I'm icing my cookies for the bake sale tomorrow at work and I am trying to be very careful in handling them as they are on sticks. Would you suggest a little piece of cellophane tape on the stick just below the cookie to try to help it from sliding down??? Or any other suggestions? Thanks a bunch

i've never did cookies--ya know i'm STILL not making good on my monthly cookie promise---sooooo i don't know if i can help you....Will they be standing up like a bouquet?--sorry can't help.

here's a bump!

I think you could cover the cookie with a clear baggie and then use a twist tie or a ribbon to seal. The seal would be just below the cookie.

Here is a pic from the gallery that shows cookies covered but sealed with a twisty just below the bottom of cookie. Hope this helps.

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=cookie%20bouquet&cat=0&pos=18&search=cookie%20bouquet

Thanks Sweetbaker, you are so SWEET for coming to my resue! I'll post the pictures tomorrow.

Just saw your post and I know it's a little late....but how about just a touch of royal icing. You can either add it to the stick before insertion or at the base of the cookie on the stick????

I know I am really really late, but I have never had my cookies slip off the stick if I put the skewer in 3/4 of the way into the cookie when the cookies are right out of the oven.

samsgranny...Those are my cookies the the picture. You can also tie with a ribbon.

Sherry

I've done them once and they didn't need any thing like that. I just put skewers in and they baked well--no breakage etc.

Wow, everybody, thanks so much for all your input and support. They are still drying right now so I will bag them up in the morning. I guess my real concern was that I pull my cookies out when they are just turning brown and so they are still a soft cookie (not baked hard onto the stick) and I was afraid they would fall off the stick even though they are completely cooled. I stuck the sticks in pretty far so hopefully with the bag over them and the ribbon tie everything should be okay. Will post in the AM before I send them to work. Thanks again, you all are sooo wonderful!

Are you using the no-fail cookie recipe? What kind of sticks are you using?

I haven't really had any problems with them not "sticking" to the sticks, except a few when I used bamboo skewers for cookies that were probably, to be honest, too large for a stick that size.

I think they'll be fine - even though it would be easy to pull the sticks out of the cookies when they're fresh out of the oven, after they cool and sit long enough for the icing to dry, the sticks are much more secure.

Laura.

When mine started to let loose, here's how I fixed them:

I took the stick out (gently - if it's loose, just twist it gently and it'll let loose, but if you try to pull it straight out without twisting first, it could crack the cookie!), used a parchment tube that was rolled tightly, with a tiny hole in the tip, to squeeze some royal icing (Antonia's cookie icing) into the hole, then put the stick back in. I let them dry for a bit, laying flat, and never had any more trouble with them.

I hope yours don't loosen up and you don't need this "tip", but if you do, I hope it helps!

Laura.

p.s. In the future, if you want very long thin sticks for big cookies, you can get 1/8 inch dowels at the craft store and cut them to the length you want, and it's easier for the cookie dough to get a grip on the wood than it is on the slick bamboo.

Thanks for the tips, slejdick, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I will post in the AM.

Sams