebrations & Everyday at your local bookstore, and online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. With the holidays fast approaching, this book would make a perfect addition to add to the gift shopping list!
GIVEAWAY! Win a copy of Decorating Cookies by Bridget Edwards
UPDATE: Giveaway has ended. Congrats to comments #139 Sarah G
Official Rules: No purchase necessary. Open to US residents only . Must be over 18. Giveaway will end on Nov 8 2012 at 5:00 pm CST. One winner with a valid entry will be selected at random using random.org. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be selected.
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I love making and giving cookies as gifts. Especially for kids. My nephew and niece especially would appreciate cool decorated treats!
I have tried decorating cookies, but I’m not very good at it. I’m sure Bridget’s book could help me out!!
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
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I have never tried decorating cookies in this fashion. I usually just throw some frosting and sprinkles on and call it good. I would love a lesson in cookie decorating!
I want to learn to decorate cookies like a pro! I entered to #win #DecoratingCookies by @Bakeat350Tweets over @TidyMom http://ow.ly/eXnhF….I tweeted this @SBKK4
I am a fan of you both for a while now. The military moved us and I still could not find a job so I started baking and I’m obsessed!! I find every excuse to bake and I fell in love with cookie decorating!! I am constantly surfing the web for ideas and inspirations!! I would just die winning this fabulous book as this is as close I could get to meeting wonderful and talented bloggers like you both!! Thank you for inspiring me!!
OH I’d love to win this book. I have tried cookie decorating, but let’s just say mine don’t look like these. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to win the book Decorating Cookies as each year at Christmas we have a baking weekend with my kids and it’s so much fun. It would be great to be able to learn how to make this kind of dessert. Thanks for the chance!
I shared the giveaway on Facebook!
Here is my tweet link https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlyDenee/status/264380909359333376?
I just love Bridgett. I have never decorated cookies like she does- would love the inspiration to give it a try!
Yes, I have tried to decorate cookies. Bridget is one decorator I follow on Facebook. I would love to win the book. I would surely help me with my decorating.
Every year we raise money for our hospital with bake sales and here lately we have been making wonderfully decorated cupcakes. We want to try the cookie side next year. I feel its a little harder to decorate cookies and I am not very creative so I have to have help. This book would be wonderful. We are very competitive and raise lots of money with our bake sales. Thank you for hosting a wonderful giveaway. I need this book!
I’ve tried decorating cookies a few times… very frustrating! This looks like the perfect book to make decorating easy and fun-
I have only tried to decorate cookies with buttercream icing. I have been too wimpy to try decorating with royal icing. Would love to win the book and take the risk to try it!
I tried decorating Christmas cookies when my kids were little, and I was horrible at it. Maybe I should try again…
I usually dread making sugar cookies becuase I can’t seem to get the decorating part down. I would LOVE to have detailed instructions to make things easier.
I made high heel
shoe sugar cookies for my daughter’s 8th birthday and they turned out pretty good. I would love to get the book for inspiration to practice more.
I love making cookies, but have never even tempted to try decorating them to this extent. Bridget makes it look so easy!!! I would love to get this book and wow all of my family and friends with these amazing decorations!!!
I have iced cookies, if that counts as decorating.
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I tweeted @mysunshinydays
I’ve iced cookies and made a few designs but could really use this book for instruction and inspiration. Love to bake!!
I have tried decorating cookies in the past and still need lots of practice!
Yes, I decorate cookies. I would love to learn the finer details and how they are done. Right now, I am comfortable with flooding cookies with royal icing but struggle with all the cutesy embelishes.
I tried decorating cookies around Christmas last year. It was difficult, and some of the cookies turned out pretty well. Others were not allowed to leave the house! I would love to learn more with the help of Bridget’s book! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’d like to win her book simply because she is awesome. 🙂
I love to decorate cookies, but have only used Royal Icing once. Brigid’s book would really help me get into it more!
I love baking and made cookies is actradition in my kitchen. I love the book and I need it 🙂
I shared this giveaway on Facebook, and love that I get an extra entry! Thanks!
i love decorating cookies & this would be the perfect addition to my cookie decorating collection!! i’ve had my eyes on this book. thanks for the giveaway!
I linked one of the cookies I made for Halloween (Mickey Dracula and pumpkins).
I have tried before but I failed miserably. I think more practice is in order!
I just love decorating cookies. From what I’ve seen from this book, she gives a lot of wonderfully easy ways to decorate even more. I would truly enjoy getting this book! Thanks again for the chance to win it.
I need help when talking cookie decorating! I am good at eating the cookies, just not good at decorating them! Beautiful book!
I love to decorate cookies, however they are usually pretty basic! I would love to win this book and learn some new skills!
Not yet but this type of decorating is on my baking bucket list. Winning this book would be great inspiration to check that off my list!
would love to try this book and start making decorative cookies.
I NEED this book! Just added it to my Christmas list. The main reason I need it is to have the recipes for decorating and icing these types of cookies. If I have the foundation right, then my daughter and I can just go crazy playing and practicing our decorating! Wish I had this book years ago!
I have never had the desire or know-how to bake until now. As a mother of two I could really use some help to learn how to make some great cookies. Excited for this giveaway!
I am inspired to bake cookies just looking at this. I have a tradition of making cut out cookies at Christmas and with icing them with the kids. This book book is so creative with cookie ideas. I may have to replace some of those cupcakes I bake for some cookies now. I’d absolutely love to win this book!
I would love this book to learn how to decorate cookies. I’ve tried but I know I could be ten times better with the PERFECT book. Thanks for the chance!!
I love to make decorated cookies!! But I lack the artistic vision so this book would be perfect with pictures! I would never have to search the Internet for ideas!!
I decorated some cookies I made on stick once. I say once because I said I wouldn’t do it again until I did some research on how to do it by someone who has actually done it. Can you tell I got just a bit frustrated? Her book looks like it might inspire me to try again.
I love decorating cookies. They are one of my favorite gifts/party favors/hobbies and I would love some new ideas and tips to look like a pro!
I have not experimented with royal icing on cookies, but would really like to learn that technique. Bridget’s book with step by step instructions would be very helpful.
As much as I bake, I’ve never really tried my hand at cookie decorating. I’d love to win this book to give it a whirl!
I just tweeted about this great giveaway!
I tried to decorate cookies so many times in the past and was never successful. Until I found Bridgett’s blog a couple of years ago! After following her recommendations and recipes-I at least have cookies that taste good and look “ok”. I’ve made hundreds (seriously!) but they’ll never look as good. 🙂