"Scary Sugar" Cookie Decorating Class Halloween Theme

Spooktacular Cookie Decorating Class - Learn to frost spooky ghosts, pumpkins, and bats. Perfect for all skill levels! Get your friends together for a wickedly fun night of baking magic! Are your cookie decorating skills looking a little ghostly? Join us for a hands-on workshop where we will create a tray full of festive Halloween treats. Perfect for beginners and baking enthusiasts alike, this class will teach you the exact techniques needed to recreate these adorable characters at home. What You’ll Learn: • The Royal Treatment: Master royal icing consistencies, focusing on smooth flooding and precise piping for details. • Witchcraft & Precision: Learn how to create fine, crisp lines for spiderwebs and perfect circular "bubbles" for cauldrons. • Graveyard Glamour: Step-by-step guidance to decorate six signature designs: a vampire bat, a sleek black cat, a spooky floating ghost, a bubbling cauldron, a classic spiderweb, and creepy witch fingers with purple fingernails. Event Details - Skill Level: Perfect for beginner cookiers - 6 Pre-Baked Cookies: Delicious vanilla bean sugar cookies ready for icing. - 4 Pre-Mixed Colors: High-quality royal icing in custom-blended, themed shades. - Take-Home Box: A sturdy bakery box to safely carry your edible art home. - Decorating Tools: scribes and practice sheets to perfect your lines. - Limited class sizes to allow for personalized instruction and feedback - An option to purchase extra cookies and icing to take home and practice "Granting of permission by the Arapahoe Library District to use library facilities does not constitute endorsement by the Library District staff or Board of Trustees. Introduction Interested in learning more about decorated sugar cookies?! The Classy Cookie is here to help! In my 1.5-hour beginner friendly class, we'll cover the sugar cookie basics, do some piping practice with Royal Icing, talk about how to strategize the best ways to decorate sugar cookies, and cover the general concepts around dough and icing! Everything you'll need is provided at class along with a live in-person instructor (that's me!) – just bring a smile (and maybe an apron). You'll leave class with a great understanding of the basics of sugar cookies plus a few cool techniques we'll cover in class! All the details and FAQs are below - looking forward to having you with us. About ...... .......Your Bakery Who doesn’t love going out and doing something fun while also eating delicious cookies!? That’s what The Classy Cookie is all about! These classes cater to the beginner cookier or people just looking to have fun learning a new skill. Whether you just want a fun date, a girls-or-guys-night-out or just want to explore what cookie decorating is on your own - we have a seat for you. For our classes, all you will need to bring is yourself (and an apron if you are a messy decorator), and I’ll take care of the rest. Oh – and bring eyeglasses so you can see the instructional PowerPoint if your eyesight is anything like mine. You will get a set of pre-baked cookies (pretty tasty if I do say so myself) as well as all the supplies you will need to decorate them during the 1.5 hour class. You will leave the class with your very own box of your very own newly decorated cookies! Oh yeah - I have classes throughout the year which highlight different themes so make sure to sign up for our newsletter so you can get in on the cookie action! .....this Class This class is for the beginner cookier or for the person who is just curious what cookie decorating is all about! If you have limited experience with sugar cookies, found yourself frustrated with royal icing, or if you're trying to have fun with family or friends, this is the class for you! I provide everything you will need from cookies, icing, sprinkles, and a box to take your awesome creations home in - we just need YOU! You'll get 6 cookies, 4 icing colors, and all the tools necessary to knock this cookie class out of the park! Everything is prepped right before class – so no baking or icing mixing required. Just decorate! We will have plenty of time to decorate and answer questions along the way. .......Your cookier - (yes, that's what we are called) A little about me – I’m Vickie McHenry. I’ve been baking sugar cookies for about 40 years, but really raised my decorating game in 2019 and I’ve not put down a scribe since (don’t know what a scribe is? I’ll teach you in class!). What started out as a pandemic hobby became a business in early 2022 and in 2023 I started teaching classes. While I still do custom cookies order, teaching is really my passion. I love what I do –who wouldn’t love making cookies?! It’s the sweetest job in the world! Things to Bring - Wondering what you need to bring to have a successful time decorating? Well – nothing’s required – but here’s the things we recommend if you’d like to elevate your experience! • Bring an apron and glasses! Things can get messy when you’re workin’ with royal icing – so grab an apron (bonus points if it’s cute – I’ll definitely be asking where you got it). I do suggest shorter sleeves, so you don’t accidently drag your sleeve through your creations. Trust me, I’ve learned this the hard way. • Bring your phone! I love it when students take pictures throughout class • Bring a mask if you’d like! These classes follow the state health guidelines, but if you’d like to wear a mask throughout class – please do! • Bring a good attitude! Cookies are fun, but they can be challenging! A good attitude makes all the difference. DIY / Add-On Kits - Want extra cookies to take home practice what you've learned? These optional class kits come with everything you used in class, fresh cookies and icing, sprinkles if applicable. Plus I’ll email you the class PowerPoint so you can follow our step-by-step instructions from home! Cookie Class DIY Kits are created before your class, so you will grab them and take them with you after class. These kits sell for $18 for one complete set from class or 2 sets from class is $30 each. How long can a kit last? Depending on how you store your icing, your kits can last for a week or longer. Freezing cookies keeps them fresh for a long time, but I recommend using your kit as soon as possible - ideally in the first week after you've taken it home. Cookies are heat sealed for freshness – but again, use it in under a week to make sure it tastes the best. FAQ What will I be doing in the class? Besides having the most fun ever? We will be going over some cookie facts, decorating techniques and you will be decorating your very own set of cookies that you will take home with you that day. Can I purchase an additional take-home kit? Yes! Many parents or practicing cookiers purchase additional class kits to take home and re-do the classes. You can purchase an add-on kit during check-out. Your kit will be available at the end of your class - so don't forget it! If you’re skipping class and just ordering the kit – swing by anytime during class to sneak in and pick it up – it’ll be labeled with your name! Do I need to know how to bake? Nope! No baking experience required. We will have the cookies pre-made for you along with the icing already mixed and colored. Have a little decorating experience under your belt… er… apron? Come on too! I can help with questions on icing mixing and dough spread! What will we learn in class? You’ll learn what goes into preparing royal icing, the value of different icing consistencies – we’ll touch on tips and tricks to make your cookies look even better than they taste (and they taste good)! You’ll also learn different decorating techniques depending on the class theme such as marbling, outlining, wet-on-wet, brush embroidery, and painting. Or hey – go off script and make your own designs – it’s your class! What do I need to bring? Nothing but a smile! Everything will be provided for you including my (rather tasty) sugar cookies.