This past weekend I made cookies for a bridal shower. I stuck with an all white cookie because I really wanted the designs to shine through rather than vibrant colors. In the future I will be playing around with colors on these. The white turned out great– they ended up putting a cookie at each person’s seat on a black napkin so the contrast was really nice. I wish I had gotten a picture of them on the tables but oh well. I had a lot of fun making these. I baked and did majority of the flooding in Wisconsin at my apartment and then finished the detailing in Illinois at my parents house, so my mom was able to watch me and help bag the cookies. I told her that I was designing my future wedding dresses and wedding cakes and she just rolled her eyes at me. I felt like a fashion designer and cake designer all at the same time!
Heart Shaped “Bodice” Cookies
Wedding Cake Cookies (Future wedding cake is the mosaic one with the flowers!)
All packaged up! (FYI: this is my future wedding dress) – Thanks Mom and Mrs. Tunney for helping in a time crunch! 🙂
New sticker! Thanks for an awesome design Dena!
To make these cookies check out my recipe for sugar cookies and royal icing
sheila @ Elements says
June 6, 2011 at 3:50 pmWow!!! What beautiful cookies!!! You did an awesome job at decorating, and I’m sure they tasted just as good as they look! Are you doing this professionally? If not, maybe you should think about it. 🙂
Allison says
June 6, 2011 at 4:02 pmMegan!!!! These are amazing. Are you doing this as a job now? How wonderful!
Megan says
June 6, 2011 at 4:04 pm@sheila @ Elements
thanks Sheila! it means so much to hear you say that! i’m actually studying accounting but am enjoying making cookies as a job right now!
Megan says
June 6, 2011 at 4:07 pm@Allison
thanks Allison! I’m doing this as a job until I graduate and start my job as an accountant. Then later on in life, who knows? By the way, did the yoga fitness fusion video the other day.. oh my goodness. my body hurt so bad the next day but it was amazing! haha
Allison says
June 6, 2011 at 5:45 pm@Megan
me too!!!! i was sooo sore when i woke up the next day (and the next few days.. lol) but it’s worth it, right??
that is so amazing that you are able to use your passion for cooking/baking as a job! i’m trying to come up with some ways i can earn extra cash this summer that may not be a traditional job. i’m thinking of opening up an etsy shop!
when do you graduate?
Megan says
June 6, 2011 at 9:53 pm@Allison
I just graduated with my bachelors degree and now I have a year of grad school. Do an etsy account and then send me the link! I’m thinking of ding one for my cookies.
Allison says
June 6, 2011 at 10:08 pmohh okay. i still have one more year of undergrad before i go on to grad school. omg you should definitely sell your cookies on etsy!!! what a great idea 🙂
claire says
June 6, 2011 at 11:38 pmhow cute are these! i LOVE them! you have quite the skill!
Anonymous says
June 7, 2011 at 1:02 amI am so impressed! I had seen the heart ones before, but the dress shaped cookies are incredible looking! I love them! ..both the shape and your decorating! Almost too pretty to eat,,,almost
Katie says
June 7, 2011 at 5:50 pmThese really are amazing, Meg. So professional looking. Just promise me I can work as a cashier in your bakery one day. =)
Joan says
June 7, 2011 at 7:16 pmAs the taste tester, I can tell you they tasted as good as they looked. I’m not an icing person, but these were really good.
Kathleen says
June 7, 2011 at 10:33 pmThese are so lovely!
BakerbyNature says
June 8, 2011 at 1:11 amSo delicate and pretty, and tasty I bet!
Shauna says
June 8, 2011 at 4:09 amSo sweet! I love the monochromatic design–so elegant.
Amy says
June 8, 2011 at 4:33 amSheesh. These are the most beautiful sugar cookies I’ve ever seen. I want to make them for my own bridal shower! 🙂
Allison says
June 8, 2011 at 6:09 pmhahah i know i’ve been kind of scared to do the “what i ate” posts because i eat way too much frozen yogurt 😉
congratulations on foodgawker!!! OMG! can you send me the link to the page??
ps i applied to work at panera! LOL i thought you might appreciate that
Renee says
June 10, 2011 at 7:06 pmThese were from my shower! Everyone raved about how great they looked and tasted, thanks so much 🙂 You do excellent work!
Megan says
June 10, 2011 at 10:51 pm@Shauna
aww thanks Shauna!
Megan says
June 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm@Renee
Renee! I’m so glad you liked them! The room for your shower was absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for letting me be a part of such a special day 🙂
Megan says
June 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm@Kathleen
Thank you Kathleen!
Jenn says
June 11, 2011 at 1:42 amMegan, thanks for visiting my blog! These cookies are gorgeous!
Shutupanddance09 says
July 19, 2011 at 11:02 pmthese are amazing! any tips on piping?
ADashofMegnut says
July 20, 2011 at 2:10 amthanks!! as for tips.. I used a #1 tip for the detailing and a #3 for the outlines. For the detailing, I would definitely practice on parchment paper before trying it on the cookie for the first time so you can get a hang of how hard to squeeze the pastry bag and figure out good places to stop and pick up before beginning to pipe again. For the detailing I made sure my icing was stiff enough so it wouldn’t spread. The best thing about white is that if I messed up it was easy to wipe off with a towel and start again. With other colors that’s not so easy but sometimes doable. If you have any other questions feel free to let me know here or email me at adashofmegnut@gmail.com!