The Farms: Holiday Cookie Decorating

Experience Level: Beginner

Learn to get festive with your cookies at Holiday Cookie Decorating on Saturday, Dec. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Greenhouse Auditorium.

Instructor Jennifer Holhubner will demonstrate and explain flooding, wet-on-wet technique, outlining, and how to form flowers and cut out butter cream. Students will use royal frosting and two types of butter cream.

$75/person*. Register here. Registration will close Dec. 13 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.

*Students should bring a container to take home their decorated cookies.

Complete your visit with an overnight stay in the Mansion or one of our guesthouses. View rooms and book online or by calling 217-333-3287.

If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at owarren@illinois.edu.

By attending, you consent to your image being used in Allerton marketing, social media and publications. Please alert the photographer or videographer if you do not want your image taken.

Find information on all of our holiday events here.

About the instructor

Champaign-Urbana native Jennifer Holhubner taught herself how to decorate cakes when she was 16 years old and took up cookie decorating in 2019.

“Although they intimidated me, I forged on and got better with each order. I still have room to grow as we all do in whatever task we take on,” she said. “But I love to share the aspects of baking and decorating. I can actually now say, I am cookier!”

Jennifer also teaches decorating classes at Parkland College.

About The Farms

The Farms: An Allerton Folk School, offers classes, workshops, and gatherings focusing on art, health & wellness, history, nature & outdoor education, or science. All experiences value hands-on, experiential teaching and learning, and are facilitated by and for the members of the community.

See the complete Fall schedule here.