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post #16 of 26
5/11/06 at 4:01pm
I followed CP's instructions that she posted about putting the sticks in before and then fixing any "poke throughs" with a glob of dough. It worked great!! Thanks Cake Princess!!
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post #17 of 26
5/11/06 at 4:09pm
When I make cookie bouquets, I put a flattened piece of cookie dough on parchment papered cookie sheet. I lay my cookie stick (or popsicle stick) on that and then put my cut-out cookie on top--lightly pressing it down. Let it bake. When it comes out, if it has some rise to it or bubbles--I lightly press with a clean towel. Cookies stay put on stick.

If I get the bottom dough too thin and the stick shows, I just spread a thin coat of RI over that. No Prob!!!
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post #18 of 26
5/11/06 at 7:20pm
definitely before.. mac I will have to try that way next time icon_smile.gif
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post #19 of 26
5/12/06 at 7:25am
I made the no-fail cookie recipe for the first time last night and tried: Wilton's sticks, the skewers and Starbucks stirring sticks and have to say Starbucks was the winner. It is thinner than a regular popscicle stick, looks nicer than a skewer. You need to make a very thick cookie (1/2 in. at least) to use Wilton's sticks. Now finding plastic bags wide enough to hold the cookie is a whole other challenge!
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post #20 of 26
5/12/06 at 7:35am
I just decorated for some bouquets for Mother's Day, I always bake with the sticks in. The only thing that happens on occassion is that the cookie will start to spin on the stick. In that case I just squirt some royal into the hole and push the stick back and let it dry. It stops the spinning and is still editable.

But what I would really like to see is the white candy sticks in a flat version, so the spinning thing would not happen.
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post #21 of 26
5/12/06 at 7:41am
i've always stuck up my cookies before baking, then reinforce with royal icing once cooled. so far so good icon_smile.gif
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post #22 of 26
5/12/06 at 7:58am
My dumb butt looked at the pics that were posted on how to do it but didn't read it so i just pushed the skewers down and put a piece of dough over the back of each one.........lol.
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post #23 of 26
5/12/06 at 10:01am
I tried it both ways. When I inserted after baking, the stick fell out every time.
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post #24 of 26
5/12/06 at 12:42pm
I've made cookie bouquets twice so far. Both times I've used the Wilton Cookie sticks and put them in before baking. I make my cookies between 1/4 and 1/2 inch think. With my mother's day cookies I only had 1 out of 100 break.
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post #25 of 26
5/12/06 at 6:51pm
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Okay, so I finished my cookie bouquets today! I have to say that the lollipop sticks are way too big to stick into the cookie before baking unless the cookies are really thick. Thankfully I found some skewers in the cupboard and used those, they worked great! I just pushed them in before baking and the cookies came out great. I only had one that I had to fix with royal icing. I think my cookies came out great, the best I have made so far. I just wish I could have gotten better pictures of them. I was in a hurry so I was not able to really capture all my work. Really enjoyed making these, can't wait to make more! Thank you all for your great tips!
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post #26 of 26
5/13/06 at 12:15pm
I've just finished with my first attempt... exhausted... don't know how you guys do it !!! I'm not the least bit satisfied with the results, but I hope once it's put together my MIL will like it.

Anyway... I planned on trying both ways, before and after, but before was so easy (using the wooden skewers) that I only tried that method. I had read the tutorial that Cake Princess posted and that worked perfectly for me.
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