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 would like to say that I’m an adventurous cookie maker but some of my projects get a bit out of hand!
Your hats look amazing. Thanks for sharing.
i’m a tester, but will be more adventurous when it comes to baking later when i’m on a break from uni! those cookie hats look absolutely delicious! yummy :)
I just don’t have the patience to make beautifuly cookies with lots of detail! But I am a wonderful taste tester!
I just love these!!! They would be so cute for a little girls bday party or bakesale or I maybe could teach it to my 4-h girls. I would love to win that book!
I’m willing to try anything, as long as it tastes good even if it turns out ugly.
I like to try, but I’m no expert. :)
Happy belated Easter! These look like great cookies!! I would love to win! Thanks for the chance.
these are just the cutest things… i can’t wait to try it out over a boring weekend :)
Too bad, I’m 15 minutes too late…but I still wanted to tell you how beautiful your cookies are. I love that color of blue (ocean blue or whatever it is).
beautiful!
Wow, those cookies are increadible! I would love to have a copy of this book just to see the beautiful pictures
I love to be creative when making cookies!!! This book is so cute! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
I am an adventurous cookie maker but also the #1 contents cookie tester! =P Perks of being the baker is that you get first dibs!
This book looks great… I can’t wait to start baking those cookies!
These are GORGEOUS!!!! I would love to try my hand (literally, since I only have one) at them! Great giveaway!!!!
These cookies are absolutely adorable! I love all of the cute ideas you come up with!
Oh, how CUTE!!!! :D NEED a bigger oven…
WOW!!! You realy know how to tease someone!!
Those are all fantastic! I am a taste tester with an adventurous baker inside dying to get out!
Those are so cute! I love them!
I’m a fairly adventurous cookie maker…but my cookies never look this good! :)
I would love to win!! Such CUTE ideas! So much fun to be had!
love it!!! I just made some ice cream cone cookies with royal icing for work . they were a hit. I would love some new inspirations and so would my co workers!
I used to work with a woman who was so creative with cookies. We always encouraged her to start her own cookie company. I’ve tried to do it, but I am so not talented like that. Maybe a book would help!
I would love this book! I try to be a baker and a taster! Then you get the best of both worlds.
I LOVE miniatures! These cookies are amazing! I don’t know what I’d do when faced with one – probably sit there and stare slack-jawed at it for an indeterminate period of time and MAYBE taste it. I’m sure they are as tasty as they are beautiful!
The macaroons are fab! I love little food! Just wish they didn’t have all those… yeah. Won’t say it! But in most other cases I’m a taste tester who aspires to be an inspirational decorator!
I do prefer making cupcakes more than cookies, but a few weeks ago I made some cute bunny cookies! I would love to win this book so I could practice making more cookies.
I want to be an adventurous cookie maker so bad!! Unfortunately, I am still mostly a cookie taster, but some day… Some day…
I like messing around with royal icing and shortbread. I wish I was more adventurous but so far I’m not. Perhaps when I have some more time on my hands!
Love cake decorating – would love to see this book and try my hand at some of these beauties!
OMG!!! the are lovely…….. i wish i could have the book! ]
Keep on the good work
im happy you are feeling better now
Too cute! Yours may not have looked exactly like the book, but I bet they were easier. I’m all for the easy way!!
Cute cookies! Sounds like a neat book
I am an adventurous baker and taster. would love that book then I could be more adventurous
I adore trying to make all different types of cookies/cakes/cupcakes. I am definitely an adventurous baker!
I am trying to become an adventurous baker!!! I hope to be a stay-at-home mom in the next few years, and I’d love to have a small specialty baking business on the side! I am beginning to experiment with new adventures in baking now! This cookbook would be a huge blessing!
I am way too impatient to decorate like that, so guess I will just go with the tasting!!
More of a content taste tester. I’m not sure I have the patience to do all the fancy things…
I love playing around with cookies! Definitely getting more adventurous.
Cookie taster!!! Although I do make them on occasion…
content taste tester. I aspire to make such cookies, but find I never have the time. Cakes are much easier that individual cookies.
I’m a more adventurous cookie baker. Made Easter cookie pops this weekend and used all my old bunny planters from plants past (R.I.P) with flower foam to display them in, they came out cute! I love your hats, I think I just might do them for Mother’s Day! Oh, and I’ve also taken over the dining room with all my decorating and baking stuff, I outgrew the kitchen! We never ate there anyways…
I would LIKE to be an adventurous cookie maker…but I just kind of fail at everything I try to make (especially icing!)
Love the cute cookies, but if they don’t taste great then what’s the point?
I would love to be an adventurous cookie maker, but right now with 2 little ones at home, I will stick to taster!
These cookies are sooooooo pretty. They would make an excellent shower treat. My son is thinking of getting married and it would be a benefit if I had this book long before the shower so I could see if it would even be possible for me to make these. What a great challenge!
I would love to peruse through that book!!
Just recently have I moved from taste tester to cookie novice. I’d love to experiment more and I think this book may give me some great ideas!
Who doesnt love tasting cookies!?? I love being inspired by whats in season and turning them into cookies! This book looks sooo adorable and I would love to try the beautiful butterflies…they are amazing!!!
I hope to someday be an adventurous cookie maker…right now, just trying to “master” the basics :-)
I’d like to see that book flying to Spain, where I live, to help me to make wonderful cookies… I realy like to bake them… I cross my fingers…
I love baking, but decorating is another story. It doesn’t help that cookies rarely get passed the dough form in our house though.
I am an adventurous cookie baker!
i love making cookies, but i’m not all that adventurous, so i probably fall under content taste tester
Adventurous cookie maker!!
Totally a test taster!
i love to bake cookies and try new recipes :)
I like to make cookies, but they never turn out as cute or pretty as the picture. Therefore I am mostly a taste tester, especially since my kids are now old enough they want to “help.” :)
Miami slurp jajajaja ~ total lack of inspiration *sorry*
Have a lovely day :)
Totally not adventurous – I have an old standby shortbread recipe that doesn’t taste great but ALWAYS looks gorgeous. Boring, I know. But you can do a chocolate variation with it which is nice. Those hats are too cute but I really want to try the wedding cake cookies.
I would definitely love to try these cookies. I LOVE trying to bake new kinds of cookies. I may be asking for this book for my birthday!
I do make cookies, but much prefer to be the tester, especially if it’s my Grandmother baking :0)
Adventurous for sure. My husband calls the kitchen “The Engine Room” and stays clear until samples are available!
I’m definitely an adventurous experimenter when it comes to baking — right down to impromptu substitutions or freehand-cutting when I don’t have a specialized tool for a job. I can only imagine all the fantastic ideas that book might inspire!
I’m definitely a taster. Still trying to make a foray into being adventurous. My husband and sons really don’t care what it looks like as long as it tastes good!
Hugs,
Jamie
I LOVE this! I always love trying new cookie recipes and decorating is the best part : )
This book looks amazing! I experiment cute-ness with cupcakes but I think I need to take a stab at cookies!!
Just in the knock of time on getting this comment in! Thanks for the great post and pointing us towards a great cookie book. Can’t wait until your little masterpiece is finished too!
I’m a taster, but love to bake. I’m slowly learning more and more, although I’m not this creative just yet.
Oh pick me! I love to make fun cookies, I like to eat them too!
i love baking, but i am much more of a content taste tester for sure!!
I’m mostly a cookie taster, but am hoping to hone my cookie baking skills this summer!
I love to be adventurous, but my cookies are never as pretty as yours are!
Would love to try them.
My kids loved to make fun creative things!! It would be fun to try some of the recipes with them!!
Definitely a taste tester!! :)
I am a tester and a baker.
I do a “Gluten Free” Test Kitchen for my daughter and my niece (who is GF) and 3 of their friends from pre-K. We’ve made lots of fun cookies that are OK for my niece. We’ve use some Tartelette recipes and some of your decorating ideas. So, thanks!
Omg! Those hats are adorable! You could make matching top hats and have yourself a little tea party!
Ooh how I love your blog! I’m a big fan of your blog and of doing my best to make different/more adventurous looking baked goods. There’s nothing better than hearing, “How’d you do that?” I must say, you inspire to want to make my baked goods asthetically pleasing!
I love baking anything!! Better if it is a dessert :)
I have never really been much of a cookie baker. I stick to cupcakes mostly- but these just might get me baking cookies!
I am definitely an adventurous baker!! These hats would be great for Mother’s Day!!!
I like to think of myself as a little bit of both… It all depends on my mood, really. And time of the year. Or month for that matter.
As of lately, I’ve been a bit more of a CTT though, and I’m loving it. ;)
Those are the cutest cookies! I love the idea of using the hats as a Mothers Day treat…I am going to have to try them this year. The wedding cake cookies in the book would be a great bridal shower favor or wedding favor, and I have a few friends getting married soon!
I am a content taster however I would love to be an adventerous cookie maker. I’ve tried in the past but get impatient however this cook book looks like it could be a great inspiration for me!
LOVE to bake cookies and I would LOVE to try these hats out for secretaries day…what fun!!
adventurous cookie maker! This book would help me a lot!
Thanks!!
Those cookies look awesome! I dont know if a beginner baker like myself would be able to pull those off but fingers crossed!!
I’m all in for the adventure! i love baking cookies and decorating them.
I love to make cookies, nd this books looks amazing!!!!, U did such a good job with the hat one!!! very good at improvising!!!!
How fun! I’m pretty adventurous. I especially like putting cookies on sticks, but mostly because I think anything on a stick tastes better. Really.
those cookies are absolutely adorable! as the title of my website states: a mom not a pro, so the likely hood of my cookies like Cookie Swap is not likely but I still like to play in the kitchen! let’s see if i am a lucky winner, not very good at these things.
I’m not an adventurous cookie maker yet, but I would like to be someday !
Adventurous, I love trying new cookie recipes and especially new ways of decorating cookies and brightening peoples lives with baked goods – esp. cookies!!! As far as tasting, I like to eat cookies in their pre-baked form, so I guess I am an adventurous taste tester, too : )
I am definitely all about adventure! Your website inspires me!
I am about to set sail with sailboat cookies this week to see how I can make them the best looking sailboats ever!
Learning to be an adventurous cookie maker. I need that book.
I’m an adventurous cookie maker and have had my eye on that book for a while :)
I would soooo love this book!!!! I love making cakes and cookies and this would definitely get my adventurous cookie making juices flowing!!!!
I have a one year old who frequently likes to play beneath my feet when momma’s in the kitchen, so that in itself I think qualifies me as an adventurous baker in the event that I get a chance to bake. I normally just go for a basic cookie but every now and then I like to get creative.
I’m all for the adventure! And then testing them out! ;) We had cake balls this Easter – they were a hit!!
I’m an adventurous cookie maker. My co-workers are thankful for my cookie fetish.
Sometimes I break from my comfort zone whether it be in life or in cookie baking. But my sister-in-law to be wants some serious cookie action happening at her wedding so I’d love to have this book for ideas!
i am just now learning how to be a baker. my mother is an amazing baker so i was seriously spoiled while growing up. now on my own, with my italian husband, i’ve mastered the basics but am striving to learn more fun things, like tricky icing cookies and fondant. so i think i need a flower punch for fondant. my husband will groan at yet another kitchen utensil :)
I love making ginger bread people and tried making fancy valentine hearts. I can’t wait till my daughter is older so we can decorate cookies for all seasons together. There are so many fun things you can do with decorated cookies. Oh, yeah yum, yum!
Definitely adventurous! Love it!!
My wifey would die for this cookie recipes. Love ’em
all for adventure with cookies, cakes, cupcakes, breakfast lunch & dinner! you name it i’ll try and make it! love the bonnets!
I love to make crazy cookies!! I never do anything halfway :)
I am a cookie monster as well as my husband. I gotta have this book!
I love to bake and am definitely an adventurous baker, but I also love to eat and am more than content be a taste tester!
Since I’ve been to your site I’ve pretty much tried it all! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talent. I’m always up for a lil’ Bakerella Adventure! I’m not a taste tester so I’m always leaving that to my 2 girls!
I love all of them!
Oh, I’m definitely an adventurous cookie maker and decorator. I love baking and decorating and sharing with my office regularly :)
I’m definitely the adventurous type when it comes to baking! I love making art that’s edible!
I am completely up for trying new things. Your Cake Pops have givem me alot of courage with baking.
Enter me please! This book looks fab and I really want to make those hats.
I must make those lemons and watermelons. Too cute
I never knew cookies could be so gorgeous! I guess this will have to be my next experiment…
I will try anything once, but usually I always look for shortcuts to make things go faster. I always want to get the the end result!!
I love the colors you chose for the hats! Fondant gives any cookie such a great look. Glad that you are feeling better!
I love how beautiful you made those cookies! They are just way too beautiful to eat! The colors and the decorating are just the perfect addition to a shower, birthday, etc…
I like making cookies, but haven’t ventured into the fancy-decorating realm yet.
I love to be both! This looks like a great book
I am most certainly an adventurous cookie maker, even though my kitchen is about as tiny as they get, it doesn’t stop me from trying everything new. My twins love to help me bake every chance they get and are always wanting to make things for their friends and teachers. They are also the taste testers!!!
I am an adventurous cookie baker (when I have the time), but I also enjoy baking the simple stuff with my girls (ages 4 and 8)… and we have PLENTY of taste-testers!
I am an awesome cookie adventurer….my sisters and I made a ton of cookies for easter that the family loved! would love the book to get more ideas!
Not adventurous but i will be making cookies as my wedding favors!
I’m from Argentina and I love to eat cookie, but when they look so cute eating it makes me sad. And in Argentina there is no such original cookie
I tend to start out with adventurous aspirations, but then I inevitably end up making something basic, like chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies. But I’m always happy to act as a taste-tester!
I’m a blossoming adventurous cookie maker but will always be a cookie taste tester! I’ve had my eye on the Cookie Swap book for some time now. I think it’s time I buy it!
Seriously into adventure but also love the results. My daughter and I love your website – I call her Bakerella, Jr.
LOVE those cookies. I think I’m brave – with all my cookie cutters and icing styles. I’ve attempted many cookies, and could use some more inspiration!
What I really love to do is READ cookbooks. And look at the pretty pictures. So I guess that makes me a content taste tester! I kind of collect cookbooks for this reason :)
Cookie MAKER for sure! Would love to try some of these ideas. Thanks for sharing!!
I’m a wannabe adventurous cookie maker (I’ve already got the adventurous cake pop maker bug!), and always a taste tester! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the peeks at the book – and can’t wait for yours!
All I want to do is win that book and then I can become an adventurous cookie maker.. then become a content taste tester of my own cookies!!!!
Adventurer @ baking & a Mighty test taster along the way ;)
I’m usually more the content taste tester but I would love to be creative!
Woow les biscuits sont vraiment magnifiques !!!! ( those are realy cute !!! I can wait to try them !! )
Please enter me! Thank you!!
Content Taste Tester for sure. No doubt about it. =]
I am a content cookie taster…although I’ve been known to bake a cookie or two. Great cookie ideas!
I love trying new cookie idea!! I also love eating them up when I’m done!
I’m a content taste tester! But I have days of adventurous cookie maker. Love the book!!!
Gorgeous cookies! I’m the adventurous cookie maker and baker. I’ve tried my hand at the lemon cookies already (as lemon lollipop cookies)-very cute. Hope you had a wonderful Easter. BTW, love the easter bonnets.
oh so adventerous and I don’t even mind making a big mess!
Oh my! I love baking cookies from scratch without a recipe, but I never make anything that pretty. Tasty drop cookies are more my specialty. I’d love to get a copy of that book for inspiring baking ideas!
hmm… I think being a taste tester is the best job yet.
I am absolutely a content taster. Someday I may get a little more adventurous with my cookie cooking, but for now I’m happy to admire and eat!
adventurous cookie baker here. but mostly they look nothing like the pictures. :/ but i try, i do try!
I would have to say that I love both!
The Adventerous Cookie Maker must own that book. :D
Adventurous Cookie Maker!!!! But Tasting along the way is the best part!!!
Ready to take on the adventure of making these cookies!
Dagnabbit! I want that book but the chances are 1 in 2,836.. so far.. people will go crazy for that book! (including me!)
What adorable hats! I love easter bonnets – so cute. Too bad we only see them once a year! Thanks for the chance to win the cookie book.
Trying to be an adventurous cookie maker, which my family loves because by default it makes them the content tasters!
I’m an adventurous cookie maker who doesn’t eat her baked goods!
Can I be both!! I love to be the “cookie maker” AND the “taste tester”! :)
I am adventurous….I love cookies I’ve never tasted before, or new methods!
Love!! I wanna make the wedding cake cookies!
I would say I am more of a content taster then an adventurous cookie maker. However, my best friend is definately an adventurous cookie maker and I would love to give her this book as a gift. (so that I could taste her creations =)
I love baking cookies! My friend and I bake almost every time we get together. We love making your creations. I made my first cakepop with her. I am definetly a cookie maker!
I just got my kitchen remodeled and am ready for adventurous cookies!!
I don’t own a book about cookies. =( I would really want to be an adventerous cookie maker if I had that book.
the cookie book is too cute! Please let me be the winner :D :D
I just got my kitchen remodeled and am ready for adventurous cookies!!!
I love baking and I definitely love eating them!!
I am becoming a new cookie adventure seeking cook! I love cookies and really want to experiment with new and exciting designs!!!
Super cute! You are sooooo talented!
I love making new things! Haven’t gotten the chance with cookies lately.
On a side note, I made the chocolate peanut butter cake you have on the site over the weekend and it was a giant hit at our cookout. =)
Love the pictures of these cookies! I love baking and decorating cookies and am always looking for new ideas!
I love a good baking adventure! I’m not a perfectionist, so I run into some snags here and there, but it’s fun trying!!
I’m more of a taster.. all I want to do IS to taste them!!
I’m always trying to find neat and creative ideas for my girls’ birthday parties and some of these would be great!
Please…please…PLEASE!…let ME have the book! I’ve bought so many books my husband won’t let me buy any more. :(
I am a very adventurous baker! Ive tried recipes and designs that dont always come out all that wonderful but I love to try almost anything!
Cookies are a must for me.. so I MUST say I’m a taste tester and an adventerous cookie maker. You can’t go wrong with both!
I am the leader of a chapter of Ladies of Harley (LOH) and as such I am always baking treats for our meetings. My sidekick and I are always searching for fun recipes. These cookies sure would fit the bill!!!!
OH MY GOODNESS! How adorable are these cookies! Would love love love a copy of this book! Hope you had a fantastic Easter!
Those look great, I’ve made similar watermelon and orange cookies before. They weren’t very yummy though. I’d love to try a new recipe
So very cute!!!!
I loooooooovvvvveeeee cookies, since I was little I’ve bake cookies…just because, and I may say that I have a few original recipies my self. But I love to test and my family loves to juge. So we help each other out.
I’m a budding baker with my mother’s baking touch, and would absolutely love to make some of these, or at least look at them. *Wanting*
wow… I didn’t know those lemons were cookies! I would really would love to try them out.
I’m the adventurous cookie maker and the “significant other” is the content taste tester!
I’m always up for a little adventure- the bigger, the better!! I would LOVE to make these!
I’m usually just a cookie tester because I never realized how many cute shapes and things you can do with cookies and usually just stick with cupcakes. However, this book looks great!
I try, & long to be, an adventurous baker…….however, many of my projects look like a Kindergartner’s playdoh project……. :)
Definantly adventurous!
Flavours, sizes, shapes, you name it!
Hope your alright now Bakerella and had a fab Easter :)
definitely a adventurous cookie maker, but I also love to eat, greetings!!!
I would have to say that I am both! Who doesnt love to test taste cookies… and it is so fun to create your own! I love getting inspired by the seasonal ingredients and turning it into a cookie! Those butterfly cookies look amazing! I may have to buy the book just to learn how to make such a beautiful cookie :)
I love cookies!!!
I strive to be an adventurous cookie maker, but I need to work on my patience first!…maybe I will try to be one for these awesome hats…I actually have a Derbie Party to go to and I know these would be a huge hit….so for now, a taster but longing to be a maker!
As much as I love making new cookies, I love eating them more!
definitely a contented taster. Always have been. And I think its the best job out there.
I love to make and decorate cookies and of course eat them too. I don’t get the chance to make them as often as I would like. Winning this book would give me a lot of new designs to work on. Thanks for the chance.
I’m both… an adventurous cookie maker & a content taste tester.
I love to Bake & decorate all kinds of fancy cookies.
Plain and simple to say “I love to bake !!!”
I will try new recipes every chance I get plusI look for things to taste in stores …parties…bake sales …anywhere I can.
Both my children, now in there 20’s, had theme parties every year for birthdays and any occasion I could sneak one in. They always consisted of cookies & cakes to match the theme.
I still bake new items for their office parties… just because I like to bake.
This book is awesome…. just my style !!!!!!! I would be honored to win it.
Fabulous fabulous fabulous!!
More of a taster now because of grad school, but I love to bake when I have the time!