Ok I ventured out to try to make a cookie bouquest..........What a disaster... the cookies fell off their sticks in 30 seconds to 20 minutes!
Help...any advise on dough, lenghth of time to keep them horizontal before standing thems up or frosting tips....
I mad a BIG>>>>>>>mess.
thanks!
That's still a hard thing for me. Some people put their sticks in as soon as the cookies come out of the oven. That has never worked for me. I'm wondering if my cookies weren't thick enough.
I have much better luck baking hte sticks in the cookies. But you can't bake as many at once. Then sometimes I still add some royal icing and let that set before I decorate!
Good luck!
What recipe did you use for your cookies? What kind of sticks?
I use the NFSC recipe, and bake the sticks in. I use different sticks depending on the size of the cookies, either bamboo skewers (for small cookies), wooden coffee stirring sticks, or 1/8 inch dowel rods cut to the length I need.
I bake on parchment, and let the cookies cool completely before removing them from the paper. I NEVER handle the cookies by the stick until I'm actually making the bouquet, just to reduce the chances of the sticks getting loose.
I ice the cookies with Antonia74's icing, and let them sit for at least 24 hours before bagging to make sure the icing is dry.
When I make the bouquet, I hold the stick tightly while I insert it into the floral foam, making sure not to push on the cookie, again to avoid breaking the bond between the cookie and stick.
I've only had a couple of cookies come loose from the sticks, and those have always been the bamboo skewers, which are very slick and hard for the dough to "grab". When that happens, I put a bit of royal icing in the hole and put the stick back in, and that holds it just fine.
hth!
Laura.
It works but I'm sure it looks much nicer with the stick right in it.
I pretty much do the same thing as slejdick. When I roll out dough for a cookie bouquet, I roll it out to 3/8" thick. Also, when I am inserting the stick into the dough, I twist the stick a little to help the dough 'grab' it more securely.
I bake mine with the sticks in them. I do my cookies about 3/4 inch thick when I cut them (prebaking). If I have a loose stick I put a dab of royal icing in the hole and then put the stick back in to "glue" it in there for more stability.
I have only done 2 baskets but it worked great each time.
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