I've finally managed to post latest baking adventure. I made some cookies to try out some techniques from a book I'm currently working on (more about that below), and found that I loved making them (dare I say even more than cupcakes!). Kneading the dough was a great stress buster, and I loved cutting out the shapes and watching them turn golden as they baked. But the best bit was decorating them - my skills aren't up to much, but with some simple icing and cute little silver decorations, they looked almost as good as they tasted. Check out my gallery for the evidence.

The book that inspired me to sift more flour is called Bake Me I'm Yours . . . Cookie, by one of my favourite sugarcrafting authors Lindy Smith - I didn't reaiise until I was involved that you could make and decorate