4th of July Cookie Ideas

We love to celebrate 4^th of July by hosting parties and get-togethers and spend the day  having good food and drinks. 4^th of July cookie is a special cookie that is prepared at home and also available in all bakeries for this special day. These cookies commonly are available in several designs, sizes, decorations and shapes – each of which reveal the 4^th of July mood and celebration. Here are some 4^th of July cookie ideas for you.

Americas’s cookies:

These are very easy to prepare delicious cookies, which are usually decorated with sparkles. This cookie has an elaborate decoration and needs cookie icing, cake sparkles, color spray, piping gel and cupcake and cookie stencils for its decoration. Sparkles can be used as per your imagination to create patriotic designs which make these cookies quite significant for the occasion.

Patriotic star cookies:

This is a perfect 4^th of July cookie with its stars and small motif which clearly states “ Happy Fourth”. Common ingredients used in preparing these cookies are edible color markers which are used for decoration, blue dots sugar sheets, edible decorating paper, piping gel for putting the date and red sugar edible sheet or paper which offer interesting backdrop to the cookie.

Spritz Stars & Bars cookies:

These 4^th of July cookies need to be prepared in advance, since these cookies need some time to set – so get all the ingredients required for these cookies a few days earlier and bake them the previous day. Some common ingredients used in the preparation of these cookies are red candy melts, candy color sets, premium white candy melts, sprinkles and spritz cookies.

Cookies of the heartland:

This 4^th of July cookie can be prepared if you are hosting a party for the special day. The stars and stripes of these cookies will surely set the mood in and will be a delicious colorful way to celebrate the day. The main ingredients you will need to bake this cake include blue icing color, red icing color which actually does not add to the taste but makes it look attractive, cookie dough and butter cream icing. Do not forget to pipe tip with 16^th stars which is most important.

Cookie salute:

The shimmering stripes on cookie salute will certainly be your way to make these 4^th of July cookies special and significant. Yellow icing color, blue and red sparkle gel, sprinkle decorations and white nonpareil sprinkle decorations are the common ingredients you will need to prepare these cookies. Butter cream icing not only adds to the taste but also makes the cookie look mouth watering.

Prepare your special 4^th of July cookie and add your bit to celebrate the day in true patriotic style!

Image credits: 3.bp.blogspot.com, examiner.com, ameliascakes.com