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post #1 of 21
5/1/06 at 4:32pm
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I am planning to make a cookie basket for my daughter's teacher for Teacher's Appreciation Day.

I am out of sucker sticks... icon_cool.gif Can I use the dowels? They won't burn in the oven?
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post #2 of 21
5/1/06 at 4:35pm
NO, they do not burn..I use dowels all the time, because I make very big and very thick cookies, and dowels are the onlye ones that can support them. To me, that is even a better choice. That's what
Cookies By Design use..They do not use the paper kind.. icon_smile.gif
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post #3 of 21
5/1/06 at 4:37pm
Prett Cake, do you use the cake dowels as in for stacking? Thanks
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post #4 of 21
5/1/06 at 4:39pm
Yes, I also use dowels for stacking.. I use at least 5-6 of them because I want my cakes tall, at least 6 inches tall. icon_smile.gif
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post #5 of 21
5/1/06 at 4:59pm
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Thank you prettycake! I will use the ones I have.
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post #6 of 21
5/1/06 at 5:10pm
That is such a great idea! Teacher's deserve something extra!By the way when is Teacher Appreciation Day? I though I saw that it was the 9th and Teacher Appreciation Week is the 7th thru the 12th. Is that right?
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post #7 of 21
5/2/06 at 5:57am
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Originally Posted by Brendansmum

That is such a great idea! Teacher's deserve something extra!By the way when is Teacher Appreciation Day? I though I saw that it was the 9th and Teacher Appreciation Week is the 7th thru the 12th. Is that right?



Yep, that's right. It starts next week.
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post #8 of 21
5/2/06 at 6:33am
I'm baking cookies with my new cookie cutter (the cancer awareness ribbon) for a workshop at the hospital I work at, so it looks like I better bake a couple more dozen for the teachers!!

Any suggestions for designs? Maybe just some flowers will do fine. I'm hesitant to do the apple thing.

Michelle
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post #9 of 21
5/2/06 at 6:37am
I use bamboo skewers for my cookie bouquets - they work a treat (and are thin enough to stick inside the cookie before baking, or attach with royal icing after baking!), plenty strong enough to support big, heavy cookies thumbs_up.gificon_biggrin.gif
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post #10 of 21
5/2/06 at 6:58am
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Michelle:

I am planning to do a mixture of stars and hearts... I will draw some happy faces on some and write messages on the others. Like: #1 Teacher, Love My Teacher, etc...
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post #11 of 21
5/2/06 at 7:02am
I think I have a heart cutter....no star though. Hhmmm....might have to make a trip to the store!! icon_smile.gif I've been googling and thinking and I might just have to box them instead of making a bouquet. There are just too many teachers. Maybe I will just do a bouquet for my son's teacher, but I don't want to leave the other (gym, music, etc.) teachers out. Decisions, decisions!

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Michelle
No longer baking and caking. Medical transcriptionist and Thirty-One Gifts independent consultant.
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post #12 of 21
5/2/06 at 7:16am
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Originally Posted by MichelleM77

I think I have a heart cutter....no star though. Hhmmm....might have to make a trip to the store!! icon_smile.gif I've been googling and thinking and I might just have to box them instead of making a bouquet. There are just too many teachers. Maybe I will just do a bouquet for my son's teacher, but I don't want to leave the other (gym, music, etc.) teachers out. Decisions, decisions!

Thanks!!

Michelle



You know, I don't know which recipe you use, but I use Wilton's and its really yummy!!!! It makes LOTS of cookies, so you could do like 5 to 6 cookies per basket and have enough for everyone.
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post #13 of 21
5/2/06 at 7:25am
I always think it's cute to do square cookies and make them look like chalk boards, some apples, maybe that's all a little too cliche' oh well, teachers always think it's cute...because they know you made them especially for them and not that you just had some extra cookies laying around.
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post #14 of 21
5/2/06 at 7:44am
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Here's the company Cookies by Design. They are everywhere. There is one close to where I live and they had a "Help Wanted" sign a couple of months ago.... I was tempted.... icon_biggrin.gificon_biggrin.gif

Here is the link: http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/
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post #15 of 21
5/3/06 at 6:08am
I was going to give my son's teachers cookie bouquets for the end of the year/teacher appreciation gifts also. Ours is next Tuesday. I bought these cute (and heavy) candle holders shaped like tiki heads and thought about some flowers, a sun and some flip flops. It is pretty close to the end of the school year.
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