CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, January 23, 2015

 

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

I'm in Galveston Texas today.

Tomorrow we board the CookieCruise 2015 and sail to Cozomel. 

This is the first cruise of it's kind.......decorating cookies while sailing the seas.

I hope to get lots of photos and share with you our adventure soon.

Sadly, it is raining.....and will be pouring heavy rain with winds tomorrow.

But we won't let that dampen our spirits.......

Everyone is so excited about getting together and cookie-ing. :)

Here we go......

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Instagram photos for this week:

Happy Friday!

Favorite Colored-Dough Valentines Cookies from a few years ago.....

Made with L❤️️ve...... All wrapped up with a bow.

Getting ready for #cookiecruise2015 in a ENORMOUS way......haha

Sending some love and texture this fine Tuesday morning.

Valentines Box of Chocolates........ALL cookie!

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... January 16, 2015

Clinical Laboratory Cookie Collection

As mentioned in a prior post, when my long-time supervisor retired last year

from her 44-year long career as a clinical laboratory scientist/supervisor,

I couldn't miss the chance to make her a bunch of clinical laboratory-related cookies.

The photo below depicts a view we see under the microscope of normal peripheral blood cells.

Red Blood Cell Cookies (Tutorial)

The gray cookie in the photo below (bottom right) is an outline of the microscope we use in the lab.

The tubes in the photo are depicting purple-top tubes

we use to collect blood for a Complete Blood Count (CBC).

The photo below shows three different white blood cells on top of red blood cells.

(L to R) Eosinophil, Segmented Neutrophil, and Basophil.

Clinical

Laboratory

Cookie

Collection

Red Blood Cell Cookies (Tutorial) 

Clinical Laboratory Cookie Collection

CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, January 16, 2015

 
Join CookieCrazie for......

CookieCruise 2015 on January 22-26, 2015

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side

A wild and fun week.......getting ready for the CookieCruise 2015.

I'm heading out this next week to sail on the CookieCruise from Galveston, TX.
It should be a blast.
I'll give you a full report when I return. :)

I won't have wifi while on the ship, so I may not get to post next week's Chatter.
But maybe I'll just post it late......we'll see.

Look out cruisers......the cookie world is about to descend! :)

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Stay warm out there today on this cold frosty Friday.

Brrrrr......

Happy Saturday!
This 3D cookie mug from a couple of years ago seems very appropriate this frosty morning.

It's coming in only one month....a favorite holiday to express LOVE via cookies.
I ❤ Valentines Day.

A sea of love..... :)

Having fun with letters today....

One of my favorite parts of the season......hot chocolate!

Going on the first ever Cookie Cruise next week. heehee
Get ready for nautical cookies galore!
 #cookiecruise2015

 I'm "quilting" in the winter time. ;)

3D Snowman Cookie Scene from last year. :)

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... January 9, 2015

Red Blood Cell Cookies (Tutorial)

I know it may seen a bit odd to be making red blood cell cookies.

But since I am a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.....and I work with blood in the laboratory.....

it makes sense that eventually red blood cell cookies would appear in the CookieCrazie kitchen.

The occasion came last year when my long-time supervisor was retiring.

She is a hematologist-at-heart, and absolutely loves helping discern what is under the microscope

to better facilitate the medical staff in diagnosing a patient.

I couldn't miss the chance to surprise her at her retirement party with lots of cookies

related to her monumental 44-year career at our health center!

Making red blood cell (RBC) cookies is fairly simple.

You just need some circle cookies and some bright red 10-second glaze.

To create the concave-disc-look of RBCs, make a thick outer ring on the circle cookie.

After it has dried for at least 30 minutes, outline and flood the entire circle with red glaze.

The original thick ring will cause the flood icing to sink in the center just like an RBC.

The other cell cookies are white blood cells.
In the photo below, (L to R), there is an Eosinophil, a Segmented Neutrophil, and a Basophil.
This is my world.....welcome to it. :)

Clinical Laboratory Cookie Collection

Red Blood Cell Cookies (Tutorial)