We have all seen. Clusters of big, gourmet cookies, individually wrapped in shiny, colored cellophane, with bows and ribbons. They come in many forms and with different traits, toys or gift items attached to or in a basket or a type of vessel. They make a great gift idea and edible. After all, do not like cookies? Unfortunately, they can be very expensive gifts, especially when considering that cookies do not cost a lot of cooking.
Here isHow to make your own cookie bouquets at home without making a fortune in part Exactly!
What you need:
* Sticks or wooden skewers - Make sure they are heat resistant. If you bake cookies are small, then even popsicle sticks work.
* Cookies - Find a delicious recipe, the fine was the largest biscuit cookies, your favorite gift recipients favorite will do.
* Container - This needs a sturdy container that is a bit 'of soil is heavy, especially if you planmore than a few large cookie contains. You can try adding some pebbles in the soil to ensure the container will not fall over if necessary. Some ideas for containers include a cup of coffee, a plastic or metal, a basket, a vase, a planter, jam or glass, glass bottle, a wooden box or a few toys, such as tea, porcelain served or ceramic.
* Cellophane - The glossy, color looks better, but getting the colored film you would be working at the supermarketa.
* Band - The curly kind works well for them. All the colors you want.
* Decoration - anything goes! What is appropriate for the occasion and the recipient do? Some ideas include: stuffed animals, small toys, candy, balloons, fake or real flowers, stickers or anything else saved on local crafts.
* Block of styrofoam or florists foam - you know that you bought the stereo in December last year? You have probably kept the box, only to find garage for a fewRepair, cleaning and polystyrene.
* Something to cover styrofoam or florists foam - you can have a large group of moss, plastic grass, tissue paper crumpled up or whatever you have on hand.
Instructions:
1. If the cookie dough on the baking sheet, press the dough down a bit 'to make it so it's not too flat to be used properly during baking and so that the stick can be distributed. Before you bake cookies, you have rods or wooden sticksone side of each cookie. Push almost the entire length of the cookie, not the other end. This is an important step, because if the cookie is too big and the key is not strong enough, it will simply fall apart and do not take the cookie, if you pick up. When large biscuits, probably does not fit more than 3 cookies with their sticks on a sheet.
2. Thoroughly after baking cookies with their sticks, cool the cookies, then wrap each with colorCellophane. A different color for each cookie would be ok, or see all the same color for the occasion. Tie each with some curly ribbon at the base where the stick comes out of the cookie. Tie very tightly so the cookies stay fresh on the stick. You can decorate each cookie with additional, larger ribbons or bows at this point. When using curly ribbon, do not forget to draw it!
3. Now cut your styrofoam or florist's foam to the size of the top of the container you have chosen.Then fit the foam in so it is nice and tight and near the top of the container. Remember, you can place something heavier in the bottom of the container so that it does not tip over. Small pebbles work well for this. Remember that the sticks will poke through the foam and into the bottom of the container.
4. Here comes the fun part, let's assemble the cookie bouquet! Take each of your cookies and stick them through the foam so they go all the way through the foam and further, near to the bottom of the container. You can assemble the cookies in any manner you like, but most cookie bouquets have one cookie at the center that is taller than the other cookies, so keep that in mind. Decorate with additional ribbons, toys, candy, flowers, gifts etc. Each item can be attached with additional ribbon to the container or the sticks of the cookies or even with a glue gun (if appropriate).
5. Give your gift and watch the smiles! Make sure to give the bouquet as soon as possible after you have assembled it, you don't want the cookies to go stale!
Tips:
Make sure you bake enough cookies for your container, if baking small cookies, you may run out if you are filling a large container. Always bake more than enough. Surely your extras won't go to waste.
Bake both large and small cookies and use them both in the bouquet for a nice varied look like a more traditional flower bouquet.
More Ideas:
Some cookie bouquets use cutout cookies, these can be fun to make and decorate. Use your favorite sugar cookie cutout recipe and cut into shapes appropriate for the occasion. For cutout cookies to work, you may want to double your sugar cookie recipe as the cookies need to be nice and thick for the stick to go through them. For this type of cookie, wooden skewers will work best, chopsticks may be too thick. Then decorate the cookies with frosting. No need for colored cellophane with these cookies, use regular plastic wrap or clear cellophane so that the beauty of your hand decorated cookies shines through.
Remember, your cookie bouquet doesn't need to look professional, it's the homemade touch that makes it a truly special gift.
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