AROUND TOWN
COOKIES! WRITTEN BY JULIE BURTON
They’re almost too pretty to eat … almost. Cookies are a classic sweet treat. You have Grandma’s homemade chocolate chip cookies, the sorta-healthy-not-really flourless cookies, Girl Scout cookies, and cookie dough cookies (it’s a thing).But there is one type of cookie that is gaining attention, and it’s not surprising since these cookies are like looking at a piece of art. They’re custom sugar cookies that are thick, buttery, and cake-like. Each cookie is hand-decorated with icing and artistic details meant to be displayed in a stunning presentation. They’re also just as good to eat. We gathered a few favorite “cookie-ers” around Kansas City for you to try out.
Kate’s Cookies KC Instagram: @katescookieskc Facebook: @katescookieskc
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Kate’s Cookies KC
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day job. Kate Suter, owner of Kate’s Cookies KC, is a dentist by day. And by night—well, she’s making sure she has plenty of patients with a sweet tooth. Baking cookies became her side gig while she was in dental school. She moved back to Kansas City, started an Instagram account, and Kate’s Cookies KC was in business. Suter does everything from baking the almond-flavored cookies to decorating with her lemon-flavored icing. The intricate decorating can take hours, and only Suter has the artistic hand. Her next project is teaching classes for anyone wanting to impress their friends and relatives with their own cookies. Favorite cookie design: “The braille cookie I made for my niece, who is blind. She was always sad she couldn’t read her personalized holiday cookies, so for Easter one year I made her a personalized bunny with her name in braille.” PHOTOS BY KATE SUTER
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Love and Sugar Cookie Co.
Instagram: @loveandsugar_cookieco Website: loveandsugarcookieco.weebly.com Love and Sugar Cookie Co. began from a scroll of Instagram, of all places. Katlin Julo started her cookies business in 2019 after seeing beautifully decorated sugar cookies on Instagram. Baking since she was a little girl, she focused on sugar cookies and the art of decorating. Julo’s cookies are soft, thick, and full of vanilla and butter flavors. But the flavors don’t stop there. Julo loves to develop recipes to match the season. Her soft, ginger snap cookies were a customer favorite last fall. What’s next for the budding cookie-er? Possibly owning a bakery and coffee house. You can’t beat a very pretty cookie with a warm cup of coffee.
Love and Sugar Cookie Co.
