Decorated Rose Cookies for Valentine’s Day
I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud, but it’s amazing the ways I come up with to avoid work. Usually, cookies are the exception, but lately I’ve become L-A-Z-Y.
Rose cookies have been on the agenda since January, but in the last few weeks even the simple version seemed like too much effort. So, I came up with an even simpler design.
Behold the most recent result of my total lack of motivation…even simpler Valentine’s Day rose cookies.
Before baking I used a moon cutter to shape the tip of a strawberry into a gentle curve. If you aren’t in the mood to trim, skip it, it’s still perfect for the job.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Deep pink piping and 20-second icing
- Stiff-ish green piping icing
Decorate in three easy steps.
- Flood the base of the cookie with 20-second icing.
- When the base is at least partially dry, use a #2 tip to pipe a simple swirl design onto the bud.
- Use a #66 or #67 tip to add two or three leaves to the base. I like to begin with the two outside leaves, then add the center leaf over the top. After making about a billion of these, I also decided that piping the left and right leaves horizontally looks a little less “strawberry-ish” then the vertical version, but as always, do what works best for you.
At this point, let the cookies dry (this can take anywhere from four to twenty-four hours depending on where you live) and that’s all there is to it. I realized after the fact that I probably should have piped a few swirls in the opposite direction and flipped more buds…but there’s always next time, right?
Speaking of buds, you can see here how I used a smaller, untrimmed strawberry to make them. Same basic idea. Flood, pipe a modified version of the swirl, add leaves, and you’re done. I picked the cutter up here.
Anyhow, sometimes when I say, “easy,” I can almost feel the collective eye rolls through my computer screen. Seriously though, these roses are about as fast and easy as decorated cookies get. I can finish an entire cookie (not including drying time) in about a minute and fifteen seconds, which translates to about four dozen cookies per hour. Considering that many cookie designs require at least three to four minutes (or more) to complete, this is incredibly fast, especially if the plan is to mass produce.
These cookies would be great as bouquets, but I’m a platter girl so I mixed a couple of designs, sizes, and colors and popped them on a plate.
Simple rose cookies are a definite Valentine’s Day win. Quick to decorate, beautiful to look at, and good enough to eat!
P.S.-If videos are more your thing, you can see me in action here.
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I have a question and I am hoping you can help me. I am worried I have used TOO much red food coloring. I used .75 ounces of the “super red” by The Sunny Side up bakery from hobby lobby in 2 cups royal icing. When i added like lets say 12 drops its just pink color, NOT super red. It took the entire bottle of super red to make super red icing. Is that normal??? I feel like that happens a lot with the Super black as well. It usually purple unless I continue to add what seems like the entire .75 ounces. PLEASE HELP ME!!!! Thanks so much!
I’m answering you here and on Instagram just to make sure you see…that sounds about right. I put together a post but haven’t shared it yet, but I basically use about 3/4 tsp of Tulip red (it’s tasteless) color per cup. Keep in mind, when icing is newly mixed, it’s not a deep rich color…but within a few hours it will develop and you’ll be able to see how much richer and saturated it becomes. If you don’t feel right using a lot of color, I’d suggest coloring the icing a day early and leaving at at a stiffer consistency then thinning it down when you’re ready to work. All colors develop over time, but I’ve noticed more dramatic results with black, red, pink, royal blue, leaf green, brown, orange and purple…lol, which I guess is pretty much all of them! Hope this helps!
you are too kind!!! thank you so much for the response!
If you’ll email me, I will send you the pics I have just so you can see =)
what is your email??
Use the contact button in the upper right sidebar…that’s the best way 🙂
Callye:
I have had the same problem and glad you have addressed this for us. I am a newbie( only enjoying this art for a year ) and now I know why my red isn’t red!
Again….. thanks sooooo much for your site.
I love these Callye! Personally I think simple is way better. Over-embelished cookies not only take so much more time but have so much frosting they don’t taste as good. So thank you for the beautiful simple flowers today.
I totally agree with you, she is my favorite cookier . She totally gets me even is she isn’t even aware of y existence LOL
These roses are super beautiful!!!
You are amazing…and you come up with the most clever, wonderful designs. I think these roses are outstandingly beautiful.
You are amazing…and you come up with the most clever, wonderful designs. I think these roses are outstandingly beautiful.
They’re beautiful just the way they are! I love them.
I always love seeing your cookies and tutorials Miss Sugarbelle 🙂 everytime I see a new tutorial I love to try and figure out what cutter you used before I scroll down to see. For this one I guessed an apple cutter, which would still work but would be some big rose buds, lol!
-Sally aka Sweetiedoodle
That’s what my husband saw too! You are absolutely right! An apple would work perfectly!
What a simply beautiful simple rose – the way you used the strawberry cutter is the best idea!
You are an inspiration.
Love your roses! I’m also always searching for simple designs! Life is to short! You are not lazy, you are CLEVER! 🙂
If you didn’t say they were easy, I never would have guessed it. They are absolutely beautiful. As always, the platter combination is just perfection.
You say simple. I say genius.
I love it when you say you are L-A-Z-Y! You laying on a sofa in complete oblivion watching tv & eating bon-bons while your children run amok just isn’t possible. However, your ideas of lazy, simple & easy ways to make beautiful cookies = do-able for most of us. Who has the time to spend an hour decorating one cookie? Your designs are simply stunning, un-fussy and appetizing!
WOW!! Simply gorgeous. Since I have already made my V day cookies.. I will put this in the ” to do ” list for next year ( or Mother’s Day ! ) Thanks for sharing.
These are beautiful and the colors go together so nicely! My favorite! Happy Valentine’s Day!
I love the simplicity of this design, Callye. These would be perfect as last minute Valentine’s Day cookies!
Sometimes simple is just simply best and beautiful…like these cookies 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day Callye.
Your cookies are beautiful! I’m no professional, but I made a batch and copied your design technique for decorating the Simple Rose Cookie. Fabulous and easy!! Please give us more 75 second ideas for decorating—you’re the BEST!
Thank you!
These cookies are just too pretty!
Hi,
Random questions but how do you get your piping consistency? The roses look beautiful! It seems hard for me to get the perfect piping/detail consistency. Is there any suggestions you could give me? Thanks in advance!
Try for something like toothpaste. It should be soft and flow easily when squeezed, but still hold a little bit of shape. Hope this helps.
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