SweetArtFactory Blog

We at SweetArtFactory.com want to wish you a “sweet-filled” new year. This new decade has great potential for learning and growing, along with wonderful family and friends.

We are filling our store with new products every day to make your baking and decorating easier and more fun! Take a look at all the new cookie cutters, quins, confetti, pearls and flavorings we have added to make every event special and memorable. Throughout the year we will post new decorating ideas, recipes and products to give your creative talents a whirl.

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This is a cookie basket I made for an colleague of mine. I used her favorite colors – dusty pink and green.

“Heart Filled Cookie Bouquet Basket

Heart to Heart Valentine Bouquet Cookies

You Need:

• Baked and cooled sugar cookies (see Recipes)
• Cookie sticks (8 inch cookie sticks)
• Heart cookie cutter (we carry a variety of sizes)
• 1 batch Royal Icing (see Recipes)
• Americolor Food gel paste (we carry a variey of colors)
• Disposable decorating bag
• #4 Decorating tip
• Small spatula (we used the 8 inch straight spatula)
• Basket with florit foam ( to hold the sticks in place)

Step-by-Step

1. Make cookie dough recipe. Cool in the refrigerator for 2 or more hours. When ready to use, take out of the refrigerator. Roll cookie dough out on a floured board with a rolling pin. Continue to dust rolling pin with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Using heart cookie-cutter – cut out hearts.
2. Before laying out cookie dough hearts onto a cookie sheet, lay a cookie stick onto the cookie sheet. Carefully lay the heart cookie over the top 1-2 inches of the stick. Carefully press the cookie into the stick. When the cookie bakes, the stick will bake into the cookie. This will give cookie sturdy support when creating your cookie bouquet.
3. Bake cookies as directed on recipe. Allow cookie to cool before decorating. While cookies are cooling, make the royal icing.
4. After making royal icing, create the colors you desire by adding food gel paste and mix well. Royal icing dries fast so keep your bowl of icing covered at all times with a wet paper towel or saran wrap.
5. When ready to decorate, fill a decorator bag with a #4 tip and desired color of royal icing. Carefully outline the cookies with the icing to create a seal around the cookie. Once this border outline is dry, you will be able to spread a layer of icing inside the border to create a beautiful top layer of your cookie.
6. Using spatula or knife, spread a layer of desired color icing on the top of the cookie. Allow drying before creating designs.
7. Using some of my designs, create your own cookie designs using a variety of icing colors and the #4 tip. Use swirls of “s’s”, wiggling lines, straight lines crossing over with polka dots, write “love” message, and create tiny hearts.
8. Adorn with sprinkles if desired. Use tweezers to lay the sprinkles on the cookies.
9. Once the icing is dry and hard to the touch, you can create a beautiful heart basket by inserting cookies into florist foam or Styrofoam. Insert pieces of tissue paper to create a colorful look. Adorn basket with ribbon. If you are planning on transporting the cookies, you can stack the cookies for shipping or transport.