I have been playing with cookies for a cookie bouquet. For some reason, I am having more trouble and am psyching myself out.
What would you use:
1. Wooden dowels or the paper cookie sticks?
2. For the paper ones, cookie size or lollipop (not as fat a stick)?
3. 1/4" or 3/8" cookie? Not a big number difference, but seems to make a big difference in the cookie thickness.
I am happy with the recipe (NFSC), the icing (Antonia's), and the edible image (first time I've tried that).
TIA,
Linda
For bouquets, I use paper sticks and roll my cookies 3/8 or 1/2 inch. I use the longer sticks so that I can shorten them as needed. For cookies not on a stick, I roll 3/8.
While I haven't done a lot of bouquets, I use a lot of cookies on sticks as cake decorations when I do basketweave cakes. (LOL, almost all the cakes posted in my photos are these!). I've had excellent luck using the Wilton Cookie Sticks (I use both lengths), and I roll the cookies to 1/4" thick. I lay the stick on the cookie sheet and lay the cut-out on top of the stick, gently pressing the dough around the stick. So far, I've never had a cookie fall off the stick.
What would you use:
1. Wooden dowels or the paper cookie sticks?
2. For the paper ones, cookie size or lollipop (not as fat a stick)?
3. 1/4" or 3/8" cookie? Not a big number difference, but seems to make a big difference in the cookie thickness.
I use them all!!!
If I find I'm doing a lot of bouquets and want to cut costs then I'll use the wooden bamboo skewers. I don't like using these on big cookies though and I find my cookies will "spin" on these easier than the paper sticks. You can fix that with a little icing though. I've never used the actual wooden dowels for cookies.
If I have an order for cookies on a stick but not in a bouquet so people will be holding them then I'll use the thicker cookie sticks because I think they feel better and would hold better when people handle them.
I also use a lot of the lollipop sticks in my bouquets with the longer ones being nice for the higher cookies in the bouquet.
I roll all my cookies to 1/2".
I use cookie sticks and/or popsicle sticks. If i use the popsicle sticks, I can roll the cookies thinner than using the cookie sticks (flat stick vs. round stick).
I've tried the skewers, but I didn't have any luck with those. I tried to fix the spinning with icing, and it did ok, but I didn't like that they seemed less stable. Plus, most of mine are for kids to eat, and the sharp point makes the mom in me freak out. LOL
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