There were Good Luck cookies
Then some 1st birthday classics
SEC football anyone?
Followed by Halloween sweets
Sweet Reagan's 2nd birthday
Some Christmas traditions never change even when the icing does
Super Bowl and a huge party with friends demanded edible football players
Sweet Valentine's Day with DH
St. Patty's Day requires shamrocks
Library Girl's bridal shower
Can you believe how far I've come in a year? This coming weekend is Little Monkey's 2nd birthday and the cookies will be very low key compared to other events, but I'm pretty sure they'll be really cute. A simple life preserver design - the un-iced cookies look like sad donuts, but I'm convinced that they will be Martha Stewart worthy in chicness and simplicity.
I've been struggling with whether I could actually turn this into a side business. So if y'all have any thoughts or ideas on that, please leave me a comment! I'm not sure if I can charge what I think I deserve because I'm not proven yet. There's a bakery in downtown Ft Worth of some renown who charge close to $3 a cookie. And personally I don't like their cookies enough to eat a whole one much less pay that amount. I feel like the dough is undercooked because of the thickness and the dough itself is sweet. The icing is slightly almond tasting which is never stated before you buy a cookie and it's very sweet. For me they just don't taste how I like a sugar cookie to taste. But the decorating is top notch. Even though I don't care for the cookie itself, I would pay the $3 for a well decorated cookie.
Consider this: to bake, ice and then detail roughly 100 middle to small sized cookies takes approximately 10 - 12 hours. The cost of basic supplies is not all that much (flour, sugar, butter, powdered sugar). The cost of speciality supplies depend on the cookie design (cookie cutter, icing colors, dusting powder, disco dust, sanding sugars and boxes/shipping supplies).
Would you pay $3 for a cookie? Do the math...that's $36 for a dozen. It sounds like a lot even to me, but maybe I need to adjust my mindset?
When we got married, we want beaver cookies as favors (our last name is beaver). We were quoted $4-$6 per cookie and that was almost 4 years ago. So, i think your price is on target/a.great deal! I say go for it!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great idea. If you enjoy something and there is a demand for it (side job or not), go for it! I'd eat 'em (as well as pay for them)! : )
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