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Daffodil Cookie Pops

March 15, 2012 by Sarah Trivuncic 32 Comments

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The perfect spring, Mother’s Day or Easter sugarcraft baking project to make with kids. 

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A bunch of daffodils epitomises this time of year however my google searches failed to uncover any easy Daffodil Cookie Pops quite like these.

Take one basic roll out cookie dough, cut out stars, cover them with something yellow and dot something orange in the middle. Hey presto! You’ve got the perfect edible gift for mum or teacher at the end of term. It’s really as simple as that.

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I will give you several variations how to cover these daffodil cookie pops below. So long as you can find a vaguely star shaped cutter and something yellow and sticky to roll out, you can make them from items available from the smallest supermarket and without investing in any complicated equipment.

In theory, any child dextrous enough to use Play Doh can help. Whether you pin them down long enough is another matter.

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You can use the same cookie dough as my previous Hallowe’en biscuits which will make around 30 stars depending on size of cutter. Mine was about 6cm diameter. Remember smaller biscuits can burn more easily. These little stars only took 7 minutes to bake at 180c / Gas 4.

Things started well with Ted stamping out star shapes with the cookie cutter.

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But he was quickly distracted by his new game “hide loads of bags of crisps in random corners of the house”.

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After the cookies were baked and cooled, I briefly coaxed him back to roll and stamp out some crinkly orange sugar dough circles for the daffodil centres. However I must confess a raucous episode of Peppa Pig pulled him away so I finished them off whilst he was at school the next day.

I so LOVE kids baking projects you can drop what you’re doing in the middle then start again the next day! Life saver!

Despite the cooperation of my child on this occasion I can vouch this is SO easy that any non-Peppa Pig distracter three or four year old or over could help once you’ve rolled out the cookies.

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I was using these dinky cutters, as well as the main shape I imprinted triangles on the daffodils to give them a bit more shape. The stars just add a bit of impressionist character without being florally correct!

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Tall sticks made from coffee stirrers! Painted with diluted food colouring to tint them green.

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I have used three different yellow coverings for the cookie pops…

1. Renshaw Funky Flavoured Sugar Dough (above) as featured in my dinosaur cookie jigsaw post. This has a pleasant lemon flavour and the bonus of being sticky enough to press onto the bare cookies with no further icing required to stick them down. The stickiness however can work against you if you handle it too much – best to roll it after the briefest of kneading with cool hands.

2. Marzipan. Also yellow but a duller shade. Needs icing to stick down.

3. Yellow sugar paste. This definitely needs adhesion with icing to glue the stars down. I have used royal icing which keeps in a sealed tub for a few days.

You can choose any of these options or a combination depending on materials you have available. (The yellow sugar dough is very yummy though, you can buy it in Lakeland).

Depending how thick you roll it out (however you like it!), allow around 350g for 30 cookies.

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You can create an orange centre of the daffodil in a few ways. Most simply, you can press a jellied orange sweet or an orange Silver Spoon chocolate button (as previously featured in my evil pumpkin patch cupcakes) onto the yellow covering. Wilton Candy Melts also come in orange but aren’t as nice a flavour and a dustier finish. With slightly more effort you can roll out small crinkly circles of orange sugar dough or sugarpaste.

Marzipan and sugar dough appear sticky enough to keep stuff attached to them, sugarpaste will need a dot of icing.

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When the coverings are done, spread icing on the top few centimetres of the sticks and gently press onto the backs of the cookies.

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Gently place them face down on a wire rack with the orange protrusions poking through a hole!

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When they’re dry you’re done!

You can either present them in a block of oasis wrapped in paper or stand them in a vase. I used a pot of Play Doh to make mine look taller!

I’m full of ideas for more cookie ideas like this so I hope you like them! I’d love to share them with a spring themed event but don’t know who is doing one. If anyone can recommend somewhere do let me know in the comments below.

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Daffodil Cookie Pops

Ingredients:

1 batch cookie dough see this post

350g flavoured yellow sugar dough, or yellow sugar paste or marzipan or a combination

Silver Spoon orange buttons or orange jelly sweets

and/or

70g flavoured orange sugar dough or orange sugarpaste

2-3  tablespoons soft peak consistency royal icing*

long coffee stirrers

green food colouring

a small paint brush

icing sugar for dusting

* to make royal icing, mix 300g icing sugar mixed with one large egg white or else use a little of the instant manufactured version, you only need 2-3 tablespoons worth so only make a full egg white’s worth if you will use it for other things in the next few days.

Directions:

Cut the cookie dough into star shapes and bake on a lined baking sheet as directed.

Dilute some green food colouring in a ramekin with water. Paint it onto each side of the coffee stirrers and leave to dry on a plastic tray.

Knead your covering of choice – (only lightly if it’s the sticky prone sugar dough), roll out with a scant dusting of icing sugar. Cut out more star shapes and stick them onto the cooled biscuits with some royal icing.

Dot on your orange daffodil centres of choice whether orange buttons, sweets or rolled cut outs of sugar dough or sugar paste.

Spread some royal icing along the top few centimetres of each coffee stirrer and gently affix to the cookies.

Leave to dry and present either in a block of oasis or a vase!

 

Are you full of the joys of spring yet?

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Filed Under: Baking and Desserts Tagged With: biscuits, cake pop recipes, decorated cookies, Easter, sugarpaste

About Sarah Trivuncic

Sarah Trivuncic has published recipes, restaurant and travel reviews on Maison Cupcake since 2009. She lives in Walthamstow, East London with her husband and teenager.
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Comments

  1. Jacqueline says

    March 15, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    Just fabulous Sarah. They look great and it is good to get helpers in the kitchen.

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:40 pm

      Thanks Jacc! I hope soon he’ll be productive as well as enthusiastic!

      Reply
  2. Rachel K says

    March 15, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    I had to to a double take! These are so cute!

    Reply
  3. Homemade by Fleur says

    March 15, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Love, love, love these!! Photos are ace and I can’t believe how something so simple can look so effective. I get why you were acquiring coffee stirrers now! Might need to get a few myself as I can see that they come in very handy. Would love more posts about other cookie ideas.

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:39 pm

      Ha ha, yes you remember my clandestine trip to local coffee shop. Can you imagine me trying to refrain Ted from saying loudly to man at counter “we’ve come for the sticks” when I’d only bought smoothies.

      Reply
  4. faithy says

    March 16, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Such cute cookie pops!! I noticed you came out with a book! Congrats!! I have to check my bookstores if they carry this! 🙂

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:37 pm

      Thank you! I’ll have to ask my publisher if it might be stocked SE Asia, I know it will be in American but not sure about elsewhere. You’ll have to badger your bookstores!

      Reply
  5. Domestic Goddesque says

    March 16, 2012 at 8:25 am

    OOO, what a super idea! I love it.

    Reply
  6. Dominic says

    March 16, 2012 at 9:31 am

    So adorable. I think I’d use a yellow wine gum for my flower centre. They just look sooooo pretty x

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      Ah yes I suppose some daffs are completely yellow. I’ve always liked the ones with orange bits! And a wine gum would be perfect.

      Reply
  7. Lorraine Bishop says

    March 16, 2012 at 9:48 am

    Thanks so much for posting this. They look great and the kids will love making these

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      Thanks, they’re definitely dead easy to do.

      Reply
  8. Nisha says

    March 16, 2012 at 10:56 am

    truly gorgeous sarah 🙂

    Reply
  9. Mr. P says

    March 16, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Just so you know – I would be willing to come and help you find all of the bags of crisps.

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:35 pm

      Mr P the human hoover?! LOL

      Reply
  10. Laura says

    March 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    These look divine and so great to do with little cousins and godchildren! Have just sorted out some dyed eggs and Irish milkshakes (which may not be so suitable for under 18s). Found your blog through London Foodie!

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:35 pm

      They sound fun! Especially Irish milkshake 🙂

      Reply
  11. Katie Bryson says

    March 16, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    fabulous idea Sarah – i’ve got a star cookie pop tin that bakes the sticks on so will certainly be giving this a whirl. Did you find the pop chips after Ted hid them? Hope so coz they’re well delish!

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 16, 2012 at 4:34 pm

      That cookie pop tin sounds super, I must look for one of those. The Popchips were dotted around the house and I kept finding them all evening!

      Reply
  12. working london mummy says

    March 18, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    how beautiful! these are fab. Cookie pops sound like fun. And less faff than cake pops!

    Reply
  13. Ren Behan says

    March 19, 2012 at 9:47 am

    Beautiful! And look at the concentration on Ted’s face – so cute! A perfect springtime project!

    Reply
  14. Rosa says

    March 20, 2012 at 8:42 am

    Oh, those are so cute! Perfect for making with children.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  15. Su-yin says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    I love how spring-ish these are. Lovely project to embark upon with kids (and dare I say, even adults).

    Reply
  16. Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says

    March 21, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Such a fun, creative idea. Daffodils always brighten my day.

    Reply
  17. Holly B @ Recipes from a Normal Mum says

    March 30, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    Loving your work. My son would adore making these. I just need to find an afternoon and Daff-o-pops are ours! x

    Reply
  18. jac says

    March 27, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    these look wonderful and fun especially when the weather is so cold I’m going to try them

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 27, 2013 at 10:19 pm

      Thanks, they’re so easy and you only need a couple of things to make them.

      Reply
  19. Nic says

    March 28, 2013 at 11:17 am

    So cute, and the cookies are lovely too!

    Reply
  20. Pinkoddy says

    March 28, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    They are so adorable and I LOVE marzipan too 🙂

    Reply
  21. Hayley says

    July 8, 2013 at 9:11 pm

    these look fab. Might have to give them a try (but maybe I’ll wait for next spring so they are in season!)

    Reply
  22. Nazima says

    February 27, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    lol I see I left a comment when you first published but love the story and how Ted got distracted! (though never known Peppa Pig to be raucous, I shall have to investigate! 😉 Where do you get the little cutters from. I want them!

    Reply
    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      February 27, 2014 at 12:39 pm

      Doesn’t Ted look little! 2 years ago already!

      Reply

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