Hibiscus Coookie Favors

It's not often that I get a request for decorated cookies but on occasion, it does happen. When it does, I look forward to the change of pace and the ability to NOT have to stack and transport a cake. (If you've done it, you know how stressful it can be.)

Aside from the slew of bottles of different colored icing, in different consistencies, with different tips, AND finding royal icing in the most bizarre places for a week, it's a very enjoyable creative outlet.


These cookies were created for a Sweet Sixteen as the party favors for my client's daughter. She was celebrating with a Tropical Luau Themed Event. With that in mind, they asked for hibiscus cookies.

Since I don't have a Hibiscus Cutter, I took a star cutter and my pliers and made my own. Metal cookie cutters are a real blessing for that reason. They are inexpensive and easy to tweak.

My client called and e-mailed me to let me know how happy she and her daughter were with their cookies and sent a few photos of the Birthday Girl. I love happy endings...

Let it Snow..... Chocolate Cutout Snowflake Cookies...

Projects that just sort of happen and aren't planned out are sometimes the most fun. Especially where children are involved. After all the baking during the holiday season, we actually had some cookie dough left over! So while working on a cookie project for a client, I let my kids go to town with the leftover Christmas cookie dough.


The kids got to eat half the cookies they cut out and since they did such a fabulous job on their cutouts, I snagged the remaining half for a dinner party we are having this weekend for my parents. (Did I mention it's supposed to snow again soon! YEAH!!) The most difficult part of this whole process was trying to keep my children from eating all the dough (that tastes much like the chocolate cookie part of an Oreo) before we could bake the cookies. But the end result was worth it and these amazingly simple cookies are striking and tasty!




I used my Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. (Not the healthier one)

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

1 cp butter
1 pkg Chocolate Pudding
3/4 cp Sugar
3/4 cp Brown Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla

Combine the above ingredients and mix.

2 Eggs(room temperature)

Add Eggs and mix

2 cps. All Purpose Flour
2/3 cp. Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt

Combine these ingredients in a separate bowl and whisk together lightly to incorporate. Then gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients just until they are thoroughly combined. Do Not Over Mix.

Chill for at least 4 hours. Then roll between two sheets of parchment paper and cut shapes. Bake on parchment lined cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 6 - 12 minutes depending on the size of the cookie. These Snowflakes are less than 2" so they only took about 6 minutes to bake.

Decorate with Royal Icing, a single Silver Dragee, and Sanding Sugar.



Happy Baking!!!