Fancy Flours: Where Bakers Bloom


Classic Holiday Cookie Shapes
November 24, 2009, 2:21 pm
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Holiday Classics. Festive cookie shapes anyone can enjoy!
Whimsical, wonderful…Hammer Song cookie cutters in 14 shapes perfect for ringing in holiday cheer. Get out your baking ingredients and warm your home with a batch of fresh made sugar cookies…cut into one of these fun shapes and have the whole family begging for more. You’ll love their old world look and feel – a true collector’s item. We decorated ours with royal icing in bright hues for the season.
View Hammer Song cookie cutters HERE.
Don’t forget to view our new Holiday catalog HERE.
The holidays are here. Get baking!
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Thanksgiving treasures – that will melt your heart.
November 17, 2009, 12:18 pm
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Take a peek at our Thanksgiving treasures. Stunning 3D Turkey Cookies and adorable Thanksgiving inspired chocolates are great ideas for a Thanksgiving dessert table. Just looking at these photos make my heart melt – so cute!

Thanksgiving is just a couple weeks away – make sure your pantry is stocked with everything you need for your holiday baking. Sprinkles, quins, sanding sugar, wafer paper, cupcake picks and much more – available at fancyflours.com. Check out our entire collection of Thanksgiving baking and decorating goodies by clicking HERE.

3D Turkey Cookies are made with our 3D Turkey Cookie Cutter, Royal Icing Mix, and Sugar Eyes. Choose 3-4 warm hues for your food colors. We love gel food coloring – perfect for intense icing colors.

Thanksgiving chocolates are a cinch to make. Buy a box of your favorite truffles – then use a thick consistency ofroyal icing to attach our assortment of Thanksgiving sugar whimsies. Let dry and serve. Yum!

Thanks so much for being our Fancy Friend!  Best Thanksgiving baking wishes to you all.



Barley Candy Turkey & Leaves on Sale!
November 10, 2009, 12:50 pm
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Just in time for Thanksgiving! Our collection of select Barley Candy Decorations is on SALE – 50% Off! Add a touch of fall color to your Thanksgiving baking projects with a darling candy turkey or stunning maple leaf on top of your pies and tarts. Barley Candies are a festive option for classroom parties and a clever idea for cupcake toppers too! See our entire selection of Barley Candy Decorations by clicking HERE.

Enjoy the spirit of the season – and get baking!



The Fancy Flours Holiday catalog is now available!
November 3, 2009, 12:53 pm
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The 2009 Fancy Flours Holiday Catalog is now available! Check it out online! If you are on our mailing list – your catalog will be coming to you any day now!

Filled with wonderful winter ideas, clever holiday cookie projects, and sparkling seasonal treat to inspire every baker! Don’t forget to take a peek at our new LOOK BOOK and ,CAPTIVATING CUPCAKES sections online too!

Not on our mailing list? Sign up to receive future catalogs and emails from Fancy Flours.

Happy Holiday baking fancy friends!



Halloween is just around the corner!

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Last chance to get what you need to make ghoulish goodies for trick-or-treaters, creepy cupcakes for class parties, and spooky cookies for Halloween night! Don’t forget to browse our entire selection of Halloween product, as well as Halloween SALE items.

Shown above are Halloween Silhouette Wafer Paper Cookies and Jack O Lantern Cookies/Cutter Set, available at fancyflours.com.

Happy Halloween Fancy Friends!



Day of the Dead – November 1 & 2
October 20, 2009, 7:43 am
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Day of the Dead is just around the corner!

Celebrate Day of the Dead November 1st and 2nd! Fancyflours.com has a colorful selection of Day of the Dead product; inlcuding sugar skulls and sugar skull molds perfect for celebrating this traditional Mexican holiday.

View Fancy Flours Day of the Dead product by clicking HERE.

Read up on Day of the Dead history by clicking HERE.



Up to 35% Off Halloween Sale at fancyflours.com!
October 13, 2009, 10:00 am
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Halloween Sale Items

Take advantage of the Halloween Sale of the season! Several Halloween goodies are now on sale at fancyflours.com. Up to 35% OFF select spooky skulls, decorative pieces, and other unique treats!

View the sale items by clicking HERE.

Happy Halloween Fancy Friends!



Halloween Cupcake Crazy

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Join in on the Halloween Cupcake CRAZE!

Try some of our easy cupcake ideas for your Halloween treats. Our selection of cupcake wrappers and picks for Halloween is sure to inspire!

Try some of our recipe and how-to pages by viewing the links below:

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes

Ghost Cupcakes: Use a Peep instead of the Barley Candy for a fun twist (see photo above).

Assorted Halloween Cupcakes

Captivating Cupcakes Idea Page

To achieve the brightly colored hues of frosting we recommend using the gel food colors – to get a rich black color you may need to use as much as half of the bottle of color – but boy is it worth it!

Don’t forget to browse our selection of sprinkles, sugars and quins to add an extra splash of color and sparkle to your baked goodies.

Check out our online store: www.fancyflours.com



Festive & Fast Halloween Treats
September 29, 2009, 10:59 am
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Wow all those little trick-or-treaters this year with these darling and oh! so tasty festive and fast treats for Halloween. These chocolate sticks and cookies can be made in less than 10 minutes! And the caramel apple cut-outs are boo-tiful-y simple. The kids will love to help out too. We used our Royal Icing Comical Halloween Assortment and Royal Icing Mini Halloween Face Assortment to create the chocolate treats. The caramel apple cut-outs were made using the Mini Halloween Cookie Cutter Set.

Check out our how-to page for step by step instructions and recipes for over 30 fall and Halloween how-to guides!

Great baking projects don’t have to take all day – simplify your baking with some of these great Halloween ideas.

Happy Halloween Baking Fancy Friends!



ENTER TO WIN – Monster Book of Halloween at fancyflours.com!

Monster Book of Halloween

Can you believe Halloween is right around the corner! Get in the trick-or-treat mood with this Monster Book of Halloween! We are giving away 25 author signed copies of this must-have book for Halloween decorating and entertaining. Every weekday from September 21st to October 23rd a lucky winner will receive Matthew Meads Monster Book of Halloween, signed by Matthew himself! Enter to win on our website: fancyflours.com, or by clicking HERE.

Winners will notified via email.

Check out the Matthew Mead Halloween Tricks and Treats book as well! Stuffed full with frightfully inspired ideas and crafts for the whole family. Available at fancyflours.com.

Good luck in the contest and enjoy the spookiest season of the year!