Bumble Bee Cookies Decorated Nutter Butter Cookies Recipes

BUMBLE BEE COOKIES - DECORATED NUTTER BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Dip Nutter Butter Cookies in Yellow Candy Melts and set them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• Freeze for 3-4 minutes until hardened.
• Fit a clay extruder with a ribbon disc (small rectangle whole).
• Insert black modeling chocolate in the clay extruder and press out ribbons of the candy clay.
• Brush clear piping gel in a thin line over the upper middle part of the cookie and lay a strip of black modeling chocolate over top.
• Cut off the excess modeling chocolate.
• Repeat creating four black, curved stripes across each cookie.
• Pinch off small pieces of black modeling chocolate and roll into a cone.
• Attach along the bottom edge of the cookie to create the bee's stinger.
• Press more black modeling chocolate through the clay extruder fitted with a round hole disc.
• Cut tiny pieces of the modeling chocolate to create a smile then create two antennae.
• Attach the smile using clear piping gel.
• Attach the antennae using yellow candy melts.
• Attach two candy eyes using yellow candy melts.
• Pipe two wings and set a cookie on top.
• Allow the wings and antennae to harden before moving the cookies.

BUMBLEBEE COOKIES

Steps:

• Place almonds on a baking sheet; brush with egg white and sprinkle with yellow sugar. Bake at 350° for 3 minutes or until sugar is set., Tint 3/4 cup frosting yellow. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert #18 star tip. Fill with yellow frosting. Pipe three parallel zigzag lines on each cookie. Position two almonds, sugar side out, on each cookie for wings, propping with additional frosting if needed., Fill another pastry or plastic bag with remaining vanilla frosting; cut a small hole in the corner of the bag. Pipe a small amount of frosting to hold candies in place; add flowers for eyes and a heart, pointed side out, for stinger.

PEANUT BUTTER BUMBLE BEES

Steps:

• Beat butter, peanut butter and powdered sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add cracker crumbs; mix well.
• Shape tablespoonful of butter mixture into 1-inch oval to resemble body of bumble bee. Repeat with remaining butter mixture for additional "bees."
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Drizzle in lines on top of bees to resemble bees' stripes. Insert almonds into both sides of each body for "wings." Store in refrigerator up to 3 days.