Sunflower Cookies

Mary and I finally got around to making the sunflower cookies that we had said we were going to make on the post at the beginning of this month.  We have been enjoying our sunflowers so much!  Here is a photo collage of our lovelies this year.  We grew a dozen of them.  We just love seeing them peek over our fence as we drive up our drive way when we come home!

 

 

 

I made the cookie dough the night before and put in the fridge over night.  I had never used this recipe before.  I was so pleased how it turned out.  It was easy to work with, kept the cookie shape when baked and was very tender to eat.  I plan on using this recipe for our Christmas cookies too!.  I put yellow food coloring in it, to make the sunflower pedals.

 

 

 

Mary had so much fun rolling out the dough and cutting them out.

 

They came out so pretty right out of the oven.  We dipped the centers in chocolate frosting and used chocolate chips for the seeds.

 

 

They turned out so pretty and Mary had a blast.  She did most of the decorating.

So happy with her sunflower cookie garden.  The recipe made a lot.  So we had plenty to share with friends and family.  Rich also took a plate of them to work and shared them with his co-workers.

 

Here is the recipe we used that came with the cookie cutter set.