I’ll just call them Cookie Hats since Easter is now over. I made these this weekend but you can certainly do them for other occasions like Mothers Day. Showers, too. You can change the colors for different themes. Any Red Hat Society peeps out there? These would be fun. I can also see these for a Kentucky Derby party – you could get really creative with them. Or forget the flowers, paint them with silver luster dust and turn them into flying saucers.
I found the instructions for these cuties in a book called Cookie Swap.
Here’s what they are supposed to look like. Gorgeous, huh! These are made using royal icing to coat the hat and pipe the perfect little dots. Fondant is used for the flowers and the bands.
Now, I didn’t have extra hours to wait for royal icing to dry when I made these, so I improvised. But, if time weren’t an issue, I’d go royal.
Instead, I covered the sugar cookie hats in tinted and rolled fondant…
And used sugar pearls to add detail. To help them stay in place, I used the pearls to press indentations around the hat. Then, I put a tiny amount of water on the sugar pearl and placed it in position.
Here they are with and without the pearls.
The base of the sugar cookie hats should be rolled thin before baking and the top part of the hat should be thicker to accommodate the fondant band. I used the shortbread sugar cookie recipe in the book, but feel free to use your own recipe and decorate.
Note: To get the fondant and cookie shapes to match in size, I re-cut the cookies with the cutter when I took them out of the oven and while they were still warm because they had spread a little.
You can attach the fondant to the cookies with a little bit of icing and you can attach the fondant flowers with a little dab of water.
Fondant Flowers.
All I can say is I heart my flower blossom plunger cutter. Say that fast three times.
I bought it a while ago and this is the first time I’ve used it.
You can cut shapes out of fondant and by pressing down on the plunger, you can make center indentations… or not.
You can also press the plunger into the fondant and remove the flower shape to then press and release onto a sponge.
This will give the flowers a curved shape.
But, without a sponge handy I had to improvise again.
So I grabbed the paper towel roll nearby and laid it on its side.
See how they curve when you press them into a soft surface and release? If you wanted, you could also add sugar pearls to the centers or pipe with icing.
These were fun to use. Now I need to get my hands on a little leaf plunger cutter to round out the look.
Cookie Swap is full of recipes, decorating and displaying ideas.
Like these….
Yes, this is a cookie. A ridiculously beautiful cookie. Seriously, who does that? Amazing!
And these are in the book, too. Love them! Looooooove them. But, I’d have to find someone to pipe those dots on for me. Mine would never look that perfect.
In addition to really pretty sweets, the book also has cute cookies to make you swoon.
Like these hamburger and hotdog shaped macarons. Dying.
And these watermelon cookies. Oh and umm, the lemons? Those are cookies, too. I know. Craziness.
Want to try your hand at some spectacular cookies?
Or just want to look at pretty pictures?
Enter for a chance to win a copy of the book.
Just leave a comment on this post and tell me if you’re an adventurous cookie maker or content taste tester.
Deadline to enter is Monday, April 5th at 5:00 pm ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winner below.
One winner will be chosen at random and announced Monday evening on this post.
Good luck!
Okay, we have a winner. But first, I’d like to say how glad I am that so many of you lean towards the adventurous side. It’s fun to challenge yourself and this book will do just that.
Alright, let’s see who won.
YAY for Sarah the Adventurer! This book has plenty of projects to keep you busy. Have fun.
i’m definitely an adventurous cookie baker! I’ve been on a cake/cupcake/dessert book shopping spree lately. This would go perfectly with the new collection! :)
YUMMY!!! I’m all for cookie adventures! ;o)
I’m almost an adventurous baker… love to bake, but not quite to the extreme of your cookies! =)
both both maker and eater!!!!!
Definitely an adventurous cookie maker….and eater :)
Definitely a content taster here!
I love making cookies and them cookies are the coolest thing things ever!!
i try to be an adventurous cookie baker, but I never mind tasting part.
I love baking and would love some ideas on fun cookies to make.
I think I try to believe that I’m an adventurous cookie maker….but I’m an even better cookie eater!
I’m more the content taster type. I could eat cookies all day long!
i’m definitely an adventurous cookie baker but taste testing is my favorite part! my roommates don’t mind helping out either :)
I am for sure a adventurous cookie maker, although at my families request i follow recipes for the first batch at least, after too many disasters, they are no longer content taste tester
So gorgeous!!!!!!! This will be my next baking experiment! :)
Talk about intimidating!! but I might be able to give some of those a try!
This book looks amazing! I would love to try out baking and decorating some of these cookies and I have lots of friends who’d love to be my taste-testers!
I love these! I really like it when something you bake becomes more than just a gift to eat but brings someone a “ahhh” moment and something beautfiul to enjoy too!
I am certainly the adventurous cookie maker, I skip the taste testing part however. That is what I have friends and family for :) These are adorable!
Yum! That book looks like a lot of fun – I bake a lot and enjoy any new recipes.
Can there be an in-between?
Wow, those are gorgeous!
I love love LOVE the mini wedding cake cookie!!
I like some adventure now and then but chocolate chip cookies are my staple when I need some cheering up!
Maker/tester combo…
I am of course a taste tester but I’d love to be an adventurous cookie maker… if only I had that book!!!
Too cute. Looks yummy.
I can’t wait to make these! I’m definitely an adventurist cookie maker. But who doesn’t love being a taste tester too?
I love your cookies ! They look so yummy ^^ I tryed to make christmas cookies , delicious !! Sadly I almost broke my mom’s mixer :P
I am obsessed with cookies. We gave them as favors at our wedding.
I love to try new things, BUT I’m also a great taste tester!
I guess I’m more of a taster?? Although maybe I’ll switch if I win the book!
I think I’m an adventurous cookie maker :) I almost set my college dorm on fire during one such adventure, o dear! It’s good to have a lot of tasters around :)
Adventurous! This book looks like SO much fun!!
Janet
I just want to say thank you for the mini cheesecake recipe! i made them for my roommate’s birthday last week since she doesn’t like cupcakes. She and everyone else adored them!
and i hope you are feeling better! ^^
adventurous, definitely! I would rather bake these cuties then eat them, because I love response to people when the y see them!!!
I would say adventurous baker but I haven’t tried much with cookies. I’ve mostly done cupcakes and cakes. But, I would love to try cookies!
I am TOTALLY an adventurous baker. I participate in a couple different cookie exchanges every year and lots of food days and bake sales at work and I’m always the person with the over-the-top cookies. How AWESOME this book would be!! (My husband might not agree…)
I am an adventurous baker who can’t wait to make the cookie in the book that looks like a basket full of roses. Just think, May Day is right around the corner! Thanks for your contest!
I’m a fledgling cookie maker. I make great cakes, though! I eat them all! :D
I am an adventurous cookie maker! I used to be a content taste tester until I came across your site, you are so inspiring Bakerella!
I’d say adventure – I love trying new cookies. Looks like a cute book! I love the Easter bonnets!
I’m definitely a cookie maker! My nickname has been “Cookie” since I was a little girl. So I had to live up to it! :)
I wish I was more adventurous! I KNOW I love to taste them!
taste tester for sure…that may change to the other category if I win!
I love making cookies. Almost every weekend I try a new recipe or a new way to decorate them. Probably not good for my waisteline but my mouth sure does love them…and the kids love helping as well.
I’m a “Look” person.
I would love to try both CREATING and EATING these!! Love the ideas….thanks for the giveaway and the ideas!
I’m a pastry chef and I love your blog! I bake and conceptualize every day, and would love that cookie book for further inspiration
I love to bake and try all sorts of new and fun things, but I just don’t have the time lately. I live vicariously through you, and bakingdom.blogspot.com. This summer I’ll have a lot more time to try some things out that I’ve been dying to try.
I love to adventure in the world of the kitchen. :)
I’m a little too adventurous. I don’t know how many cookies I’ve thrown away that just didn’t work out. I’ve never made anything that was that lovely!
I’m a little of both, but I’d have to say a little more on the adventurous side.
I would LOVE to win a copy of this cookie book! I love making fun, creative cookies!
Thanks for the chance!
Cookies are my favorite thing to bake! I love to decorate cakes, but cookies are so much faster and easier to make and decorate….I’m always making them as gifts for people. I can’t wait to check out all the great ideas this book has to offer!
I will try anything – making or tasting. So Beautiful!
I am an adventurous baker so that I can be a TASTER…must be one to have the other at my house…love all your cute ideas..
OMGish- the watermelon cookies are soo cute!
Omg! i would love to win that book. I am an Adventurous Cookie Maker & A Content Taste Tester
I love love love trying stuff like this! I love to eat cookies, but making these looks even more fun!
I am right inbetween an adventurous cookie baker and a yummy taste tester. I equally love to do both!
I love everything about making cookies. Its my stress relief. The creating and designing, the baking and eating. I love great books that inspire like Cookie Swap… and I love Bakarella for that very reson. I also may not have the proper kitchen to bake in at the momement, But I will beg, borrow, or steal ( so to speak) any oven I can use to when the baking urge hits me, and most people are more than willing to share their ovens when they get to enjoy the treats!
Incredible!!! I love to bake and throw themed parties so this book would be a perfect addition to my cupboard!
I am more of a taster….but hoping to one day become an adventurous cookie maker! Love the little hats!
I’m an adventurous cookie maker! Your Easter hats are darling! I hope you are felling better, and thank you for the chance.
This would be a terrific addition to my cookbook collection! I would also love to experiment with making something different.
i have not decided yet!!!
Adorable! I love them.
I like to bake AND taste test the cookies! :D
OMG!!! TOOO CUTE! I would definitely be a adventurous baker. I have been adventurous with cakes and cupcakes and why not cookies? If I had a book I could be! :) Wait Bakerella you are my insperation!
I WANT to be an adventurous cookie maker,but right now, I am a content taste tester. They are adorable though!
I am definitely the adventurous baker type, although I rarely pass up an opportunity to taste-test!
In the event that you have time to read and respond to this illustrious 2125th-ish comment, do you think you could back a whole sheet of cookie dough like a bar pan and then cut out the shapes? Just wondering…saves the steps of cutting twice…I may give that a shot! Only downside I can figure is the cookie scraps…mix with icing for cookie pops???
I’m usually the standard cookie maker, but would love to try my hand at some of these adorable adventures.
Definitely a content taste tester! But they sure look fun!
Soo cute! i’m a adventurous cookie maker for sure!
What adorable cookies! I love to make cookies, and am starting to be more adventursome. This book looks wonderful. Thanks for the giveaway!
Let the adventure begin! I love changing things up and trying new things.
Eeek! I would love to make those watermelon cookies for a summer barbeque!
I think it’s pretty hard to make a cookie taste *bad* so I always opt for making them prettier than anything else around them. There’s an artwork to making pretty/interesting food that, while I’m not *good* at, I find intensly satisfying.
thank you! I love your site, i am just now getting into baking and i am having so much fun…….lol yes fun. I just bought my first book on baking and on the prowl for more creative ones like this. i dont have a website yet, but come here often for ideas, receipes and inspiration. I am doing alot of new things for our church social so i have alot to make!
I Love all the amazing cookie designs…I now find myself looking at everything trying to figure out how to make a cookie design out of it.My coworkers think I am a genius..Gotta have this book..Thanks for all you ideas….
I love, love, love baking cookies! I tend to stick to the basics, though, the classic recipes that never fail. :)
Well, I can make a mean batch of chocolate chip cookies. My husband loves no-bake cookies but mostly we just like to eat cookies!
Adventurous baker! and a true lover of tasting!
Adventurous maker and eater, all the way XD
I’d love to make these beautiful cookies. Bad for me, as I have really little imagination :)
The only cookie I have ever made is chocolate chips. I think it’s time I branch out a little! :)
depends on the day and the occasion. I have been known to spend hours in the kitchen on some detailed project if the occasion calls for it, but more often than not, just pass me the plate of someone else’s hard labor
I think I’m a conservative cookie maker. But I blame that on the fact that I’m learning to cook…good excuse, right? These are super cute, though, it would be fun to give them a go at some point!
So cute and creative.
Darling Easter hats! Until recently I’ve really been more of a content taste tester. However, I’ve lately been becoming more of an adventurous cookie maker, thanks to wonderful blogs like yours that provide lots of eye candy and inspiration. Thanks!
I am in the middle- I love to bake and decorate- I am just not so hot at it….YET!
I hope you are feeling better- and I love your site!!!!!
I am an adventurous cookie maker albeit not a very good one…
I’d have to go with a content tester role usually but you’re inspiring me!
I like to play but also enjoying eating!
I like to stick to the classic chocolate chips, but much like my other baking, i bake for others. therefor, I’d have to claim to be adventurous :)
the cookies are adorable! i wish my wedding hadn’t gone by so fast and i would have used these for a shower!
I have made some adventurous cakes but not cookies, though I would sure love to try, especially after seeing some of those. That looks like a great book.
I am definitely a content test taster!
PS: Owls are my favorite, so the cover of that book with the owl cookie is so adorable! :)
–Amber.
I am an adventurous CAKE maker but just a content cookie taster ;) Would love to drool over this book & maybe push myself into decorating cookies! :)
Just saw this book, and it was the wedding cake cookies that caught my eye!
I’d definitely say I’m an adventurous baker. I love to try new stuff.
I have strawberry cupcakes in the oven right now!
Your cookies turned out beautifully! I have one of those plunger/ejector sets too, and I love love love it!
Your work is always inspiring. Thanks so much for everything you share!
I’m a content taste tester, definitely!
As much as I’d love to be an adventurous cookie maker, I find myself filling the role of content cookie tester. :)
I’m an adventurous cookie maker! I’d LOVE that book. Thanks Bakerella. :)
I am adventrous in my baking, I will try something 3 times before I will give up. Love your idea’s, keep them coming, can’t wait to buy your book!!
I attempt to be a successful, adventurous cookie maker… but currently I am a much better taste tester. :)
I like to try my hand at experimenting with different cookies, but I will never turn down a taste testing job!
adventurous!
Love, love, love them! I wish I had your patience!
I LOVE the burger and hot dogs! Thanks for sharing all of those! I want to be adventurous, but usually end up making the same ol’ chocolate chip cookies.
Beautiful job; these cookies look amazing! :)
1st – Hope you are feeling better! I did cake pops this easter, they were really fun. I knit, so I hope to do the Lamps for a treat for the yarn lovers at a evening knit night. And maybe sm balls of yarn with knitting needles. ( the ideas are endless with these) Thanks for starting the craze! Oh ya! I’d love to win the book!
Wow, the details on these are fantastic! The extent of my cookie adventures consist of Betty Crocker cookie mix, cookie cutters, and home made royal icing :)
I aspire to be an adventurous cookie maker!
I love the idea of adorably decorated cookies, but I just don’t have the patience! I tend to stick with good ole’ oatmeal chocolate chip. Or pumpkin chocolate chip. Or anything with chocolate chips, really.
I’m an aspiring cookie adventurer…they are always delicious even if they’re ugly!
The cookies are absolutely ADORABLE! so glad you’re feeling better :)
Oh wow ~ they are so beautiful!!! I love the way you used fondant to make the “hats”. Awesome! A copy of the book would be really nice.
Hopefully you had a wonderful Easter. :)
That book looks fantastic! I would say I’m pretty adventurous… I love trying new recipes!
I would love to give some of the cookies a try. They look amazing. Happy Easter
I like to be adventurous but only when the turn out well ;)
love to do both — and especially want them to taste as good as they look!!
I’m a great taste tester. :)
I’ve tried a few “cutesy” projects, but somehow they never come out how I envision! So now, I just try to focus on taste :)
Ohh I want to try those watermelons and lemons! Too cute. I wish I was more of an adventurous cookie maker, but for now I’ll stick to my famous Chocolate Chip. :)
i am definitely an adventurous cookie maker :D i love to experiment and the content tasting is just the cheery on top :D
(sorry about the earlier post without my name. here is the correction)
I think I might be somewhere in the middle. I wish I had more time to try stuff out but I am happy enough tasting others’ creations! :o)
sooo cute! I always love new ideas!
i am definitely an adventurous cookie maker :D i love to experiment and the content tasting is just the cheery on top :D
I would love to make some cookies from this adorable book. Thanks!
Pick me, Pick me!!!! Would LOVE to try and make some of those YUMMY looking cookie!!!
Thanks :0)
I am an adventurous baker. I bake a ridiculously large amount of gingerbread houses every year… I heart you bakerella and I heart baking.
I’m an adventurous baker and cook. I absolutely love decorative (and hopefully tasty too) cookies. This book sounds like a dream!
I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker! Thanks for posting the link to the plunger cutters – can’t wait to get one and try it out! Love your blog — thanks for the great giveaways!
I heart my flower blossom plunger cutter
I heart my flower blossom plunger cutter
I heart my flower blossom plunger cutter!!!
Adventurous cookie maker and taster here! I love to try cute recipes with my daughter. We love mixing, decorating and tasting cookies of all kinds!
Love your blog!
I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker! For my fiancee’s father’s birthday, we made Star Wars cookies & I did all the hand piping on Storm Troopers, Yoda & Darth Vader. I just love doing outside-of-the-box things!
Thank you for the cute ideas, Bakerella!
I will have to say both. I am always looking for new cookie recipes to try that will look great but taste even better…
All of those cookies are adorable.. I would love to make them all.. I wouldn’t have to have a reason besides just making them and taking them to church.. Everyone would love them..
oh geez those are adorable… and that book.. that book has got the cutest cookies i’ve ever seen.. those lemons.. swoon… i have to make those…
Eeeee! So cute!
….I love to make cookies as I pack lunches for my hubs and son and they are the perfect sweet! I also like the fact that even when watching calories it is better to eat a cookie/cake ball than a slice of cake or pie… : ) Impressive cookies in this book and I want it!!
ps..glad you’re back!!
I tend to be more adventurous when baking cakes. However, I find at Christmas time I become an adventurous cookie baker, while the rest of the year I am content with just chocolate chip cookies as a content taste tester.
This book would be great to help me plan my sister’s bridal shower!!!
I actually love making them more than eating them. Weird, huh?
I wish I was adventurous with cookie. I try sometimes I still bake your regular choc. chip cookie etc. I would love to try some like the watermelon look cook for the summer.
I wish I had the patience to make cookies like this. Maybe one day I will!
Those flower cut outs are the best thing I have ever seen! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Dear Fabulous Bakerella,
Why must one simply choose to be an “adventurous cookie maker” OR a “content cookie taster”?
I try to be adventurous in my baking (cookies should be a food group!), and tasking is just one of the joys!
Love, love, LOVE your site!
Adventurous cookie maker. I love to bake and love your site!
love to bake, love to eat!
I think the pretty pictures would inspire me to move from content taste tester to adventurous cookie maker!
I’d like to say I’m an adventurous cookie maker, but I lack the skills and tools (do I hear “she really needs a kitchenaide mixer”?) to do all the cute things I can picture in my head.
That book looks awesome! Id love a copy!
I am definitely an adventurous cookie maker, not much of a cookie eater at all! Strange, I know… but my husband is definitely a taster so it works :)
You are such an inspiration for me..! I live in Mexico, so I don’t usually find those cute things (like the blossom plunger cutter), but I try to do my best with the things I do find… I would looove to get the book, because I’m an adventurous cookie maker, even though I haven’t tried fancy decorations yet… I’m adventurous enough trying to get them out of the oven on time, before they burn!!! haha
Infrequent cookie adventurerer. No one else in my house makes cookies for me to eat=(
I love making cookies, but I think I love eating them more!
I’m gonna have to go with taste testing =D but i love looking at all the cute cookie-creations and wishing i could make them <3
I am totally an adventurous baker! I get annoyed when my stuff doesn’t turn out as wonderful as yours but hey it always tastes good!! I love the cake pops they are still my favorite go-to item for birthdays and baby showers!!
These cookies are adorable!! I cannot wait to try and test these creations out
Oh, I love making things (and tasting them too!). And I’ve just recently delved into the world of fondant. I was scared by it for a long time, but recently jumped in when my little boy wanted a Transformers bumblebee car for his b-day. Anyway, what a fabulous book! I have 5 kids, and no end of occasions/reasons to make goodies, so I would LOVE to win this book.
I would say I am adventurous, and I love making fancy treats! This book would be perfect for me!
I’m adventurous to a fault! I have three little kids I wish I had more time.
I’m an adventurous cookie maker but not with decorating. I like to try different flavors in cookies. Of course the seasoned champion is always some variation of CHOCOLATE. :)
These, however, are adorable.
Oh I would love to have that book. My daughter and I love to play around in the kitchen!!!
I’m also an adventure!!! I like experimenting with new recipes & making them my own.
Oh I just love to make fun treats!
I would LOVE to be this creative!!!
Bakerella,
YOU are amazing! Thank you for giving me great inspiration to attempt to do what you do with cake mix, icing and cookies. Through you, I get to dream that I have the time (and the skill) to prepare these marvelous works of art! I assist with an event at my church’s Christmas Pageant every year and we are always looking for special things to prepare for our guests. Last year, several of us did the cake balls and they were a hit! We tried different combination of cakes and icings, and toppings. I think one of the most favorite ones was red velvet cake, white chocolate icing, sprinkled with crushed peppermint candy! Great tasting and oh so festive.
I would love to win the book…
im an adventurous cookie maker because my kiddos really appreciate my efforts!
I’m more of a content taste tester, but would love to try being more of an adventurous baker.
definitely an adventurous cookie maker, I love trying new things in the kitchen
Beautiful cookies… I wish I had more time to bake but I love buying and reading cookbooks….and tasting the efforts of others.
Glad to see you’re back and feeling better. I enjoy your site.
I’m a content taster. only because i’m a broke college student. every once a while, i try to make cookies or cakes or anything. once i get hang of it, then i’ll start my adventure! :p
Totally a contented taste tester!!
I like to think of myself as both! You of course, as the baker, MUST sample!
Cookie maker, but not a taster – allergic to wheat :(.
Just love the hats. I am both an adventurous baker and a taste tester.
I love to bake cookies but I find it so much harder to design a pretty cookie than to decorate a cake. I would still consider myself an adventurous cookie maker!
I’m not very adventurous when it comes to cookies. I enjoy a good ole’ chocolate chip cookie. I would like to try though!
I would love to be the cookie maker, but right now I am totally content being the taster!! Adorable cookies!
Not much of a cookie maker and those look difficult but the pictures, would be great fun to look at. Happy Easter
I’m both and would love to have this book!!
I hardly ever make the same kind twice, except when my fiance begs for oatmeal chocolate chip. This book looks amazing!
I love the Easter hats! I don’t think I could eat them. I hope you had a good Easter.
I would love to be able to be more adventurous with cookies, but I just don’t have the time at the moment! :( it’s OK though, because I graduate from University in a few months so I’ll have a lot more time on my hands; my boyfriend and I are going to get FAT from all the cookies and cakes I’m going to make! :D
I can be adventurous, given enough time (hard with an 18-month-old!)
I WISH I could get crazy with the cookies but if I stray too far I will be the only one eating them :(
i’d like to think that I am an adventurous cookie maker, but, in reality, I am probably more of a taste tester. These would be great for a Kentucky Derby party!!
I LOVE trying new and cute things. My daughter’s Awanas class at church are my guinea pigs:) Of course, I don’t mind taste testing at all!
I am pretty adventurous at cookie making but these look like they may be out of my cooking skills. I would love to try them.
they are so cute! Pick me.
I am both a baker and taste tester! I would love to try out new recipes with this book!
Adventurous! Adventurous! I love trying new recipes and making yummy treats look beautiful. The sneak peek of that book is making me giddy! I would love to drool over the pictures and make as many as I can. I love to eat them, too, but I normally send the leftovers of my creations with my husband to school. Medical students are always great guinea pigs for cookie taste-testing.
I am adventurous baker!!! I will never turn down a cookie though!
iiii am!!! i try everything! i love bakingggg even though i’ve only been doing it for about a year. i’m not much of a taster because i dont like icing, but everyone enjoys all the cakes, cookies, macaroons, and cake pops that i make. im a senior in college so i dont actually have time to be baking as much as my boyfriend, family, and friends want me too, but i still do cause its so much funnn!!!
I love to bake adventurous cookies, but my household likes to eat the classics.
I’m slowly but surely getting more adventurous with my cookie baking. Last week I made royal icing for the first time!
I would definitely like to try my hand at adventurous cookie baking! I’ve stuck to cakes so far, but I think with that cute book, who could resist??
I make & taste! What a cool book!
The cookies can be beautiful, but they must taste amazing!
I havent been so adventurous in decorating lately but in baking i def have. The book def makes me want to start decorating though :)
I love making cookies. I would rather be the baker than the taste tester. Cute hats..
Love all of the cookies in that post! Although most of my past baking adventures have revolved around cupcakes, I have recently ventured into cookie decorating as well, and love finding new, creative ideas. Thanks for the inspiration!