We have all seen them. Clusters of massive, Tuscan cookies, individually wrapped in shiny, coloured cellophane, with bows and ribbons. They arrive in lots of types and with totally different treats, toys or reward gadgets hooked up to or inside a basket or vase of some type. They make a terrific and edible reward thought. In spite of everything, who would not love cookies? Sadly, they are often very costly items, particularly when contemplating that cookies do not price an entire lot to bake.

Here is the right way to make your personal cookie bouquets at residence with out spending a fortune!

What You Will Want:

* Chopsticks or Wood Skewers – Be certain they’re heat-proof. When you’re baking smaller cookies, then Popsicle sticks would additionally work.
* Cookies – Discover a scrumptious cookie recipe that makes bigger dimension cookies, your favourite or your reward recipients favourite will do effective.
* Container – This must be a sturdy container that could be a bit backside heavy, particularly when you plan to incorporate quite a lot of large cookies. You’ll be able to strive placing some pebbles within the backside to ensure the container will not tip over, if wanted. Some concepts for containers embody: a espresso mug, a steel or plastic pail, a basket, a vase, a planter, cookie jar or glass jar, glass bottle, a toy or wooden field of some type, teapot, porcelain or pottery serving ware.
* Cellophane – The shiny, coloured type seems to be finest, however the coloured plastic wrap you get at your native grocery store would work too.
* Ribbon – The curly type works properly for this. Any colours you want.
* Decorations – Something goes! What’s acceptable to the event and what does the reward recipient like? Some concepts embody: stuffed animals, small toys, sweet, balloons, pretend or actual flowers, stickers or no matter you discover on the native craft retailer.
* Block of Styrofoam or florists foam – You recognize that stereo you acquire final December? You most likely stored the field, simply search your storage for some spare, clear, Styrofoam.
* One thing to cowl up the Styrofoam or florist’s foam – You should utilize an enormous ribbon, some moss, plastic grass, tissue paper crumpled up or no matter else you could have useful.

Directions:

1. Whenever you place the cookie dough on the cookie sheet, press the dough down a bit to flatten it in order that it would not unfold an excessive amount of whereas baking and in order that the stick will be inserted correctly. Earlier than you bake the cookies, it’s essential to insert the chopstick or picket skewer into one aspect of every cookie. Push it in nearly the size of the cookie with out going out the opposite finish. This is a vital step, as in case your cookie is simply too large and your stick shouldn’t be sturdy sufficient, it merely will not maintain it and the cookie could crumble once you decide it up. When baking large cookies, you most likely will not be capable to match greater than three cookies with their sticks to a sheet.

2. After baking the cookies with their sticks, cool the cookies totally, then wrap each with the coloured cellophane. A special colour for every cookie could be okay, or all the identical colour acceptable to the event. Tie each with some curly ribbon on the base the place the stick comes out of the cookie. Tie it very tightly so the cookies will keep contemporary on the stick. You’ll be able to adorn every cookie with extra, bigger ribbons or bows at this level. When utilizing curly ribbon, remember to curve it!

three. Now minimize your Styrofoam or florist’s foam to the scale of the highest of the container you selected. Then match the froth in so it’s good and tight and close to the highest of the container. Bear in mind, you possibly can place one thing heavier within the backside of the container in order that it doesn’t tip over. Small pebbles work properly for this. Keep in mind that the sticks will poke by the froth and into the underside of the container.

four. Right here comes the enjoyable half, let’s assemble the cookie bouquet! Take every of your cookies and stick them by the froth so that they go all over the froth and additional, close to to the underside of the container. You’ll be able to assemble the cookies in any method you want, however most cookie bouquets have one cookie on the heart that’s taller than the opposite cookies, so hold that in thoughts. Adorn with extra ribbons, toys, sweet, flowers, items and so forth. Every merchandise will be hooked up with extra ribbon to the container or the sticks of the cookies and even with a glue gun (if acceptable).

5. Give your reward and watch the grins! Be certain to offer the bouquet as quickly as attainable after you could have assembled it, you don’t need the cookies to go stale!

Suggestions:

Be sure to bake sufficient cookies in your container, if baking small cookies, you could run out if you’re filling a big container. All the time bake greater than sufficient. Certainly your extras will not go to waste.

Bake each giant and small cookies and use them each within the bouquet for a pleasant various appear like a extra conventional flower bouquet.

Extra Concepts:

Some cookie bouquets use cutout cookies, these will be enjoyable to make and adorn. Use your favourite sugar cookie cutout recipe and minimize into shapes acceptable for the event. For cutout cookies to work, you could wish to double your sugar cookie recipe because the cookies have to be good and thick for the follow undergo them. For such a cookie, picket skewers will work finest, chopsticks could also be too thick. Then adorn the cookies with frosting. No want for coloured cellophane with these cookies, use common plastic wrap or clear cellophane in order that the fantastic thing about your hand embellished cookies shines by.

Bear in mind, your cookie bouquet would not have to look skilled, it is the selfmade contact that makes it a very particular reward.