Bake Me I'm Yours . . . Cookie: Over 100 Excuses to Indulge
By Lindy Smith
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About this ebook
This indulgent array of exquisite colorful cookies, brought to you by bestselling author and sugarcrafter Lindy Smith, shows how easy it is to bake a range of cookie recipes and get creative with endless ideas for icing, decorating, and presentation—with irresistible results.
Cookie lovers will be amazed at the variety, from simple single cookies to enjoy with coffee to those transformed into wedding favors, decorations, or even towering celebration displays. With mouthwatering photography, tempting tips, and a wide range of easy-to-follow, decadent projects, it’s hard to resist this celebration of the world of cookies.
Lindy Smith
Lindy Smith is a contemporary cake designer who inspires and empowers others to bake and decorate their own amazing cakes and cookies by passing on her knowledge in her books, DVDs, classes, and the products she designs for her business Lindy's Cakes. She is a prolific author with 14 books in print (most with David & Charles), including The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, and is one of the world's bestselling cake-decorating authors. www.lindyscakes.co.uk
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Bake Me I'm Yours . . . Cookie - Lindy Smith
bake me I’m yours…
cookie
Lindy Smith
A DAVID & CHARLES BOOK
Copyright © David & Charles Limited 2008, 2009
David & Charles is an F+W Media Inc. company
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First published in the UK and US in 2008
Reprinted in 2009 (twice), 2010
Text and designs copyright © Lindy Smith 2008 Photography copyright © David & Charles 2008, 2009
Lindy Smith has asserted her right to be identified as author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
The designs in this book are copyright and must not be made for resale.
The author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that all the instructions in the book are accurate and safe, and therefore cannot accept liability for any resulting injury, damage or loss to persons or property, however it may arise.
Names of manufacturers and products are provided for the information of readers, with no intention to infringe copyright or trademarks.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7153-2926-9 hardback
ISBN-10: 0-7153-2926-X hardback
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contents
Cookie Heaven
Basic Tools & Equipment
Making Shapes
Baking Cookies
Covering Cookies
Decorating Cookies
Cookie Creations
So In Love
Let’s Celebrate
Hey Baby
Girls, Girls, Girls
Designer Style
Thank You
Christmas Delights
Templates
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Suppliers
Index
cookie heaven…
Cookies – serve them with coffee, hang them from your Christmas tree or place them in clear cookie bags or decorative boxes and give to your friends and family. There are always plenty of reasons for you to have fun creating your own little works of art.
Cookies are delicious in their own right, of course, but adding decoration makes them that extra bit special. Many of the cookies included in this book can be decorated in a couple of minutes, but by spending a little more time you can create cookies that are truly magical and almost too good to eat.
Fundamentally a designer at heart, I have thoroughly enjoyed putting this little book of cookies together. With a background in sugarcraft, I have found that cookies, like cakes, make an excellent canvas on which to create designs that are both appealing and stylish.
I have included as many techniques and types of icing as possible, although I must admit to favouring decorating cookies using sugarpaste. With sugarpaste you can not only easily introduce colour but also add texture and three-dimensional elements to create cookies that will wow all those who see them.
As you probably appreciate, decorating cookies is child’s play; cookies are all about having fun in your kitchen and creating gorgeous, tasty treats that everyone will love. I have included a range of ideas in this book to tempt you, from high fashion to seasonal delights, weddings to designer style, so that whatever the occasion, you’ll be able to treat your friends, lighten up your work colleague’s day or spoil your family.
When it comes to decorating cookies, the possibilities really are endless so I hope that you will be inspired not only to create cookies from this book but also to invent designs of your own. If you can’t find a cutter for the type of cookie you would like to make, then do not despair – simply make your own templates, as described on page 11.
Be inspired, be creative and most of all, have fun.
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basic tools & equipment
Before you begin