Setting up Your Food Coloring Paint Palette

Post author:Arty McGoo
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This is my first food coloring palette. I didn't think ahead or put my colors in order; I was just discovering painting on cookies and I put colors into the wells as I needed them. It worked great. I somehow knew where each color was and it served me well.

I wanted to show you my messy, crazy palette because it doesn't really matter what your palette looks like or where your colors are as long as you know the layout, but I will say I've learned a couple of things along my cookie painting journey and thought I would share.

McGoo U Online

Post author:Arty McGoo
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I have enjoyed teaching McGoo U classes for a year now. I can't tell you the fun, the friendships, the laughter I have enjoyed from teaching cookie decorating! The only downside is that not everyone can come over and play with me. Not everybody can jump on a plane or drive for days to frost and paint on cookies for an afternoon.

Some of you may have heard I'm working on getting my McGoo U classes ready for their big online debut so that everyone can take a McGoo U class; no plane necessary. It's true! and I am super close to having McGoo U online and ready to watch, but here is the big secret: It's more than just an online tutorial. So. Much. MORE!

Raspberry Almond Roll-Out Cookies

Post author:Arty McGoo
Post category:Recipe

A lot of people ask me if I eat my cookies... um, heck YES I do! I love cookies and I love playing around with flavors. My favorite combination that I created was Chocolate Chipotle. The rich chocolate with notes of cinnamon that finished with a bit of heat at the end. Yum! You may have noticed I said "was" my favorite combination. That is because when I was trying to come up with something special for Mother's Day cookies, raspberries came to mind. I started with the lovely NFSC {No Fail Sugar Cookie) recipe and added some flavors and realized almond would add a perfect nuttiness to the cookie, and... I created a monster!

Ephemeral Art

Post author:Arty McGoo
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People always ask me, "Do you really want people to eat your cookies?"

My answer is simple, "Yes... but let me take a picture of it first."

People who create ephemeral art spend time making something they know will not last forever. Whether it is chalk art, ice sculptures, or cookies, the very nature of the masterpiece is fleeting; created to fade away. I think the beauty of cookies as art is that while you can visually enjoy all kinds of ephemeral art, you actually ingest this delicious canvas.

Fun Find

Post author:Arty McGoo
Post category:Cookie Decorating

I thought today I'd share something that I have fallen in love with (as a peace offering for my long absence?). I saw this little beauty on the shelf at Beverly's and I thought, "There is no way this stuff will work for cookies. It probably won't dry or look good... but what the hey?"