RedbudCookies: October 2009

Monday, October 26, 2009

Happy Halloween

Hand piped royal icing spiders sit on Ghirardelli chocolate covered cookie favors for a children's Halloween party. The pumpkin orange spiders are color coordinated with custom favor tags and accompanying jack-o-lantern cookies. The cookies are vanilla sugar cookies (similar to shortbread cookies) and are individually wrapped for freshness. Holiday cookies start at $2.50 per cookie, (Christmas cookies coming soon!)

Friday, October 2, 2009

Texas Cowgirl

Embossed fondant mimics tooled leather on these pearl white cowboy boot cookies. Designed for a friend who is moving to Texas, these cowboy boots would also make wonderful favors for a western themed wedding shower. Available in any color, boot shaped cookies would be perfect for a cowboy/girl birthday party, an equestrian or rodeo event, or any western themed party. Contact me for pricing and packaging options.

Cupcake Cookies

Cupcake shaped cookies were covered in brightly colored fondant and white royal icing for a child's fourth birthday party. Each cookie was decorated with fondant flowers and dragees, and tied with a coordinating organza or satin ribbon. These cookies were $6.00 per cookie as shown. Minimum order of 6 fondant covered cookies, any color combination.

Future Buckeye

This version of the popular baby onesie cookie was designed for the baby shower of a family friend. Covered in white royal icing and decorated with red fondant buttons or silver snaps, these vanilla sugar cookies were a big hit!

Welcome!

Unfortunately I am not taking new orders at this time. I am in the process of moving. Once I have a kitchen up and running again I will update my contact information.

Let me know what design you have in mind, what type of event you are planning, and the date of your event. Currently cookies are available for free delivery in the Columbus OH area. Each cookie is baked and hand decorated in a home kitchen environment, therefore capacity is limited - place your order early to reserve your preferred finish date. Great care is taken to deliver the freshest cookies possible, however no preservatives are used so cookies should be consumed within a week of delivery for best taste. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, and if you see the cookies I have made for your event on this website I'd love to have your comments on the posting!

FAQs

Q. What is the average price per cookie favor?

A. Cookies range from $3.50 to $7.00 per cookie, with the average price being $5.00. Cost depends on the complexity of the design, and to a small degree the choice of packaging. All cookies are individually wrapped and tied with ribbon or rafia. Favor tags, gift boxes, cards, and bouquet arrangements may affect the final cost.

Q. Is there a minimum order size?

A. 12 cookies is usually the minimum order, although if I have other orders going at the time I may be able to accommodate a smaller order, so please don't hesitate to ask!

Q. Do you ship outside of Ohio?

A. Unfortunately, not at this time. Being a home based bakery I am precluded from shipping outside of Ohio. Other states may have different laws, but here in Ohio you have to have a commercial kitchen that is not in a residence in order to legally fullfill orders outside of Ohio. I hope to someday expand to a commercial bakery! For now though, my customer base is mostly in central Ohio.

Q. How large are the cookies?

A. Most cookies end up being about 4 inches at the widest point. I make a majority of my own cookie cutters, so the size can be customized easily.

Q. What are the ingredients in the cookies?

A. The cookies are mixed and baked fresh to order using flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, salt and of course, real butter. The royal icing is made with powdered egg whites (for safety) and sugar. In addition, colored sugar, dragees, fondant, molding chocolate, candy, edible glitters and pearl dusts may be utilized for decoration.

Please do not hesitate to email me at redbudcookies@gmail.com with any questions!