Creative Cookie Decorating: Buttercream Frosting Designs and Tips for Every Occasion

This book is very nicely organized and contains recipes and separate chapters for cookie decorating for all seasons. I did not, however, appreciate the various Bible verses interspersed throughout. I returned this book due to this.

I love this cookbook and so does my 18 year old daughter. I get frustrated when baking sugar cookies because they never roll out right or come up off the cutting mat without the shapes getting ruined, so I never make them. The sugar cookie recipe in this book seemed to come up easily and the round shaped cutter I used did not get ruined. She even shows you how to assemble your piping bag for the buttercream properly. I could never figure that out. She has so many very detailed instructions on how to decorate the cookies. She tells you what tips to use for each cookie. I love the “From the drawer” section for each cookie-it tells you every tip and food coloring you need for each cookie! There’s an illustration on decorating for ANY occasion. My daughter wants to keep making them so she can decorate them with all the cute ideas in this book. I like the fact that you can make the sugar cookies without chilling the dough. It does say to chill the dough for at least 15 minutes to firm it up to prevent spreading before cutting out the cookies, or for 10 minutes after cutting them out, but also had a no chill method. That’s what I did and it went perfectly! My husband said these were one of the best sugar cookies he has had, and my daughter and I agreed. The buttercream recipe is delicious as well!We made round shaped orange monsters for Halloween by using some of the techniques she showed for making dogs in the book only because that was what we had planned to do, but we used the cookie recipe and buttercream recipe in the book. They turned out cute! The picture I’m adding is of what my daughter did.I’m hoping to have time to make them for Thanksgiving to give them to everyone to take home. There is a leaf, pilgrim hat, and a turkey illustrated for that! They will be adorable! I just purchased a 2nd book to give to my daughter for Christmas so that she can have her own copy! This is the perfect book for anyone interested in decorating sugar cookies!

I bought this book for a friend of mine for her birthday. She is just learning decorating. She said she is looking forward to trying some of them.

This is a great book if your looking for easy to follow and well informed instructions. I've been looking for a classic recipe like my mom use to make. This is it. The best sugar cookies you'll ever make. Really enjoy reading the master tips and all the details provided. Thank you for sharing your talent.

I have to say that I can watch this all on YouTube and other places, but wanted a book. I ordered two different books. The other hasn't arrived yet, but this one COVERS IT ALL! There are recipes, illustrations, and tips, too. Well worth the cost of the book to have this on my shelf!

Gift for wife. She’s happy!

Just received this book today and can’t put it down. Every design, recipe, and step is clear and easy to follow with visuals. Can’t wait to try them all!

I have not tried any of the recipes, but as a book, it is extremely well written and organized with step by step pictures of how to pipe buttercream designs.There are 8 recipes for cookies (sugar, chocolate, red velvet, chocolate chip, gluten free, dairy free) and 4 variants of buttercream. The focus is narrow, but the recipes represent the best after many trials and errors by the author. That last part impresses me. You want recipes that have been tested, tried and true, so to speak.The list of ingredients are simple and straightforward and available anywhere. The author is even specific about the brand of butter to use and why she makes this recommendation. She even offers substitutes if such ingredient is not available in your area. That's considerate.The step by step photos are labeled "1" "2" etc with caption, so very easy to follow and visualize as you read. If you are reading on Kindle, it has the effect of being a mini movie as you click on the right/left arrows.I like that she is very specific about the tools used and techniques described.80% of the book focuses on how to pipe designs onto the cookies, but this info is transferable to any cake or dessert. The decorations are arranged along seasons (winter, fall, spring, summer), flowers, celebrations, and a bonus chapter.The designs are on the easy side--lips, flags, daisies, poinsettias, rose, pansies etc and follow the themes evoked by the seasons or celebrations. They are basic designs, but an excellent start for beginners.The strength of the book are in the photos, organization and layout, and specific and clear instructions provided by the author for baking sugar cookies and beginning buttercream piped designs. Very glad I purchased the book.

Muy buena calidad de libro, pasta dura, fotos, etc., Mucho detalle.

Creative Cookie Decorating is so much more than a cookbook. Throughout this book, Emily shares her heartbreaking story of child loss, love and family, and of course her inspirational journey to becoming one of the most popular cookie decorators on social media. As a fellow cookie decorator, I primarily bought this cookbook in an effort to support my friend’s venture, and when I received my copy, I ended up reading it cover to cover, crying through her personal messages, and making note of every recipe I needed to try (I’ve since tried her recipes and techniques, and they’re awesome!) The recipes and instructions are also very easy to follow - perfect for beginners and also advanced decorators. This book now lives on my coffee table where I look through it daily; it’s a beautifully designed hardcover book with excellent photography too!

I , looooooooove this book. Having followed Emily on you tube I very much like buttercream cookie decorating as a more instant way of doing cookies and definitely tastier than using royal icing. Lots of designs covering all occasions will have you baking all year round.

Gift for my granddaughter

great book