For the Love of Cookies

I make golf-related cookies often, so that hubby can take cookies to share with his buddies. They play 9 holes, and when they step on the tee on the 10th hole, they get the cookies for that extra energy during the second half of the course. This is a collection of designs made in the past few months, starting around March.

THE GOLFER

For those, I used a mini-projector. Image was from Funky Cookie Studio. They go well together in a set with a golf ball on a tee, made in fondant.

Another design with a funky golfer, these were made for a tournament called “Eager Beaver”…

THE PUTTING GREEN

One of the classic ways to make golf cookies is showing the green with the flag and hole, and you can use many different cookie shapes and designs for that.

THE CANDY CORN GREEN

For these you work in stages, first the outline gets sprinkled with green sanding sugar, then the rest of the cookie is iced. For the sand trap thick consistency Royal icing worked with a brush.

THE TRIANGLE GREEN

Pretty much the same design, but the sand trap was a section painted with gold luster powder and vodka.

THE OVAL GREEN, TWO WAYS

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THE FRAME GREEN

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GOLF CARTS

For the golf carts above, the cookies were flooded with white icing and next day the design was painted using a projector to make the first draft. I used cluster powder diluted with vodka to get a more patchy look in the painting.

For this second design, a lot more work was involved as far as icing is concerned. Many colors and working slowly, one section at a time. And of course, personalizing the bags with the initial of the players can be a nice touch!

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GOLF BALLS

Little fondant molds for those balls, set over iced cookies decorated with a stencil and air-brushing.

Larger molds for the fondant will also work, especially if you couple it with a big tee, piped with Royal icing and some grass details.

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To make the effect of the golf ball, I used gray on white icing, wet on wet. First the gray dots are piped and immediately after a little white icing is added off center to give the shaded effect. The grass was added once the full icing was set, using thick consistency green and a tipless bag.

GOLF BAGS

Another design that requires a little more work, but is also very cute if you personalize with the player’s initials.

I hope you can find inspiration in this post, in case you find yourself trying to spice up (or sweetened up) the game of a golfer you love!

ONE YEAR AGO: Shirlyn’s Flamingo Gnome Fun

TWO YEARS AGO: For the Love of Flamingos