MUSIC

>>> SO, WHEN I'M DOING COOKIES,

I'M BAKING, DECORATING AS AL.

SO, I'M SELLING DELICIOUS

COOKIES THAT ARE DECORATED

CUSTOM TO WHATEVER PARTY EVENT

YOU'RE HAVING.

WHEN I'M DOING COOKIE DECORATING

PARTIES, I'M HOPEFULLY FOLLOWING

A FUN EXPERIENCE WHERE I COME IN

DRAG, AND WE LISTEN TO MUSIC,

WE'RE DECORATING COOKIES, AND

I'M TEACHING YOU TECHNIQUES; HOW

TO FLOOD YOUR COOKIES, PIPE YOUR

COOKIES, HOW TO DO ALL THOSE FUN

THINGS SO HOPEFULLY YOU DO SOME

OF THE SAME THINGS I DO.

SO, I WOULD SAY PLENTY O'SMILES

IS LIKE A '60s HOUSE WIFE.

THAT'S LIKE WHAT I WOULD --

THAT'S LIKE HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE

HER.

SO, I'M A THROWBACK KIND OF

GIRL.

>> HELLO KATE, WELCOME TO THE

KITCHEN.

>> HI.

THANK YOU.

>> SO, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME

ROYAL ICING.

>> OKAY.

>> SO, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW

WHAT ROYAL ICING IS, WE HAVE

CONFECTIONERS SUGAR, MERINGUE

POWDER, WATER, AND WHATEVER

EXTRACT YOU WANT.

>> OKAY.

AND WHAT ARE WE USING?

VANILLA?

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK

MAKING HOMEMADE ICING IS

DIFFICULT AND THEY'D RATHER BUY

THE TUB.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S SO EASY.

IT'S REALLY NOT THAT --

AND TASTES BETTER.

>> AND THEN --

>> YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH --

ARE WE DONE?

I MEAN, THIS IS IT.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO

DECORATE YOUR COOKIES.

ADD FOOD COLORING AND YOU'RE

GOOD TO GO.

>> I LOVE IT.

OKAY.

>> I THINK BEING IN DRAG HELPS

ME EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT OTHER THAN, I THINK PLENTY'S

STORY IS JUST LIKE ALEX'S.

SO, WE'RE GONNA DECORATE SOME

COOKIES.

>> OKAY.

>> SO, WE HAVE HEARTS IN OHIO.

>> OH, I LOVE IT.

BECAUSE OHIO'S THE HEART OF IT

ALL.

>> AW.

>> HELLO?

YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> SO, I WANTED TO DO COOKIE

DECORATING PARTIES IN DRAG.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NO ELSE

HAS DONE OR IS DOING THAT I KNOW

OF.

>> SO, WHEN YOU DO COOKIE

PARTIES, DO YOU BRING

EVERYTHING?

YOU SHOW UP WITH ALL THE ICING

AND THE COOKIES?

>> YEP.

SO, BASICALLY ALL THE HOST HAS

TO DO IS HAVE THE SPACE, HAVE

LIKE A PLACEMENT ESSENTIALLY FOR

EACH PERSON, AND I BRING ALL THE

TOOLS TO MAKE TO HAPPEN.

>> HOW FUN.

>> SO TODAY, I HAVE SOME COOKIES

BAKED AND WE ARE GOING TO --

WE'RE GOING TO PIPE THE OUTLINE.

WE'RE GONNA FLOOD THEM.

AND WE'RE GONNA GO FROM THERE.

JUST SOME PRETTY BASIC

TECHNIQUES.

THE WAY THAT SOMEONE TOLD ME

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FLOODING

AND PIPING IS PIPING IS MORE

LIKE TOOTHPASTE AND FLOODING IS

LIKE CONDITIONER, LIKE HAIR

CONDITIONER.

>> OH, OKAY.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO

THINK ABOUT IT.

>> AND SO THE PIPING ICING LETS

YOU PUT A BARRIER AROUND AND

THEN YOU CAN FILL IN?

>> CORRECT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IN A COLORING.

>> WE'RE MAKING THE LINES.

>> THERE'S THE OUTLINE.

YOU JUST FILL IT IN.

>> DID YOU TEACH YOURSELF THIS?

DID YOU GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL?

>> I DIDN'T GO TO CULINARY

SCHOOL.

SO, ONE DAY I WAS JUST AT WORK

AND I WANTED TO WORK FOR MYSELF

AND I DECIDED I WANTED TO BAKE

AND DECORATE COOKIES.

>> HAD YOU DONE IT BEFORE?

>> I HADN'T.

>> WOW.

>> SO, I WENT TO THE YOUTUBE.

>> THE COLLEGE OF YOUTUBE, I'VE

HEARD OF IT.

>> EXACTLY.

SO, I WATCHED SOME VIDEOS, GOT

SOME RECIPES, AND HERE WE ARE.

>> YEAH.

WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW IS WE'RE

GOING TO TOUCH IT DOWN WHILE

WE'RE SQUEEZING, LIFT UP ABOUT

LIKE AN INCH, AND THEN YOU'RE

GONNA GO AROUND.

IT'S GONNA CREATE LIKE A REALLY

EASY STRING, OKAY?

>> AND TOUCH DOWN.

>> TOUCH IT DOWN.

>> LIFT IT UP.

>> LIFT IT UP.

NICE AND SLOW.

LOOK AT YOU.

HOMESTRETCH.

>> WE'VE MOVING.

>> BOOM.

>> AH!

>> NAILED IT.

>> DID IT!

>> SO, THEN WE'RE GONNA --

AFTER YOU LIKE DO LIKE THAT

OUTER LAYER, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH

GO TO TOWN.

>> JUST WIGGLE IN AND YOU'RE

FINE.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

>> IT LOOKS PERFECT!

>> YOURS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE

THAT.

>> OH MY GOSH, NO WAY.

>> OKAY, SO YOU TIGHTEN THE BAG.

YOU'RE READY TO SQUEEZE.

>> TIGHTEN THE BAG, READY TO

SQUEEZE.

AND JUST LIKE THIS.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY BOTH LOOK PERFECT!

>> HOW EASY WAS THAT?

>> YOU'RE RUBBING OFF ON ME.

I LOVE IT!

>> SO, I HAVE A PART-TIME JOB

AND BASICALLY ALL MY TIME

OUTSIDE OF THAT I AM EITHER

MAKING COOKIE DOUGH, BAKING,

DECORATING; ONE OF THEM.

OR PLANNING.

>> THIS IS THE MOST FUN IN THE

WORLD.

THESE COOKIES PARTIES MUST BE SO

MUCH FUN.

>> I THINK THEY'RE FUN.

I HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

PUT ON SOME MUSIC, BAKING

COOKIES.

>> RIGHT?

BEST DAY EVER.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

SHOWING ME THESE TIPS.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND

DOING IT.

>> OF COURSE.

HAPPY TO.