O.K. I usually only make cakes, but I have an order for a three tiered stacked cake, but the customer wants cookies on sticks sticking out of the cake as decoration. The whole theme of the cake is money. (It is for a business meeting) So, they want cookies shaped and decorated like dollar signs, or bills sticking out from the cake. These may sound like very silly questions, but as far as cookies, I never make them for an order, and I just use the slice and bake ones for my family! So, here are my questions..

What is the best recipe to use?
Would I use royal icing to decorate?
And do you put the stick in the dough before you bake and bake the cookies with the stick in?
Thanks for all the help!

If you haven't already...check out Antonio74's How To in the article section on how to make and decorate cookies...now she doesnt tell about the sticks though....but at least you will know about frosting and a good cookie recipe (and a bump so someone who knows more can help).

I use the No Fail Sugar Cookie recipe and the Royal Icing for Decorated Cookies recipe both from this site. There is a great article on CC "How to Bake & Decorate Cookies" that I would recommend.

As far as the sticks are concerned, everyone has a different opinion. I put mine in before baking.

Good luck!

There is a really cute money bouquet on the following website. I thought you could get an idea from this. Actually if you just google the words cookie bouquets, you can get alot of ideas.
http://www.gourmet-cookie-bouquets.com/thanks_a_million_cookie_bouquet.html

I was just looking through my cookie cutter collection this morning and saw my dollar sign cutter and wondered when in the world I would ever use it! What a cute idea - cookies sticking out of the cake... I want to try cookies this season and I am very new to them as well. Good Luck! Cake idea sound so cool.