My Big Fat Engagement – Engagement Advice & Warnings

I am pleased to announce that today’s post is all about…

Cookies!

Cookies fit in well at all wedding events: bridal showers, stagettes, engagement parties, the wedding reception…

Top 5 Reasons Why Wedding Cookies Are A Sweet Idea

Listed by order of importance according to me…

5. They are kid friendly.

4. They are useful

(Useful? Yes, they get eaten rather than cluttering up your guest’s houses after the wedding!)

3. They are ecofriendly

(Why? Well, unlike balloons and other decorations, should they end up in a landfill they will biodegrade).

2. They are delicious.

1. They can save you money.

(How? Well you can make the cookies yourself, or the cookies can serve many purposes as decorations/table centerpieces/appetizers/seating cards/party favors.)

SMART COOKIES – The DIY Wedding

Today’s post is going to focus on cookies and cookie projects you can do at home. Next time, we’ll look at all of the fantastic cookies you can order.

I can’t begin to tell you how excited I get when I write about cookies – but I will try to restrain myself.

Traditional Recipes

Many countries traditionally serve a cookie at weddings (I found cookie recipes for Mexico, Italy, Greece, and Lithuania online). Bake these cookies from your heritage (or, maybe you’re lucky and you have an auntie who will do it for you). Another option: serve them at your hometown reception as a way of bringing back the flavor from the country where your destination wedding took place. If you can’t find a recipe, adjust the Mexican recipe to suit the country (for example, add macadamia nuts for a Hawaiian wedding) or pick any traditional cookie recipe from the appropriate country (for example, lebkuchen from Germany).

Mexican Wedding Cookies

Here is an example of homemade cookies and handmade packaging for a wedding. Select tissue and printing to match the rest of the wedding theme. You can order the gift boxes, tissue, and labels from myownlabels.com and then assemble everything at home (they even supply the recipe for the cookies!)

Easy Oreos

You can also dip Oreo cookies in chocolate and decorate them yourself. Lots of great ideas and instructions at sugarcraft.com (you can buy the supplies from them, too).

Elegant

Use transfer sheets that match your wedding colors to make them elegant.

Fun

Or add lollipop sticks and candies for a fun centerpiece and favor!

Goody Bag

Here’s a unique take on a cookie – you cut the cookie into strips and then wrap it around a mold. You can fill them with any treats that you like.

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