Decorated Sunflower Cookies
Through the years I’ve tried to come up with new and exciting ways to interpret old cookie designs. I’ve come up with some fun ideas, but more often than not I come to the conclusion that simple is best.
I was reminded of this again recently while making sunflower cookies. Each cookie took less than two minutes to decorate but there was something beautiful about their simplicity.
I have several sunflower cutters, but my favorites came from Global Sugar Art and Hobby Lobby.
To create perfect centers without a projector trace around a round cutter with a thin food color marker.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Chocolate brown piping and flood icing
- Brown sanding sugar
- Stiff-ish yellow piping icing
Pipe around the circle outline and flood.
Let the icing set for a bit {a couple of minutes} then sprinkle with sanding sugar and let dry.
Once the center is dry, remove any excess sugar. I used a clean paintbrush.
Next use a leaf tip to pipe petals. The tip size really depends on the size of the cutter. I used a #67 for a three inch cookie.
Here’s a little video clip of piping petals with a leaf tip.
You can make the petals ruffled or straight by adjusting the amount of pressure you apply to the piping bag.
That’s all it takes to make easy beautiful sunflower cookies.
I like to mix in single leaf cookies for color but if you’d prefer them attached, this post tells you how .
In many cases, simple is best.
For more sunflower ideas, be sure to check out these products and posts:
These look great and so simple! Even my husband just walking by, stopped and said, “Those look nice!” Big compliment from the man, as he’s not easily impressed 😉
Great idea and such a time saver!
Beautiful!
It’s just awesome. It is looking really very delicious. I will definitely try it. Thanks a lot for the post.
I never tire of sunflower cookies, so will be giving these a try! Simply beautiful!!! Thanks for the shout out too! <3
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These cookies are very creative and look very delicious! I think this website/blog is going to help many people in the process of baking. You have inspired me to create my own cookies almost as fantastic as these are. I have a few questions like can you buy these materials anywhere? How long do you bake them for and at what temperature? Other than that i believe your cookies aree amazing and so is this blog! Thanks for sharing!
Most craft stores have the basics you need to get started. Also, if you live in an urban area, there are often cake supply stores with the tools you need. You can find my cookie recipe along with instructions under the recipes tab.
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Thank you for the information you post and hopefully useful to readers
good information
These decorated sunflower cookies are very appealing to the eyes. I have also noticed that preparing them is quite interesting and fun too. Thanks a lot for showing us how we can come up with such delicious cookies.
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Hi, can you please tell me what tip you used for the ruffled petals on the sunflowers.