Rose Cookie Tutorial

These sweet little Rose Cookies are so fun and easy to do, and I am so excited to finally be sharing the recipe with you!

I used my favorite Sugar Cookie recipe but with some adjustments.

Amanda's Amazing Sugar Cookies

• 1-½ cup Butter (I Use Unsalted)
• 2 cups Sugar
• 3 whole Eggs
• 4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 2 teaspoons Almond Extract
• 4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda

 

In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined, about 2 minutes.

Add in 3 eggs one at a time and mix until combined.

Add in vanilla and almond extract; mix until combined.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder, and baking soda. Slowly (about a cup at a time) add flour to butter mixture and combine. You can use a mixer or not, just depends on how strong you are.

I usually just mix ingredients until they are combined, as I have heard that if you over-mix this dough it will get tough.

Put dough in some Saran wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. When you are ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out, cut out cookies, and bake for 6-8 minutes.

I added baking soda to help keep the cookie soft.  When both baking powder and baking soda are in a recipe, the baking powder does most of the leavening while the baking soda mostly adds tenderness. 

Frosting Recipe:

4 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 cup shortening
5 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
food coloring (optional)

In a large bowl cream together the confectioners sugar and shortening until smooth. Mix in the milk and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and stiff, about 5 minutes. Add food coloring if desired.

 

I also added a thin layer of my glaze icing to the cookie prior to adding the rose. 

 

I wanted to do things that way for two reasons:

1. The combination of the frosting and cookies is so sweet I needed a little depth of flavor to the cookie.

2. I needed to keep the cookie moist because they need a good 24-48 to dry to stack-able stage.

 

I found these cookies to be even more delicious on day three. 

Day four was the best!

Just in case anyone asks, I used a 1M tip to make the frosting roses. 

Just start in the center and make a swoop once around.

For even more detailed instructions check out this post.

Then package them up and share them with someone you love!

 

Comments

[redraven]

O MY CUPCAKES!!!
Share these with someone you love, not...just kiddin. I share all of my inspiring recipes such as this flowery one. I can smell the roses now...blessings, redraven

[Possible baker]

Beautiful so beautiful! I honestly don't think I've seen a prettier cookie:) http://allpossiblethings.typepad.com/possible_baker/2011/05/blessing-cake.html
Thanks for sharing!!

[Kelly]

They look beautiful AND delicious!! Can't wait to make some myself! : )

[Karly]

These are so simple and pretty looking. Absolutely love them.

[grace]

everything's better with frosting, even more so with colorful, flower-shaped frosting!

[Erica B.]

I really like the picture of the mixed colors.

[Nicole Drnek]

Just made these cookies for a bake sale for our Relay for Life team. They were a HIT!! Best Sellers!! Also delicious and easy.

[Julie M ~ The Little Red Shop]

Beautiful! Thank you!

: )

Julie M.

[Lynae]

Amanda, how did you get such a brilliant blue frosting? I made these tonight for the first time and my blue is quite muted.

[emily]

such a gorgeous idea! I would love to try this! thank you so much for sharing x

[Allie]

i love love LOVE everything you make! just a question: how do you make your cookies all the same size? mine always tend to spread out so that the cookies wind up looking fat & distorted. :( if you could help me out & give me some tips or tricks, i would really appreciate it. thanks! :)

[Esef]

My sweetness! Your Rose Cookies reminded me of a local mass produced tiny winy biscuits called Iced Gems that I haven't eaten for since I was 6 years old! It's still been sold in biscuit shops.

I preferred yours anytime! Thank you for sharing the recipe ideas and gorgeous colors (way much, much better than the Iced Gems biscuits available in my country!)

[cheryl]

Same question as Karen,

Do the cookies stay in or out of the fridge when you are letting the icing dry. Seems they'd soften in the fridge. Please let me know.

thanks!

[Michelle]

I am definitely going to give these a go!! Thank you!!

Michelle
www.kissedbysweets.com

[deva]

i've gotten a lot of mileage off of the rose technique. why didn't i think of using it for a cookie. love you, baker gal!

[Lindsay]

These are beautiful! However, I tried to make the dough twice but both times it was very sticky and I could not roll it out no matter how long I left it in the refrigerator. trying to cut out shapes was impossible - I ended up just rolling them into balls by hand and flatting slightly. I did everything to your specifications - where could I have gone wrong?

[Jennie C.]

Help! I'm making these for my sister's wedding next week. Totally trusting your expertise, no trial run (I have good baking fu). Anyhow, can you tell me the size of the cookies? I want the proportion of swirl and cookie to look the same. I'll be using the same tip.

[Jennie C.]

OMGosh - I also need to know how many it makes. Pretty please ... with a frosting rose on top. :)

[Miss Cuisine]

A pretty good recipe. I am impressed with the beautiful results, congratulations. I put forward on my French blog with a link to this article.

[Vanita]

Oooh, did you see this? http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/09/30/cute-kawaii-stuff-epicute-rainbow-roses/