\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEver since I created and\u00a0posted\u00a0this flower cookie platter,\u00a0I\u2019ve had lots\u00a0questions regarding it. It\u2019s so easy, you guys, and the design came to me at the last minute. I don\u2019t know how or why this works, but in this case it did! Due to all of your\u00a0inquiries (thanks for asking!), I wrote up a tutorial to hopefully answer your\u00a0questions.<\/p>\n
I initially created this set\u00a0for teacher appreciation week, but it could\u00a0be\u00a0easily adapted to fulfill any\u00a0gathering of hungry cookie monsters.\u00a0It\u2019s a\u00a0quick design capable of\u00a0feeding a lot of people, and\u00a0when you\u2019re pressed for time to create something lovely, this easy flower platter can be\u00a0the perfect solution!<\/p>\n
The most frequently asked question I received was what cookie cutter did I used for the petals. They are pictured\u00a0below: a large, 3.25 inch tear drop and a mini, 2 inch tear drop. The platter\u2019s center cookies were made with a 1.5 inch and 2 inch scalloped round cutter (but any round would do), and\u00a0a few accent cookies created\u00a0with a 3 inch leaf cutter.<\/p>\n
I knew that I wanted the design to have an ombr\u00e9 effect, so I started with 3\/4 cup of royal icing in a\u00a0dark shade and flooded it\u00a0on about 10\u00a0mini tear drop cookies. Half of the mini iced cookies\u00a0I sprinkled\u00a0with sanding sugar and half I left\u00a0without.
\nAfter\u00a0the mini\u00a0cookies were complete, I added a 1\/4 cup white RI to the color I had left in my pastry bag to get a lighter shade, and\u00a0decorated\u00a08 to 10 of the large tear drop cookies. Again, half of the large cookies I sprinkled\u00a0with\u00a0sanding sugar and half I detailed\u00a0using a simple swirl (*save a bit of your darkest icing for the swirl!). I continued with a\u00a0white RI addition to the remaining color after\u00a0each group of 8 to 10 cookies, in order to create that ombr\u00e9 look once the cookie platter was assembled.<\/p>\n
I also made the flower\u2019s center cookies in yellow, as well as a few green leaves for\u00a0accents using sanding sugar, nonpareils and a simple swirl, to add a\u00a0variety of textures.<\/p>\n
Let the whole set of\u00a0decorated cookies dry overnight.
\nWhen ready, I arranged the individual cookies starting with the outside petals first and worked my way in towards the center. It takes a bit of patience, stacking and messing around with the cookies\u00a0to get them just right, but you will be so happy with the result!<\/p>\n
For this particular platter, I used approximately\u00a060 cookies. It\u2019s just as easy to arrange a flower set on\u00a0two smaller plates using 30 cookies each, but I guess it just depends on what you need. I also added a 5 inch plaque cookie\u00a0to\u00a0these sets, because I like to bust out Mabel, my kopykake projector, and get some piping practice in!<\/p>\n
This flower\u00a0cookie platter\u00a0is so\u00a0versatile! It could\u00a0be used for lots\u00a0of occasions\u2026baby showers, wedding showers, family reunions\u2026any group would love to be on the receiving end, don\u2019t you think?
\nIf you have any more questions or there is something I\u2019ve missed, feel free to ask in the comment section below.
\nHappy baking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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