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post #1 of 25
10/21/06 at 2:15pm
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I'd like to make my first cookie bouquet next month for an employee's birthday, but I've never made one, nor have I decorated a cookie before. It's too bad there isn't a tutorial on here that provides step by step instructions about it. But from I gathered from reading on here and elsewhere, is that people use the NFSC recipe and the antionia74 royal icing recipe, roll it out to 1/2", insert sticks into cookies and bake on a flat cookie sheet, let cool on cookie sheet for a couple of minutes and lightly flatten cookie and transfer to cooling rack and let cool before decorating.

Could I use 9" bambo skewers for the cookies? Also, how do I go about decorating the cookies? What do I do if I want certain details, like writing? Does anyone have any other tips on creating a cookie bouquet?
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post #2 of 25
10/21/06 at 2:21pm
puzzlegut, I don't know how to answer to your questions. Actually I was about to ask the other members. For what I've read the antonia74 icing has pretty good reviews from the other members. I'm waiting to see what the experts are going to say. icon_smile.gif
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post #3 of 25
10/21/06 at 2:32pm
Check out this link Cake_ Princess does a mini tutorial:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-20377-rolling.html+cookie+dough+correct+thickness
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post #4 of 25
10/21/06 at 2:34pm
Oh and here's another one :



http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-20375.html
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post #5 of 25
10/21/06 at 2:46pm
Here's what I found:

http://www.visionsofsilk.com/Cookie-Bouquets.shtml

http://tinyurl.com/yjgdc3

http://tinyurl.com/yaapa8

http://tinyurl.com/yz22gp

HTH
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post #6 of 25
10/21/06 at 3:59pm
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Thanks for the links. What I want to do is do a movie themed cookie bouquet with cookies that look like a bucket of popcorn, movie ticket, etc. Unfortunately those specific cookie cutters are expensive. But I'm sure I could improvise. What I want to know is what icing would be best for those type of decorations, like doing red and white strips on the popcorn bucket as well as show the popcorn pieces and making a movie ticket with words.
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post #7 of 25
10/21/06 at 4:21pm
I have made lots of different cookies using the NFSC recipe with Antonia74's icing. You can find her recipes and technique for icing the cookies in her tutorial (under the Articles tab) titled "How to bake & decorate cookies".

It works well for flooding the cookies as well as the design work and writing on them. I have a couple of examples in my photos, if you want to take a look.

You can make templates and hand-cut your shapes, if you don't want to buy the cutters. I've done a couple that way, and while I wouldn't want to hand-cut hundreds, it's not too bad for a dozen or so . . .

hth!
Laura.
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post #8 of 25
10/21/06 at 8:34pm
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Thanks for the help. Just to make sure, the cookie dough should be 1/2" thick correct? It also bakes at 350 correct? For how long do you normally bake the cookies and does it matter the position of the cookie sheet on the rack?

Also, do you absolutely have to use royal icing for the cookies? Couldn't a crusting buttercream work just as well? I also have a tub of cookie/cinnamon bun icing that I got from GFS, I was wondering if that might work too.
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post #9 of 25
10/21/06 at 8:46pm
Puzzlegut, I bake the cookie until right before the edges brown. I like mine soft, though. I use the NFSC and you do bake at 350. Depends on how big the cookie is for timing, though. You can do butter cream, but it may smoosh when you package it. You might think of doing buttercream base w/ Antonia's or royal details. Like w/ your popcorn bucket, maybe do the popcorn in royal so that it helps the buttercream come in direct contact w/ something smooshing it. I usually use rolled buttercream and royal details. HTH, and good luck. I'm sure it'll turn out great, don't forget to show us when you're finished!
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post #10 of 25
10/21/06 at 9:09pm
MMF ( marshmallow fondant) works Great for a base coat too...it lets you be able to start decorating quicker.. i did my first mmf this week so now im a mmf pusher...lol...
~~Tiff~~

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~~Tiff~~

"Dance as if no one were watching, sing as if no one were listening, and live each day as if it were your last"
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post #11 of 25
10/22/06 at 1:00pm
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I was wondering if it would be possible to add a little bit of meriguen (sp?) powder to my buttercream so that if I decorate the cookies with buttercream that it'll set a little better?

Also, are 9" bambo skewers okay for the cookie bouquets?
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post #12 of 25
10/22/06 at 1:07pm
I think that 9" bamboo skewers are ok and if you want you can make them shorter or keep them long
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post #13 of 25
10/22/06 at 9:25pm
puzzlegut - I recentely made my first cookie bouquet, see in my photos. I did not bake the stick with the cookies. As soon as the cookies came out of the oven, I stuck in the bamboo skewer and let the cookies cool. When they cooled, the cookies contracted and held on to the bamboo sticks. When you ice your cookies, put a little dab of icing on the bit where you stuck in the skewer. It holds it in and I did not have any problems.
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post #14 of 25
10/22/06 at 9:59pm
GOOD EVENING CAKE AND COOKIE BAKERS. HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE FOR A BOUQUET LIKE YOU DID
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STRESSED? MAKE CAKES!
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post #15 of 25
10/25/06 at 12:34pm
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I've been reading up on the cookie bouquets and there are still a few contrasts in what I've read. Do you insert your stick before baking or after baking? Also, how long do you bake the cookie that is 1/2" thick?
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