The holiday season is about giving and spending time with the ones you love. What better way to share the spirit of the season than by making and sharing homemade, heartfelt treats. Wilton’s latest holiday pattern, Snowflake Wishes, will help to inspire your holiday baking and food gifting. (more…)

You’ve probably already guessed from the other posts that Wilton employees love to find reasons to celebrate at work! The holidays are no exception, especially this year. We all have Cookie Exchange fever! I manage a great team of 7 people that love to bake, and I thought a Cookie Exchange would be a fun and festive way to celebrate the season together. One problem, though – we live in 7 different cities! (more…)

I used to despise rolling out cookies. No matter how many recipes I tried, the dough just never turned out right; it was too hard, too dry and crackly, or too sticky. Approximately 25% of the dough that I prepared was actually baked into successful cookies, with the remaining 75% producing cookies that spread into huge, nebulous blobs on my sheet pans. What a waste of time and money! Rolled cookies were definitely my nemesis, but not anymore! (more…)

Have you ever given cookies as a gift at the holidays? Based on a recent poll we conducted, almost 90% of those surveyed are planning on giving cookies as a gift this year. It is easy to see why. People enjoy receiving cookies because it says “I thought of you and took the time to bake for you”, and giving cookies helps you make the most of your holiday gift-giving budget. (more…)

Well, it is the time of year where my kitchen starts to look like a cookie factory rather than a place for cooking meals! But I love this time of year. This is when I bake all my favorite cookie recipes that have been handed down from my mother, my grandmother and also some from close friends and neighbors. This year I’ll add some new recipes from our Cookie Exchange Book. (more…)