Blog: Challenges

Julia is a firm believer in stretching one’s skills! The bimonthly challenges that she hosts on her site Cookie Connection are designed to help cookiers do just this, all in a risk-free, no-stress environment. Read on to learn more about Julia’s past, current, and upcoming challenges.

Julia M. Usher

Fourth Watch-Learn-Create Challenge

Some say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but I’d say flowers are – especially when they’re as pretty as those in my latest Cookie Connection challenge with featured guest Anna Oliinyk of Sunday Cookers

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Third Watch-Learn-Create Challenge

Is painting your cookie-decorating nemesis? Many cookiers say it is, which is why challenge host Manu and I selected this topic as the subject of our next Watch-Learn-Create challenge on Cookie Connection

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Second Challenge in the New Series

Looking to hone your precision-piping skills? Well, you’ve landed in the right place, because the guest of the second Watch-Learn-Create challenge on Cookie Connection is the perfect pick to teach this technique

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Just in time for summer wedding season, my latest 3-D cake tutorial is sure to wow – though it hasn’t a single crumb of actual cake in it! It’s all cookie, modeling chocolate, and royal icing. Another plus: it’s a lot easier to make than it looks! Though my four-tier version embraces my more-is-more mentality, the project can easily be scaled down by making fewer tiers. My tutorial also details every single step so that even beginners can follow along.

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