Nothing says weekend more then relaxing on a comfy chair under an umbrella on a hot summer day with a refreshing cocktail. When we started brainstorming ideas for summer cookie sets, we were inspired by a photo of some pink, light turquoise and teal umbrellas. We thought about how we love to spend down time reading under the shade of an umbrella. It doesn’t matter if we are at the beach, lake, pool or backyard as long as there is a cozy chair to curl up in, we can read for hours. Add a cocktail to the mix and you have the perfect day! Get into your weekend vibes by making this fun cookie set.
Royal icing recipe in white, grey, pink, light turquoise, and teal
Cookie cutters – rectangle, circle, front angle bus, hurricane glass, and margarita glass
Grey edible marker
White dragée
Steps to make plaque cookie
Begin by outlining a rectangle for the weekend vibes cookies.
Next, fill the rectangle with flood consistency icing.
After the icing has set, pipe a curved line and words on rectangle.
Finish cookie by adding dots in alternating colors to bring a pop of fun to the cookie.
Steps to make umbrella cookies
To make the sun umbrella, start by piping a plus sign in the middle of a large round cookie, then pipe two more lines to divide each section in half. Next, pipe a reversed curve shape on every other section.
Fill these sections with a white flood consistency icing and set aside to set before moving on.
Add colored sections to the umbrella by piping a reverse curve shape on each of the remaining sections in alternating colors and fill. Allow time for the icing to set.
Add wind vent detail to the center of the umbrella that mimics the larger umbrella pieces in the same manner. Finish of with a dragée in the center.
Steps the make Adirondack chair cookies
Mike from Semi Sweet did a wonderful tutorial on making Adirondack chair cookies a few years back and we used his template for our design. We downloaded his template and displayed it on the PICO as a guideline.
Using the template as a guide, pipe sections of the Adirondack chair that do not touch each other first.
After icing has set, add additional sections of the chair around the arms and seat areas and set aside to set.
Next, fill in areas of armrests to complete the chair and allow to dry.
Once icing is dry, draw wood grain pattern on each section using an edible marker.
Can’t you imagine read for hours in one of these colorful chairs?
Steps to make frozen drink cookies
To make a frozen cocktail cookie, begin by outlining a hurricane shape, leaving space for a straw near the top.
Next, pipe a straw at the top and fill the bottom of the stemware with a flood consistency icing.
Fill the inside of the cocktail glass with two different shades of icing putting the darker shade on the bottom, giving it the effect of a frozen beverage.
Finally, pipe an oval at the rim of the glass and at the top of the liquid to give the glass volume.
Steps to make a straight-up cocktail
To begin, pipe the outline of a margarita glass cookie, leaving the top rim blank and set aside to dry.
Next, pipe an elongated oval for the top rim and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Brush away any stray sanding sugar form the cookie.
Fill the cocktail glass with a pink flood consistency icing.
Finish off the straight-up cocktail cookie by filling the stem of the glass with flood consistency icing.
How do you like your cocktails – frozen, on the rocks , or straight-up?
Watch this video to see how the complete set was made:
