d e t s o r F , t e e w S ! s e i c a Delic Lily P’s Cookies By Hayli Zuccola
Holly Frazier Photography
Five years ago, Francheska Powell’s pastry skills were limited to oven-ready confections whipped up by a cheerful doughboy, jarred frosting and a handful of sprinkles, which may come as a surprise to anyone who’s ever set sight on an assortment of her painstakingly decorated cookies. Of course, founding a cookie company was never part of the plan, at least, not until the birth of her daughter put her on a sugarcoated path to a tasty new venture. Looking for a sweet present to gift her labor and delivery nurses, Francheska was instantly fascinated with the idea of hand-piped sugar cookies, but with only a couple of weeks of
her pregnancy left, nearby bakeries were either booked for new orders or too expensive for the mom-to-be, so, she opted to frost a few dozen herself with the assistance of YouTube tutorials and recipe suggestions from a friend who worked as a baker in Virginia. Equipped with a themed set of cookie-cutters and plenty of piping bags and tools from her mom’s stash of holiday cakemaking supplies, she formed an assembly line of cookies until she painted around four dozen rookie cookies to pass out to the delight of hospital staff.
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