May Flowers Sugar Cookies celebrate spring. . Decorating a platter with these blossoms is super easy and surprisingly quick.
Why you'll love this recipe
I am a little amazed that this is my twentieth military care package! Creating these boxes continues to be such an honor for me. It is a wonderful feeling to be able to demonstrate thanks to those who sacrifice so much.
In the big picture, one little box of cookies and silliness doesn’t seem that important, but troops frequently write to say how meaningful the care packages are. Morale is boosted by the thought that there are strangers out there who care enough to offer their support during the stress of deployment.
For anyone interested in supporting our military, one time or ongoing opportunities are available at SoldiersAngels.org . Volunteers are always needed for the hundreds of troops on the Soldiers Angels waiting list.
Sailor J. ‘s deployment ended and it was time for me to adopt a new troop. I thought I would try a branch of the military new to me. So far, Monday Box care packages have been delivered to a paratrooper, a soldier, and a sailor.
I was thinking airman, when I noticed that there were a few soldiers who, for whatever reason, had been on the waiting list since December. That made the deciding easy. Soldier P., a soldier, is my new “adoptee”.
The Airforce will have to wait. I have been sending Soldier P. letters and this care package should be arriving soon. I will do my best to make up for lost time.
Care package contents
Though I don’t know yet where Soldier P. is deployed, there is a good chance that he is in a desert environment with very little color.
A box of May Flowers Sugar Cookies is just the thing to brighten the day. The box is lined with floral wrapping paper. Clipart announces the theme.
In addition to two kinds of Monday Box cookies, the box is full of colorful sweetness. I am hopeful that Life Savers, Laffy Taffy, Blow Pops, Nerds, gum, and jelly beans won’t melt as the summer temperatures begin to rise.
Puzzle books, nerf footballs, and bubbles should provide a few smiles, and solar powered fiber optic flowers and a floral wind sock offer spring decorating possibilities.
Cookie instructions
May Flowers Sugar Cookies use one batch of chocolate sugar cookies (30 cookies) and one batch of faux royal icing, divided into three colors plus a ⅓ cup for green.
The colored icing is placed in disposable piping bags (or ziplock bags) with a tiny hole cut at the tip.
(1 and 2) Dots of icing are placed around the outer edge of the cookie. Place a small brush at the center of each dot and sweep inward.
(3 and 4)Place a second row of dots around the cookies and sweep those inward.
(5 and 6) A third row of brushed dots complete the flower petals. Allow the icing to dry for at least an hour or until the surface is no longer sticky.
(7 and 8) Place a nickel sized circle of icing at the center of the flower. Sprinkle with nonpareils to coat. Turn over the cookie to get rid of any excess nonpareils.
(9 and 10) To make the leaves, place dots of green icing along the edge of the cookie. Use the brush to spread the icing outward. Make sure the icing has dried completely (at least 8 hours) before packaging or storing.
Storage
Place each cookie in a self sealing plastic bag (plastic wrap works as well) then place the wrapped cookies snuggly in a column in a freezer weight ziplock bag.
New themed recipe
Cookie Press Butter Cookies are the new recipe included in this care package. Colored in purple, orange and yellow, Cookie Press Butter Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth flower cookies made with a cake mix to speed up the preparation and add fabulous flavor!
Other spring theme recipes
For additional Springtime care package goodies, take a look at these travel worthy treats.
Spring Flowers and Smiling Suns Sugar Cookies are delicious chocolate cookies with cheerful, easy to create icing designs.
Strawberry Lemonade Bars are soft chewy bars ideal for picnics and hot weather care packages.
Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites are bite sized treats that taste like a chocolate covered strawberry.
Amanda
Wow what a great technique! I can't wait to try it out, thanks for sharing 🙂 xo
The Monday Box
Thanks, Amanda! I couldn't believe how easy this was and was so happy with the petal-like results!
Nina
Hi Wendy - just popping in for a quick visit from the Home Matters Linky Party . . . not only do I LOVE your beautiful cookies, but I am so excited about your project of sending care packages to our troops. I wonder if you would be interested in sharing this project with our community of Christian women at RUBY magazine and blog - I would love to do a feature on this project and perhaps find other women who would want to do the same thing. Please let me know if you would be interested in discussing the possibilities! Thanks so much for sharing, hope to catch up with you again this week at the Home Matters Linky Party. Nina @ Vintage Mama's Cottage and RUBY magazine and blog
The Monday Box
Hi, Nina! Thank you for your kind words. 🙂 I would be delighted to talk with you about Soldiers Angels and to connect you with leaders in the organization who might be able to give details that I can't. There are always service members waiting for an Angel volunteer, so anything I can do to inspire others to participate would be wonderful. All help is greatly appreciated. I will send you an email and we can discuss details. Thanks for hosting The Home Matters Linky Party! 🙂
Kimberly
These cookies are so cute! I love that you send a care package to the troops. That is such a great thing to do! I am sure they are greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week. 🙂 Pinned!
Roseann Hampton
Love the flower cookies! They almost look too good to eat!
Carol Borchardt
Hi, Wendy, So great meeting and sitting with you at the conference! These cookies are absolutely beautiful and sure to make anyone's day!
The Monday Box
Thanks, Carol! I enjoyed meeting you too! I only wish there had been more time for talking! 🙂
Christie
These are GORGEOUS! I wish I had the patience and talent to make beautiful cookies like these.
The Monday Box
Thanks, Christie! Honestly they are super easy. I was delighted with the results and amazed at how simple they are when you use a brush! You CAN make them!
Frugal Hausfrau
These are lovely and the design is done so cleverly! I thought at first you had piped them! Thanks for sharing on Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
The Monday Box
Thanks, Mollie! I love how these looked piped but are really just an easy brush stroke!
Miz Helen
I just love your May Flowers Sugar Cookies. You make the most beautiful cookies! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
Miz Helen
The Monday Box
Thank you, Miz Helen! I try hard to share designs that anyone could make and am so glad you like how they turn out! Thank you for hosting Full Plate Thursday!
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert
I love your tutorial Wendy. I will have to share with my cake decorating daughter. These are truly lovely!
The Monday Box
Thanks, Tricia! The super simple method was a lucky discovery born out of desperation! 😉 I bet this would look amazing on top of a cake!
AJ Paradis
Very cool technique. My little one is named Dahlia ... giving me some ideas!! Thanks for sharing this. And they're beautiful.
The Monday Box
Thank you, AJ! What a beautiful name for your little one! Dahlia can now have her own signature cookies!!
Martie
What a great way to treat our deployed soldiers! I love that you do this. And these cookies are absolutely gorgeous! Plus, they're chocolate, so I would eat them no matter how pretty they are. Thanks for sharing!
The Monday Box
Thank you, Martie! I am a complete novice when it comes to cookie decorating, but that makes me an expert on finding/creating designs that absolutely ANYONE could make! This chocolate cookie is amazing even without the icing! I LOVE the name of your blog! I always try (with varying degrees of success) to be super careful about Sheltie hair getting in my cookies!
Ashley
These posts always make me smile so much Wendy! And those flower sugar cookies! So colorful and pretty and perfect for May!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!
The Monday Box
Thanks, Ashley! I am always encouraged when you tell me that the care packages posts make you smile! I know you have past experience with the importance of military care packages, and if mine make you smile, I have hope that they will also make the troops smile too! 🙂
Monica
I need to decorate a cake for school this Friday and I wish I had some of your decorating skills. You have a very steady hand! : ) Hope you had a great Mother's Day. Keep up the great work with the care packages.
The Monday Box
My decorating skills are highly overrated, Monica! 🙂 I am just good at picking easy designs that make me look good! I KNOW your cake will not only be a masterpiece, but will taste amazing. The great thing (for me) about this decorating technique is that no steady hand is needed. 🙂
Chris Scheuer
Oh my goodness! These are amazing Wendy. I love the tutorial too. I think I could do that! 🙂
The Monday Box
Thanks so much, Chris! The tutorial is a bit long, but I wanted to show how very easy this technique really is. Though you don't need easy, I know you would make amazing cookies!
saltandserenity
Wendy, gorgeous cookies. They just make me smile. That technique is kind of brilliant. You executed it flawlessly. Soldier P is lucky you found him!
The Monday Box
Thank you, Cindy! I was so excited about this technique. It looks like all of those loops had to be piped, but it's the brush that creates the loops. I seem to spend a lot of time playing with my food! 🙂