It's a Cookie Cutter World Out There

December is already filled with exciting events to celebrate the holidays. Just to give you another reason get festive this season, go ahead and roll out the dough and baking tools. If you're a social butterfly, you're going to want to bring out the big guns with this news. This week is National Cookie Cutter Week, established in the 1990s for the Cookie Cutter Collector's Club.  We're always Living in a Cookie Cutter World so roll with us on Pinterest. Don't let the timeline limit you to just these seven days of sweet sensations, though. If you keep baking all month long, we promise not to tell!

Appetizing Aperture

"Pi" Day is limited to March 14, but every Wednesday is Pie Day at Alpine Bakery. Pi (p) is a key ingredient in mathematical formulas, but alas, lacking in flavor. Fresh baked pies -- apple, peach and blueberry crumb -- are the answer every Wednesday at Alpine Bakery & Trattoria in Alpharetta. Pie baking is not a formula but an art here, and the usual array includes rustic apple, delicious banana cream, rich peanut butter, creamy chocolate mousse, authentic Key lime, sweet coconut cream and more. When the problem calls for pie, Alpine Bakery is the answer, no matter how you slice it.    

Easter Baking Ideas

I have confessed my love for Bakerella a time or two on this blog. With Easter this weekend, I have to share with you all the cute things she has been baking. From bunnies and chicks to a more modern peep, she has the most adorable ideas.

I can't cook, but I love to bake so I can't wait to show up to lunch on Easter Sunday with a few edible baskets like the ones she posted about yesterday.

Miniature Easter basket cupcakes

My pictures won't be as good as hers, but if I can snap a few before they disappear I'll share them with you guys. Happy Easter!