Miniature Graduation Cookies
I don’t often get excited about graduation cookies. As a matter of fact, it’s one of my least favorite themes. Then when Melissa Joy made these simple Martin Luther King Day cookies a few months back, I was instantly inspired!
I’ve always been a fan of simple cookie designs, especially when baking for a crowd. Not only are they easy to make, mini-cookies are perfect for graduation parties and receptions because they’re just the right size for snacking.
When I said easy to make I meant it. Use a small round cutter and “squooshed” square to make little faces.
Once baked decorate with 20-second icing and use #1.5 and #13 tips to add details.
To make things even easier, you could also take a page from the Lila Loa playbook and use mini-fish cutters for your graduates. These can be purchased at Sweet Art Factory or your local craft store {look in the clay section}. I also like this mini-fish cracker cutter from Cheap Cookie Cutters because it has a rounder face. In a pinch, this tutorial for making your own cookie cutters from an aluminum can could also work well.
Give the fishies a little stretch and decorate the same as above.
Whichever way you go, these mini-graduation cookies are a fast and easy way to make cookies for a crowd.
For more graduation cookie ideas check out these posts:
- Easy Confetti Graduation Cookies
- Graduate Face Cookies
- Wise Old Owl Cookies
- “2013” Cookies {these are actually “2012” cookies, but who’s counting, right?}
- Graduation Cap and Diploma Cookies Simplified
You can also use the “smooshed” square cutter to add graduation caps to any of these cookie designs:
Have a great weekend everyone! Come back soon for a how-to on standing graduate cookies using Karen’s boy and girl cutters {if you don’t have them, order them now}.