Christmas Wreath Cookies
Do you have a Christmas wreath? If so, do you make one each year from glass ornaments, clippings from your boxwoods, pine trees or holly bushes? I am crazy about wreaths this year. I have made a couple of burlap wreaths for the front door plus, I have purchased several more forms to make wreaths for each window. As I was gathering the supplies to make them, I stopped because I had a great idea. Christmas wreath cookies! Much easier than wearing gloves and trimming my holly bush.
The best part about a cookie wreath is you get to eat them! YUM!
Supplies for Christmas Wreath Cookies:
1 larger Circle Cookie Cutter
1 Smaller Circle Cookie Cutter
Green Thick Icing – AmeriColor Leaf Green
Red 15 Second Icing – AmeriColor
#2.5 PME or #3 PME round decorating tip (or use what you have)
Cookie Recipe
Royal Icing Recipe
Food Safe Marker
Before you begin, draw a bow on a piece of paper and trace it with a food safe marker. This will help when it is time to make the bow on the top of the wreath.
Begin by making some cookie dough. You can find the recipe I used here.
Then, cut out some circles with a 3 1/2″ fluted circle cookies cutter.
Next, cut the center out with a 1 1/2″ circle. You can use a fluted cutter for the center if you want.
Now make some icing while the cookies cool off enough to decorate.
Mix the green icing on the thick side. You want to pipe the tear drop shapes without having them run together. You may need to add a little powdered sugar if your icing is to thin. Place it in a piping bag fitted with a 2.5 or 3 PME decorating tip.
Pipe a tear drop shape by placing the tip close to the cookie while you hold the piping bag at a 90 degree angle (straight up and down). Pipe a dot and as you release pressure on the bag, give a quick pull to make the tear drop shape. Repeat all the way around the outside and the inside of the circles like in the photo above.
Once you finish the edge of the wreath, fill in the center. I found it was easier to work in one direction. Be careful not to cover up the bow area.
Let the green icing dry overnight.
Next, pipe the bow with the red icing. You can pipe the both sides of the bow and leave the middle open to add the knot or fill in the entire bow and add the knot later.
See. Success no matter how you do it.
I love taking pictures these days. I got a little picture happy and edit happy with these. I couldn’t make up my mind which photo I liked better so I decided to show you both. So if you like bright and airy pictures or warm and rustic pictures, you should find something you like here.
Anyway, I hope if you are making wreaths for you door this year that they are as easy to make as these Christmas wreath cookies. They really are fast and fun. The hardest part is getting the green icing the right consistency but, I know you’ve to this!
Are you looking for more simple Christmas Cookies? If so, check out the links below.
Snowman Cookies
Reindeer Cookies
Elf Cookies
Santa Cookies
Bear hugs,
I love these!! So pretty, Lisa. They’re like mistletoe leaves on that wreath.
You are good Gail! I have mistletoe cookies sitting on the table now and I used this technique.
These are so beautiful, thanks for sharing your talent!
Thanks Marilyn! 😉
Oh Lisa, these are wonderful! I’m going to be doing a decorating party with some moms and kids currently staying at a homeless shelter and I’ve been trying to figure out what cookie design to do with the moms that would be easy but look super nice. These are totally them!
Awe Anita! That makes me so happy! I can’t tell you how easy these are. It would be a great cookie for beginners.
Give extra hugs for me please!
Lisa, these cookie wreaths are so beautiful, it looks like I’ll be adding these to my to do cookies for this Christmas!
You won’t be sorry Kim because they are super simple to make! I mean like really, really simple!
OH MY MY these are ADORABLE!!!! I’m in love.
This is one of the easiest cookies I have ever made Carrie! LOL
I love that technique, but I am sure it would take me a half hour to create just one!
Totally gorgeous!! I love all the texture you created on these!
These are absolutely beautiful! You are amazing! 🙂
These are beautiful and brilliant!!! I just adore them. Thanks for your tutorial!
That is a lot of tear drops, but what a great reward! I think I could stare at these for a long time! They are stunning, Lisa!
These cookies look amazing!!!
I’m surprised that I missed these when they originally were posted! I love love love these wreaths!! Great texture and added cuteness with the bubbly shape to the leaves. New fave on the list for next Xmas!
I have been asked to provide treats for ladies attending a wreath making workshop and these cookies are going to be PERFECT. Thank you so much for this post! I was wondering if you think making a royal icing transfer bow would work? I am afraid if I try to pipe directly onto the cookie my bow will end up looking wonky and all my wreath decorating would be ruined! I would pipe the greenery all over the cookie and then gently tap the RI transfer into the greenery to hopefully get it to stick. What do you think?
Hi Pam,
I’m sure you could make the royal icing transfers to add to the green icing. Thats the great thing about cookie decorating, look at a tutorial and do what works for you! 😉
Bear hugs!