Hey guys, it's Ro.
Mother's Day is coming up, so I just wanted to make a
fun gift idea video.
This gift is something I'm going to be making for my mom this year.
So mom, if you're watching this video,
you stop right now! Not only stop, but don't look at the thumbnail photo, don't read the description,
just stay off the internet this week 'cause I want to surprise you!
A couple years ago, I surprised my mom with a
cupcake bouquet for Mother's Day, and she absolutely loved it.
So this year, I wanted to make her a daisy cookie bouquet,
and that's what we're going to be doing today.
Also, a big thank you to Wilton for supporting and
collaborating with me to make this video possible.
They were so sweet―they sent me this set of cookie cutters
and it was perfect because it had the daisy one that I wanted.
You can buy these cookie cutters at Michael's Craft Stores.
So let's get started!
The things you'll need to make these daisy cookies will be:
3 cups of all-purpose flour, 1½ cups of sugar,
2 eggs, ¾ cup of almond meal,
1 cup of butter at room temperature,
½ teaspoon of almond extract,
1½ teaspoons of vanilla extract,
½ teaspoon of freshly ground nutmeg,
½ teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
Then, the things that you'll need to decorate the cookies will be:
A flower-shaped cookie cutter, a scalloped square cookie cutter―
―both of these are in the Wilton cookie cutter set that I'm using.
Yellow sanding sugar, pink royal icing fitted with a #2 tip,
white royal icing fitted with a #3 tip,
yellow royal icing fitted with a #3 tip,
a black food pen or―if you have a steady decorating hand―
―I'm gonna be using black royal icing fitted with a #2 tip.
Four long lollipop sticks and three short lollipop sticks,
a styrofoam ball, a flower pot, some pink ribbon,
and some decorative tissue paper.
I'll be using the vanilla almond sugar cookie recipe
from the Nerdy Nummies Cookbook. This recipe is phenomenal
if you're making sugar cookies that you want to hold a certain shape.
And, we do today. We want them to look like little daisies.
Start by mixing your dry ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Flour, almond meal, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
Whisk together until well combined and set off to the side.
Now, in a large mixing bowl,
cream together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Mix in your eggs one at a time
to add one egg, mix it up,
add the second egg, mix it up and scrape down the sides,
then add your extracts―vanilla and almond―
and mix it up one more time.
We've got our wet ingredients, our dry ingredients,
and now add all of the dry ingredients into the wet
and mix together at a low speed until well combined.
Our dough is all mixed up and ready to chill,
but before we do, we've got to divide it in half.
I'll be doing this with a spatula and eyeballing it.
Place it on top a food-safe plastic wrap
and wrap it up tight.
Then, pop these in the fridge for about an hour to chill.
You can leave them in the fridge from an hour to 24 hours.
So, if you want to make your dough and hour in advance, you can do that.
After your dough has chilled, we're gonna roll it out,
but first we're gonna do a little baking flair.
Let's open it up, and let 'er rip!
[gasps] I did it!
Ah, this is too fun!
Take a pinch of flour, sprinkle it on top of your work surface
so that the dough won't stick.
Now add a little flour on the rolling pin.
Make it rain, make it rain, make it rain.
Roll out the dough a little thicker than a quarter-inch.
This will be a little bit thicker than I normally roll out my cookies
because we want to leave room for the lollipop to make a cookie pop.
The dough is all rolled out. Now, it's time to cut out our cookies.
I'll be using the daisy-shaped cookie cutter,
cutting out six of these for the bouquet
and one square for a special message.
I'm gonna write "Happy Mother's Day". Aww!
Cookies are almost ready to bake, but first we have to add our lollipop sticks.
We'll be using four long and three short.
I'm gonna start with the long.
Gently lift up your cookie, place the lollipop stick underneath,
and gently press down.
The last long one goes on the square cookie.
Then, the remaining three flowers get the short sticks.
Cookies are ready, but before I pop them in the oven,
I'm gonna put these in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to chill.
This will help them keep their shape while they're baking.
After 10 minutes, pop them in your oven at 350 degrees
and bake for about 12 minutes.
Once your cookies have baked and had plenty of time to cool,
it's time for my favorite part. It's time to eat them all!
Just kidding! [giggles]
It's time to decorate.
But for serious, make sure your cookies are cool before you start icing.
Otherwise, your icing will melt on top of the cookie and we don't want that.
I'll be decorating the flower cookies to look like daisies because
that's my mom's favorite flower.
But, I'm gonna be making a second video over on Wilton's channel.
I'll put a link down below. It will be a video showing you how to make a couple different flowers
using the same cookie cutter that I'm using today.
First step to decorating is outlining all of the cookies.
I'm outlining the cookies with white royal icing with a #2 tip.
After you've got all of your cookies outlined, leave them out for a few minutes to dry.
Then, we'll flood!
I like to just start start at an end, make a bunch of zig-zags,
and the outline that we previously made
will help hold in all of the new royal icing.
And, let the cookies set out again to dry and harden
before we add some more decoration details.
To give our daisies a little bit more definition, I'll be piping some details on top.
I like to pipe a dot at the center of the cookie as a guide.
Then, pipe each petal from the center,
Make a little loop, go all the way to the edge and back.
Then, work your way all the way around the cookie.
I've let the cookies set out for a few minutes again to dry.
You want all of the details to be dry before you do this next part
because I'm gonna be using sanding sugar.
To make your flowers look like daisies, take the yellow icing
and pipe a dot in the center.
Then, right away, take a little scoop of sanding sugar.
This part is totally optional but I love it. Sprinkle it on top.
Then, gently pick up your cookie and flip them over,
letting the excess sugar drip away.
So cute! Ahh! So cute, I love it!
Now, it's time to pipe the Mother's Day message on the square cookie.
We have two options.
Option one: you can use a food writer pen. These are edible.
But, if you're going to use these, I really need to warn you.
You want your icing to completely set.
It's a little bit different than just bring dry to the touch.
You really want the icing to harden.
You might want to leave it out for a few hours.
Otherwise, it will crack your icing. You don't want that.
The second option to decorate a little message on the top
is just some black royal icing in a piping bag with a #2 tip.
I decided on black royal icing 'cause I want to freehand it.
I'm gonna start at the top and pipe, "Happy"
and at the widest part, "Mother's" and at the bottom, "Day".
Now, using the pink royal icing,
I'm gonna add some details around the corners.
Have fun with it! You can do whatever kind of designs you want.
Now, time to assemble our flower pot bouquet.
First, get two sheets of green tissue paper.
I'm lying them flat down and then staggering them.
Then, gather from the center―
like this
―and place it in the center of the pot.
Once you have it in place, place your styrofoam ball.
Don't want it to move!
There we go!
Now, cut a piece of ribbon,
wrap it around your flower pot,
and tie a bow.
Final step: position all of your cookie pops into the styrofoam ball
to look like a bouquet.
[singsong] ♪ Ta-da! ♪
And, there you have it! Here is the cookie flower bouquet that we made.
I really love this DIY gift for Mother's Day
because it's fun, it's easy, and customizable.
I decorated my bouquet to look like daisies because that's my mom's favorite flower.
But, I made a second video over on Wilton's channel.
I'll put a link down below where I show you how to make a few different flowers
using the same cookie cutter.
Multiple designs; go check it out over on Wilton.
I'll put the link down below.
And, I'll also be posting a bunch of pictures and the cookie recipe on:
RosannaPansino.com, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
You can check it out there. And, if you guys make a cookie bouquet,
please take a picture and send it to me. I love seeing your baking creations.
It just makes me happy! It makes my day.
Thanks for watching, you guys! I hope you enjoyed
the DIY Mother's Day gift idea. Buh-bye!