SUNFLOWER COOKIE POPS

What you will need:

• Cookie Dough (This is the recipe I used!) 
• Royal Icing (Piping Consistency) in yellow and green
• Either chocolate royal icing or melted chocolate chips for the centre
• Wilton Leaf piping tip
• Brown or black round sprinkles for the centre
• 1 large circle cookie cutter
• Lollipop sticks (6" or more)
• Rolling pin, baking trays, parchment paper, decorating scribe

Roll out your dough, and use the scalloped edge of your circle cutter to make the cookie for the flower. 

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For the leaves, use the circle cutter to cut one plain circle shape.

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Cut another circle in your dough, approximately at the centre of your first circle. 

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Do the same for the other side of your circle. Now you have two leaves!

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Transfer your cookie dough to a baking sheet and press the lollipop stick into the top of the dough.

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Place one leaf under the lollipop stick and one leaf overtop. Gently shape the top leaf around the stick and partially into the leaf below.

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If your lollipop stick does not adhere to the cookie and comes off after baking, don't worry! The royal icing will completely secure the stick to the cookie.

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With your chocolate royal icing or melted chocolate in a piping bag, pipe the centre of your sunflower.

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Add your sprinkles to the centre, and use your leaf tip and yellow royal icing to pipe the outer ring of sunflower petals.

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Add the inner ring of sunflower petals, and use your leaf tip and green royal icing to pipe on the sunflower's leaves. 

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Optional: You can also add lustre dusts, sparkle, or bits of gold to your sunflower for extra impact!