Any ladies that bake out there?

Original post by GrkItalWedding

May 19, 2006 03:49 PM

Hello Ladies,

I am trying to think of what I can give out as little edible thank you favors (aside from chocolate lollipops, since they are so common), that I could actually make myself at home and not have to purchase.

I thought about the large gourmet cookies with decorative icing on them, but I would have to buy them since I have no talent to make them.

Any other ideas?

TIA.

GrkItalWedding Posted: May 19, 2006 05:00 PM

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Posted by daisy44lc

I am going to make wedding cake cookies for my out of town guests. I'll use sugar cookies in three different sizes and stack them (two of each size) with icing in the middle and those edible silver balls on the edges.

sounds very nice. you should check out the link i posted before of Martha's sugar cookies to see their presentation. they look really nice!

shelby34 Posted: May 19, 2006 05:39 PM

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I had my last day at work today and one of the kid's moms gave me a french vanilla pound cake wrapped with a ribbon and placed in a UNC basketball cup (I am a big UNC fan). You could do the same and put them in a nice mug or something like that.

tonimike Posted: May 19, 2006 06:16 PM

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You could do choc dipped pretzles, u roll them in sprinkles, wrap em up , they sel them at sacks for likr $5 a pices,,

anglbyme Posted: May 19, 2006 09:28 PM

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You could do chocolate covered spoons.You use nice plastic ones in a color (not cheap white ones) I did it for a sale once with my job. We had gold spoons with different flavored chocolatefor each one. You dip the spoon into the chocolate let it cool in frig then we used the clear lolipop bags and ribbon to tie it closed the handlesticks out. ????? They looked like something you'd buy at starbucks andyou can stur them in hotchocolate or coffee??

BRod-Cheng Posted: May 20, 2006 09:45 AM

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I got a nice cupcake once. It was a nice little snack the next morning.

06NovBride Posted: May 20, 2006 10:27 AM

Re: Any ladies that bake out there?

Posted by GrkItalWedding

Posted by KandE917

Posted by Suzannebride

Who doesn't love brownies! But really it is all in the packaging. Even if you make cookies that don't look so great, once you put it in a cute box or bag with a bow it will look great! And I am a big fan of bar cookies beacuse they are easy to make in bulk.

Great idea with the brownies! So easy to just make! I believe Martha Stewart's mag had a brownie favor in it recently. You use round cookie cutters to cut out circles...you would use like a large, medium and small...and stack them like a wedding cake - sprinkle with powdered sugar and wrap in clear cellophane! Looks like a choc mini wedding cake!

I'm thinking of doing this myself maybe. Otherwise I am making mini pumpkin bread loafs...I make a delish pumpkin bread from scratch and my wedding is over Thanksgiving weekend!!! It would be a lot of baking though so I have to really think about it.

Here is a link to the picture....she gives a recipe to make from scratch but I personally would just use a box...boxed brownies are so delish!
Martha Stewart Mini Brownie Wedding Cakes

That is soooooooooooo cute!!! Thanks for the idea!!!

But how would the 3 layers stay in place if I made that and wrapped it in cellophane? Maybe insert a toothpick in it from the bottom?

Instead of a toothpick you could just get a couple of tubs of chocolate icing and put it in between the layers to make them stick together.....or melt some chocolate and put that in between the layers to make them stick together.