Food & Party Planning Ideas

Back to School

Cupcakes, cookies and cakes, "Oh my!"
Wow, how the summer flew by!

Avoid letting time slip away. Be sure to make your "back to school" visit to our Bakeware Shop where you can get pans in squares, rounds or sheets. Our pans are made of pure aluminum, which is the best material for baking cakes. They create a light, golden brown cake with an excellent crust for easier icing and decorating. Our bakeware is thicker than ordinary bakeware and built to distribute heat evenly for more consistent baking. The Contour Edge pan provides an elegant rounded top edge, which is wonderful for our Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant. Each 3-inch pan has a "fill to here" mark indicating the amount of batter recommended to bake the perfect cake. The 3-inch high pans are wonderful for torting. Layer cakes are great for parties or just after school treats. You can't go wrong with our Decorator's Preferred Bakeware lifetime warranty, so put on your "back to school" baking mitts and get back to the basics in the kitchen!

Also available are some of your favorite shaped pans like T-Shirt, First and Ten Football, Enchanted Castleand more! Each pan takes only one cake mix and can be decorated with Ready To Use Decorating Icing, Icing Colors, Disposable, Parchment or Featherweight Decorating Bags and Tips according to label and booklet instructions. Don't forget about the Classic Wonder Mold Pan. Decorate a doll in your favorite school colors! Enter our Decorating Contest and win the Grand Prize of a 2-week all-expense paid trip to attend the Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Arts in Woodridge, IL. It includes economy airfare, transportation to and from airport, hotel, meals, Wilton School Master Course Tuition and most supplies.* We will have 12 monthly prizes in addition to the Grand Prize, so be sure to enter. Good luck and have fun! Check out the details in the 2002 Wilton Yearbook of Cake Decorating or at www.dolls.wilton.com.

Instead of sending the kids off to school with an apple for their teacher, sweeten things up a bit with an apple shaped cookie made from our cookie cutters. Let your children do the decorating for an added special touch their teacher will appreciate. Our Primary Icing Colors would make a splendid red apple, or be fun and crazy and make it green, yellow or even blue! This will be an apple all teachers will love to sink their teeth into!

Show children how to share by making several dozen cookies with other Metal Cookie Cutter Sets in the shapes of Fruit, Animals, Hearts, Stars, Noah's Ark and more. Decorate them with our Colored Sugars. When they are finished, pack them in Treat Bags for all kids at school to enjoy!

Our Giant Cookie Pans are sure to be a hit at any event. Kids love them and so will your co-workers! Choose from a Heart shaped pan or a Round pan. The Giant Cookie Pans serve 12 people and are perfect for any get together. These cookies can be personalized and will be a "giant" hit!

Do you want to make lunch more exciting? Well, give them a reason to smile with a fun shaped sandwich. Try our Comfort Grip™ Cutters to shape any sandwich, cookie, cheese, meat, brownie or crispy rice treats into a festive lunch. Kids will love the shapes you create, like angels, stars, teddy bears and more! Check out our recipe below for a fun filled edible activity.

Don't forget about after school activities! Be prepared with our Baking Cups, Ready-to-Use Icing, Icing Decorations and Colored Sugar available in light green, yellow, red, orange, lavender, just to mention a few choices. If it's football you like, then try Football Icing Decorations. Other themes are available such as soccer, baseball, basketball, race cars, party time theme and more.

Kids can look forward to going back to school the "Wilton Way". Our products make returning to school as easy as ABC and 1-2-3.

Sugar Cookies 1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cups flour
1 Tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together, add egg and mix. Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth. Refrigerate dough 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface, dip cutter in flour before each use. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes or until browned. Remove from sheet and cool.
Makes 18-20 medium size cookies.

Tips for Cool Decorations:

*Kick off your cookies with Ready-to-Use Icing for Friday night's football game. Don't forget Football Icing Decorations to make the winning goal.

*If it's a slumber party you're having, try our Party Time Icing Decorations.

*If it's a "girl thing" then Doll Icing Decorations will be perfect.

Use colored icing, Sprinkles, Sparkles, or Sugars

Creative Rice Cereal Treats

Ingredients
3 Tablespoons margarine
1 package (10 oz.) regular marshmallows
6 cups rice cereal
Vegetable cooking spray
Wax paper

Microwave margarine and marshmallows in microwave for 3 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Add rice cereal. Pour mixture into a 13x 9 pan coated with vegetable cooking spray. Choose your favorite Comfort Grip™ cutters. We offer the Comfort Grip™ in teddy bears, tulips, butterflies, stars, square crinkle, daisies, flowers, diamonds, rounds and other seasonal shapes. Place a Comfort Grip™ cutter over rice cereal mixture. Press down firmly to create shape. Pull up on Comfort Grip™ cutter and remove created shape from mold. Continue until the entire pan amount is used. Decorate with convenient Tubed Icing and Gels to create fun faces or use to write names. Add sprinkles for an added bonus!

*No prize substitution will be allowed. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash value. Taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.