Heather Charlton never dreamt that her home-baked cookies would go beyond a lighthearted post in her Facebook baking group, but now they91裸聊视频檙e being seen by a global audience.
Recently, the Langford woman91裸聊视频檚 Christmas cookies were featured in two Hallmark movies.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 weird and humbling,91裸聊视频� said Charlton. 91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 wonderful that I was chosen, but there are many bakers doing similar things that don91裸聊视频檛 get the recognition. I feel like I somehow just ended up at the top of an alphabetical list.91裸聊视频�
It all began in the summer, when Charlton received a call from Greg Aarons, a prop master working on The Christmas House, which follows two brothers who head back home for the holidays.
After baking dozens of Christmas tree-shaped cookies for the film, she was asked to bake several more varieties for Christmas, She Wrote, which follows a journalist as she returns to her hometown just weeks before Christmas.
In all, she ended up baking around 11 dozen cookies for the two Hallmark productions.
Charlton pointed that although she has more than 300 cookie cutters in her arsenal, she didn91裸聊视频檛 have a single one two years ago. In fact, she never went to pastry school or had any formal training.
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Charlton credits her skills to consistent practice and failed attempts. Her earliest memories of baking trace back to her mother91裸聊视频檚 kitchen. The duo would make chocolate chip cookies on Friday evenings.
Now, she91裸聊视频檚 done all the holidays you could think of. If there91裸聊视频檚 an event to celebrate, she most likely has the cookie cutter 91裸聊视频� from baby showers, to vasectomies. When her husband91裸聊视频檚 coworker shared the news of getting the surgery, his wife requested a handful of celebratory cookies.
Charlton ended up making lemon-shaped cookies that said, 91裸聊视频淎ll juice, no seeds91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� and the second batch said, 91裸聊视频淩etired swimming team,91裸聊视频� with the date of the surgery on the cookie.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e realized that although it might just be a simple cookie to me, it could mean the world to someone else,91裸聊视频� said Charlton. 91裸聊视频淥ne woman started crying when I brought her the cookies she ordered for her baby shower.91裸聊视频�
The process of making a single cookie isn91裸聊视频檛 as simple as it looks.
It91裸聊视频檚 usually a three-day process for Charlton, as she only bakes when her kids are sleeping, sometime after 8 p.m. The first night, she91裸聊视频檒l bake the cookies, then she91裸聊视频檒l apply a base coat of frosting the day after. On the final day, she91裸聊视频檒l add piping and detailed decorations.
Looking ahead, the Langford baker said she91裸聊视频檇 love to be a part of future Hallmark projects, as she points out that one of the films in which her cookies were used, prominently featured a same-sex couple, a first for the television cable channel.
At present, she91裸聊视频檒l begin prep for several custom batches in early January, as the waiting list for cookies continue to rise.
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