Valentine’s Giveaway! Kaleidoscope Heart Cake Mold or Valentine Stoneware Cookie Molds!

IT’S VALENTINE GIVEAWAY TIME! GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED -Thank You for Entering! CONGRATULATIONS TO: SensiblySara, our First Prize Winner Leslie B. our Second Prize Winner Winner was chosen by random.org I want to thank everyone for entering and especially for all your wonderful comments! Check back again in a bit for a springtime Puppy Mold Giveaway!  [...]

Valentine’s Day Heart Cookies – New Designs – Plus Creamsicle Cookie Recipe!

NEW!  VALENTINE’S DAY COOKIE MOLDS! Handmade Stoneware Valentine Heart Cookie Molds Recipe: Creamsicle Cookies | Etsy Shop: More Cookie Molds | Which Valentine? My Stoneware Valentine Heart Cookie Molds are made for baking and crafts. Each cookie mold is individually handmade in my studio in Connecticut. To create these designs, clay is hand-formed around my [...]

Guest Blogger Anne L. Watson’s Demo: How to Make Layered Cookies in a Cookie Mold!

Our guest blogger today literally “wrote the book” on molded cookies!  Anne L. Watson is here to tell us how to make layered cookies in the Kaleidoscope Heart Mold.  Molded cookies don’t have to taste boring. Learn how to add nuts, raisins, chocolate chips, etc., to your molded cookies without losing the design!  Also check [...]

Make Any Day Valentine’s Day with Embossed Hearts on a Cherry Pie

Spicy Upside-Down Cherry Pie with Embossed Hearts Why wait for Valentine’s Day? When crusts are sealed, cut small vents in top center of pie. Upside-Down Kaleidoscope Heart Cherry Pie in Mold, Unbaked Bake pie at 350 degrees F /180 degrees C / Gas mark 4  for about an hour.  Pie is done when filling begins [...]

Did I Mention Toffee?

TOFFEE! I’m going to make toffee again soon, but next time I will make all of the scrollwork and flowers in chocolate as well.  The back is also coated with a thick layer of dark chocolate (of course!).  The technique I used for making the chocolate butterflies was the same as in the directions for [...]

Happy National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!

Happy National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! I almost forgot! Here’s our contribution to the celebration: There’s a demo and video on making them on the Zanda Panda website. Happy Baking!!!

Strawberry Butterfly Pie

Summer isn’t summer without berry pies.  Lots of berry pies!  Here’s a twist on a traditional favorite.  Visit the Strawberry Butterfly Pie page on the Zanda Panda website for a demo and recipe!

Butterflies in your Stomach…The Yummy Kind!

  It’s spring, and one of the ways I’ve been celebrating it is by making delicious tidbits with the Kaleidoscope Butterfly mold. The Butterfly Brunch page shows how to make butterfly appetizers with port wine cheese spread and crackers.   Today I made cheddar cheese butterflies on butterfly-shaped crackers and made sweet bean paste butterflies [...]

Cinco de Mayo Recipe: Mexican Butterfly Pizza

CINCO de MAYO Mexican Butterfly Pizza with a Sculptured Cheese Top* Here’s an idea for an easy dish to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.  This is a fast, fun recipe that’s great to make with kids. 1.  I used whole wheat tortillas, you can also use corn or white flour tortillas.  Place four overlapping tortillas on [...]

Butterfly Brunch

How to make a Butterfly-Themed Garden Party/Tea Party   Yes, I had to wait patiently for the apple tree to bloom for this shot – and for a sunny day! Jump over to the Zanda Panda website to see how to make all the goodies pictured above, such as butterfly cake and cupcake toppers, embossed [...]