With the help of three different challenge hosts over the years, Cookie Connection is now celebrating its 50th Practice Bakes Perfect challenge! Woo hoo! Challenge #50 is commemorating that milestone by giving entrants the opportunity to revisit any of the past
As Taylor Swift (muse for this year’s competition theme, “Your Eras Tour”) would ask, “Are you ready for it?!” Well, I sure hope so, because the results of the 2024 Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ are now in! Read on for all of the very exciting details
Don’t get too comfortable! The latest Cookie Connection challenge has an interesting twist. Though one thing remains certain: it provides a rare opportunity to learn from one of the best in the cookie business
It’s incredible sponsor companies that bring the best of prizes to Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ each year. Last year, prizes approached $18,000, and, this year, the competition aims to do even better for our winners. But I need your help.
Vintage-style piped swags, ruffles, and borders are all the rage right now, so I’m thrilled to present this very of-the-moment Cookie Connection decorating challenge this month. I’m even more thrilled to reveal its incredible featured guest – a cookier known and loved the world over
My judges and I are certainly ready for the 2024 Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™, and you soon will be too! Here you can see the schedule for this competition season. You might even catch a hint of the theme
“Dimension” and “texture” are two of the biggest buzzwords in cookie decorating these days, and Cookie Connection’s latest cookie decorating challenge will help you turn mere buzzwords into delicious reality
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
I posted a winner reveal video a couple of weeks ago, but I’ll be the first to tell you it was too short to fully appreciate the magnificence of my 2023 competition winners. Please read on to get to know them all a whole lot better
While every single sponsor rallied in record time to make this return-to-in-person competition year more special than ever, here I pay tribute to my cookie art competition’s top 2023 donors
Afraid you missed out on all of the hot tips in my recent live competition Q&A? Listen up, and quash that fear! My video replay captures every juicy tidbit
Not sure about some of the rules in Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™? That’s perfectly fine, because I’m prepared to answer all of your questions in this upcoming live event
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
The faces on my judging team are a little different this year, but the collective talent and experience level are as high as ever. Say hello to the talented cookiers who will be evaluating entries in the 2023 in-person edition of Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™
In 2022, sponsors of Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ raised a record-breaking $20,000 to support cookiers and the advancement of their art. I challenge you to help take this number over the top again this year
Didn’t get a chance to compete in Julia M. Usher’s Cookie Art Competition™ in 2022? No worries, the 2023 competition has arrived with more great opportunities to test your cookie-decorating chops
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