Included on this page are (click on link to skip to that section):
- Discount Codes
- My favorite Amazon products
- My favorite Borderlands Bakery products
- My favorite The Sugar Art products
Discount Codes
I am a member of a few different affiliate programs, most of which give me a discount code that I can extend to y’all! I do receive a small commission when you use my discount code or the links I provide, which I greatly appreciate because it all adds up and allows me to do what I love! So if you’re hankering to buy a product from one of the following sites, please do use my code and/or link (either the general website link I provide below or any of the links provided below). Thank you!
AMAZON
Link to my Amazon Shop (ALL my favorite products on Amazon)
BORDERLANDS BAKERY (specialty cookie product shop)
Use this code for 10% off: THEGRACEFULBAKER10
BRIGHTON CUTTERS (cookie cutters)
Use this link for 10% of your first order!
CHUA COOKIE (pink perforated baking mats)
Click here for the baking mats that I use (I use the HALF SHEET version 1 to fit the Nordic Ware pans)
Use code Chua15Grace23 for 15% off your order!!!
FLODESK (email marketing–it’s what I use!)
Use this link for 50% off!
THE SUGAR ART (metallic dusts, powdered colors, glitter & more!)
Use this code for 15% off: THEGRACEFULBAKER15
SWEET DESIGNS SHOPPE (cookie cutters)
No discount code! But I do have affiliate links — if you access their website from my affiliate link I get a small kickback commission (thank you!).
My Favorite AMAZON Products
Baking
- Stand mixer or hand mixer (I prefer the stand mixer)
- Pans
- Pan lids (I love these for storing cookies overnight! AFTER having dried of course)
- Parchment paper sheets or Chua Cookie perforated mats (my fav!)
- For the pink mats I use the HALF SHEET version 1 to fit the Nordic Ware pans (my fav!) – Use code Chua15Grace23 for 15% off your order! **Do NOT wash with scented soap! Make sure all soap is thoroughly cleaned from the mat before drying. (I use the Nordic Ware half sheet with their matching lids.)
- Rolling pin
- Rolling guides (mine are 5/16”) – or you can buy the rolling pins with guides on them OR you can simply purchase 5/16″ dowels from a place like Home Depot/Lowe’s!
- Vanilla (this is the ONE baking ingredient I splurge on): Nielsen Massey Vanilla Bean Paste (affiliate link)
- Food scale for measuring ingredients
Decorating
Meringue powder
- (FYI: I’ve heard bad things about Judee’s meringue powder from Amazon, although I’ve never personally tried it)
- Basic: Wilton (this is what I use) – another Amazon listing
- Splurge:
- Genie’s Dream – another Genie’s Dream listing
- Chefmaster – I’ve personally never used, but it’s a reputable brand and I know friends that like it
Basic sets of food coloring
- Link for basic set of Wilton colors
- I’d recommend these over Wilton if budget allows and you instead to decorate more–better quality colors, bottles and larger amounts of color:
- Chefmaster – small bottles OR large bottles
- **I’m newly obsessed with Chefmaster and highly recommend getting the large bottle set (you can mix just about any color you need from them!) or the small bottles if you prefer more premade colors
- *You CAN use Chefmaster Bakers Rose (pink) with my lemon royal icing!!
- Link for basic set of Americolor
- Please note: you cannot use Americolor pinks with my lemon royal icing
- Artisan Accents (I’ve never used these but it’s reputable brand loved by others I know!)
- Chefmaster – small bottles OR large bottles
Water source for thinning icing
- Basic: trickle from the tap 😉
- Splurge: (make sure to ONLY ever use water in these!)
General
- The dehydrator that I use: https://amzn.to/3pzZf32
- The projector that I use: I own both of these projectors. I first owned the Pico and purchased the Bluetooth as an upgrade. If budget is a concern, the Pico gets the job done (just make sure that you’re plugging it in correctly!). Otherwise, I recommend the Bluetooth – it has a better/brighter image and connects via Bluetooth.
- 1) https://amzn.to/3348i24 (affiliate link) – Pico
- 2) https://amzn.to/2URI0dV (affiliate link) – Bluetooth
- I believe one or both of these projectors are sold out on Amazon. I’ve never personally used the following projectors, but I know people that use them and like them!
- https://amzn.to/3FX7r6N (affiliate link)
- https://amzn.to/3WPzQBw (affiliate link)
- I believe one or both of these projectors are sold out on Amazon. I’ve never personally used the following projectors, but I know people that use them and like them!
- Sprinkle tweezers: https://amzn.to/3KalR3q
- Spray bottle: https://amzn.to/3AzWNj8
- PME scribe (my favorite small tip scribe): https://amzn.to/3ADdIBF
- PME black pearls (the ONLY black pearls that don’t bleed): https://amzn.to/3QWLlUa
- Wilton meringue powder: https://amzn.to/3A9XyOI
- Favorite tiny scissors for cutting bags: https://amzn.to/3dMwbCw
- Favorite black brush tip edible markers for writing on dried icing: https://amzn.to/3QE7o25
- Favorite edible markers for sketching designs directly on cookies: https://amzn.to/3QI7hCE
- Larger KitchenAid stand mixer (this is 6 quarts and my favorite because it fits a double batch of dough easily – standard is 5 quarts): https://amzn.to/3K8vKP2
- Standard 5 quart KitchenAid stand mixer: https://amzn.to/3sMttl3
HEAT SEALER – Amazon option
This sounds much fancier than it is. Buying flat bags made to use with a heat sealer will make your life SO much easier. I’m cheap so I bought the one that does not automatically cut the bag.
My Favorite BORDERLANDS BAKERY Products
Website link: https://borderlandsbakery.com/?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
Use code THEGRACEFULBAKER10 for 10% off your order! (and a small commission to me… thank you!)
PRODUCTS:
- Tipless bag (THE best on the market! The thickest plastic possible to still be a tipless bag): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/tipless-piping-bags-s-or-m-100-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Notta Cookie (great for practicing): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/notta-cookie-reusable-practice-cookie?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Bag clips (I prefer bag clips to other ways to close the bag): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/exclusive-rolling-pin-bag-clips-6-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Cello bags (for heat sealing cookies): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/cello-heat-seal-bags-assorted-sizes-100-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Mini scoop (for scooping metallic dusts and powdered colors): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/mini-stainless-steel-spoon?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Brush set (great starter brush set!): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/basic-brushes?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Dot brush (for doing metallic polka dots…especially helpful when you don’t have an airbrush–I don’t!): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/dot-brushes-2-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Spoonula: (currently out of stock)
- Brush cleaning pad (a NECESSITY especially for cleaning metallic dusts off brushes): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/brush-cleaning-pad?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Reusable pipette (I prefer to use a pipette to add water to active my powdered food coloring): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/dot-brushes-2-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Dry dust pump (I buy these to DIY a dust pump for my edible glitter from The Sugar Art): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/dry-dust-pump-refillable-1-pcs?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
RECIPES:
- Vegan icing and cookie recipe: https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/vegan-roll-out-sugar-cookie-icing-recipes-pdf-download
- Soft bite royal icing (aka Frankenfrosting): https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/soft-bite-royal-icing-recipe-pdf-download?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
- Lemon vanilla cookie recipe: https://borderlandsbakery.com/products/lemon-vanilla-bean-sugar-cookie-recipe-pdf-download?sca_ref=2111046.DqfiPILUrX
My Favorite THE SUGAR ART Products
Website link: https://www.thesugarart.com/?rfsn=5997529.2ce96f1
Use code THEGRACEFULBAKER15 for 15% off your order! (and a small commission to me… thank you!)
Color Solution
- This is a great alternative to EverClear to make metallic dusts a paint: https://bit.ly/3yHfErK
Paint Brush Set
- Probably my favorite brush set on the market! https://bit.ly/3ymjXXR
Sterling Pearls (metallic dusts like gold)
- General Link: https://bit.ly/3AN5Quh
- Wedding Gold (my fav gold): https://bit.ly/3ApP9Z6
- Nu Silver (my fav silver): https://bit.ly/3zofrKx
DiamonDust (edible glitter!!)
- General Link: https://bit.ly/3sqtZnF
- White Diamond (99% of the time this is the color I use): https://bit.ly/3zayg3x
- Gold: https://bit.ly/3bFciN0
Elite color (powdered food coloring for painting and dry dusting)
- General Link: https://bit.ly/3xVsb7l
Master Elites (highly pigmented powders for coloring icing…a MUST for red and black!!)
- Buy the full set: https://bit.ly/3k1L8Af
- Black (the only black I use to color pure black icing): https://bit.ly/3PfRhGO
- Red (the only red I use to color pure red icing): https://bit.ly/3cof21x
- White (I either use this or Americolor Bright White to color my white icing): https://bit.ly/3zxp3kJ
***Please note: my LEMON royal icing recipe does NOT work with all of the Master Elite colors due to the acidity of the lemon juice — a VANILLA (non-lemon) recipe is best used for the Master Elite pinks, otherwise I use all of their other colors with my lemon recipe (I use Wilton pink with my lemon recipe)