Q : Do you bake nuts-free free or gluten-free cookies and cakes?
A : No, I don't.
My kitchen is not a nuts-free or gluten-free facility. Please be advised that if anyone has food allergies, avoid any of my products.
Sugar cookie itself doesn't contain any nuts as ingredients, but the food colors that I use for icing are produced in a facility where nuts and other allergens are processed.
Q : Do you wrap cookies individually?
A : Yes, I do.
All my cookies are individually wrapped without any fee to protect the cookie surface.
Ribbons can be tied additionally with a fee of $0.50 per cookie, and the cost of ribbons will be charged.
Q : Why are decorated sugar cookies so expensive?
A1 : Because of the time.
The process of making decorated sugar cookies is time-consuming and labor intensive, with many steps involved. This includes planning, preparing, baking, decorating, waiting for the cookies to dry, and mixing icing. Some cookies may require multiple layers of icing, which can take even longer.
I do have long days in my kitchen. Rolling dough and cutting shapes to create that perfect edible canvas.. Making pounds of icing and color matching to get the perfect hues of pink, blue, and other colors.. adjusting color-tones takes a couple of hours.. that's why extra cost is added when you order cookies that have multiple colors.
A2. Because of the resources
Tools are not cheap at all. I need to have not only cookie cutters but also..
airbrush and its food colors that are specific for airbrush, edible printer, and its edible ink, dehydrator, projector, 3D printer to create my own cutters, and other tools can be expensive to buy and maintain.
A3. Other costs
Of course, I have to pay my gas, electricity, and all the high-quality ingredients.
So, you are not just buying a cookie. You are purchasing custom works of art and supporting an artist's incredible passion.
Please know that "Custom products" are luxury items, not mass-produced items. There is no magic to make those hand decorated sugar cookies quick, lots of.. lots of time hidden behind the cookies.