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    Home » Recipes » Mother's Day

    Sugar Cookie Garden Stone for Mother's Day

    Published: May 1, '14 · Modified: Apr 20, '21 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Transform a jumbo cookie into a Sugar Cookie Garden Stone by frosting it with cookies 'n cream frosting and decorating it with candy. You can personalize it and give as a Mother's Day gift.

    Transform a jumbo cookie into a Sugar Cookie Garden Stone by frosting it with cookies 'n cream frosting and decorating it with candy. You can personalize it and give as a Mother's Day gift.

    This Sugar Cookie Garden Stone couldn't have been easier to make and believe me I needed something to go well in my kitchen this week.

    For the past two days I have worked in total frustration. My friends and I got together to try our hands at baking macarons, after having taken a class on the subject. Sadly, our teacher didn't have much luck making perfect macarons during our class and didn't give us much confidence in doing them ourselves, but we were determined.

    Unfortunately, her recipe just didn't work.

    Macron cookies

    Try as we might, our cookies either flattened out, cracked, or stuck to the paper. We tried a few other recipes and watched lots of videos and still couldn't get them to turn out perfectly.

    We got less than 2 dozen decent looking macarons and many, many, more scraps.

    If you are an expert macaron maker, will you come to my house and teach me how to make them? Please!

    Mother's Day Dessert Idea - Sugar Cookie Garden Stone | HungryHappenings.com

    The worst thing about all of our failed attempts was that we were all hoping to pack up some of the pretty little cookies to give to our moms on Mother Day. That wasn't happening, so I had to come up with something quick and easy to make, instead.

    My mom loves sugar cookies so I decided to recreate an idea that I had done a few years ago, but use a sugar cookie instead.

    Cookies-and-Cream-White-Chocolate-Fudge-recipe-edible-garden-stone-Mothers-Day-recipes-

    Do you remember this Cookies 'n Cream Fudge Garden Stone with a kid's handprint in the center? I made it for Mother's Day back in 2012.

    I really love the concept of personalizing an edible garden stone to give to mom on her special day.

    My original stone was made of fudge which was perfect for adding a hand print. The cookie stone would be a bit more firm, so I decided to just decorate it with candy.

    Garden Stone Cookies

    The big stone turned out so great, that I decided to make a bunch of smaller Garden Stone Cookies too and shared them on Kids Activities Blog.

    As you can see, there are so many fun designs your can create on your own edible garden stones.

    Use any kind of candy you like to make your own designs.

    Have fun and get creative.

    Transform a jumbo cookie into a Sugar Cookie Garden Stone by frosting it with cookies 'n cream frosting and decorating it with candy. You can personalize it and give as a Mother's Day gift.

    Sugar Cookie Garden Stone

    Ingredients:

    1 roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough
    1 tub Betty Crocker Hershey's Cookies 'n Cream Frosting
    candies

    Supplies Needed:

    1 - 8 inch round or square baking pan (I used a disposable pan that has a scalloped edge)

    Instructions:

    Bake a Pillsbury Sugar Cookie in 8 inch pan

    Press cookie dough into pan.

    Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and the center is cooked through. Cool completely, then remove from pan.

    Frost Pillsbury Sugar Cookie with Cookies 'n Cream Frosting

    As you can see from the picture above, the center sunk quite a bit, which is fine. Just spread half of the frosting over the center of the cookie cookie. That will make the cookie nearly flat.

    Next, in order to give your cookie stone a rock like appearance, you'll need to heat the remaining frosting in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, until it's easy to pour. If you heat the frosting directly in the plastic tub, be sure to completely remove the foil seal, pealing off even the tiniest pieces from the edge of the tub.

    Pour the frosting over the cookie and spread it out to completely cover the top of the cookie.

    Decorate Sugar Cookie Garden Stone with Candy

    While the frosting is still wet. add your candy decorations.

    I used M&M's in both regular size and minis, candy coated chocolate sunflower seeds, and one yellow NECCO wafer. You can use any candies you like and create any type of design.

    Transform a jumbo cookie into a Sugar Cookie Garden Stone by frosting it with cookies 'n cream frosting and decorating it with candy. You can personalize it and give as a Mother's Day gift.

    Sugar Cookie Garden Stone

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    Sugar Cookie Garden Stone for Mother's Day
    Prep Time
    20 mins
    Cook Time
    32 mins
    Total Time
    52 mins
     
    Jumbo sugar cookie decorated with cookies 'n cream frosting and decorated with candies to look like a garden stone.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: edible garden stone, garden stone cookie, mothers day dessert
    Servings: 8
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 1 roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough
    • 1 tub Betty Crocker Hershey's Cookies 'n Cream Frosting
    • candies
    Instructions
    1. Press cookie dough into an 8-10 inch round pan.
    2. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and the center is cooked through.
    3. Cool completely, then remove from pan.
    4. Spread half of the frosting over the cookie.
    5. Heat the remaining frosting in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, until fluid.
    6. Pour over frosted cookie and smooth out.
    7. Decorate with candies to look like a garden stone.

     

    You might also like these other Mother's Day Food Ideas

    Edible - Cookies 'n Cream Fudge Garden Stone

    Daisy Pastries

    Floral Themed Mother's Day Breakfast in Bed


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    Deviled Egg Daisy

     

    Your mom deserves the world and she has earned lots and lots of treats. So check out some more Mother's Day Recipes and let her relax in a pool of desserts.

    Celebrate your mom by making her a beautiful dessert, an amazing appetizer, or an incredible meal. Choose from an amazing array of Mother's Day Recipes that will tell her how much you care.

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    1. Anonymous

      May 15, 2014 at 1:59 pm

      I thought it was a real stone too! So now I have to search for a real stone craft to put in our preschool garden.

      Reply
    2. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      May 06, 2014 at 4:47 am

      I know it's already official..but I'm just saying, (macarons or not) You're Awesome! These are just fantastic and so colorful! Happy Mother's Day!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 06, 2014 at 10:06 am

        That's so sweet, Karen. I'm determined to master macarons, if for no other reason than to say I can bake them:)

        Reply
    3. Kelly

      May 05, 2014 at 4:05 pm

      This is fabulous! What a great way to involve kids in honoring mothers and grandmothers!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 06, 2014 at 10:07 am

        These cookies are a perfect project for little hands. I love that kids can be as creative as they's like when decorating their own stones.

        Reply
    4. Cathy McInnes

      May 05, 2014 at 1:48 pm

      what a cute, creative and very yummy idea! Love it! Checking it out from mix it up Monday 🙂
      Cathy

      Reply
      • beth

        May 05, 2014 at 2:09 pm

        Thanks for stopping by, Cathy!

        Reply
    5. Bev Carter

      May 02, 2014 at 2:39 pm

      What a clever idea. You make everything look so fabulous. I would hate to eat them. lol!
      Have a great weekend,
      Bev

      Reply
      • beth

        May 05, 2014 at 2:10 pm

        Thanks, I did have a lovely weekend. We actually had two beautiful days, so I spent lots of time outside working on my garden.

        Reply
    6. FoodtasticMom

      May 02, 2014 at 1:44 am

      Stopping over from the Kitchen Fun link party. I at first thought these were actual garden stones from the tiny picture, but I'm so glad I clicked the link. What a fun and super cute idea! And that kids could actually do themselves (well, if Dad saw the post and bought the ingredients for them, but you know what I mean) 😉
      Pinned!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 02, 2014 at 12:03 pm

        Thanks for stopping by. I love making projects for Mother's Day that can be done by kids and dad. This really is such an easy project even for little hands.

        Reply
    7. Lisa@hooplapalooza

      May 01, 2014 at 6:31 pm

      at first i thought this was a real stone and thought "hey! Beth is doing crafts now?" lol that's how real it looks and then you go and make small stone cookies that just about made me die of cuteness! oh how i LOVE these SO! :>D

      Reply
      • beth

        May 02, 2014 at 12:02 pm

        I'm usually only crafty in the kitchen, although just recently I did make some wall hangings for my candy kitchen. I do think these stones look pretty real in the picture, in person you can tell they are cookies:)

        Reply
    8. Sue

      May 01, 2014 at 4:03 pm

      The "cement" looks perfect! I love this idea~easy and cute...nothing better! BTW, I feel your macaron frustration:(

      Reply
      • beth

        May 01, 2014 at 4:51 pm

        It's amazing to me that such a little simple looking cookie like a macaron can be so much trouble!

        Reply
    9. Natalie Hoffman

      May 01, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      Please don't think I'm being rude, but I'm slightly comforted that even you couldn't make macarons. I gave up after the 3rd batch. They're impossible to make 🙁

      Reply
      • beth

        May 01, 2014 at 5:05 pm

        Nope, I don't think your being rude at all. I do realize I'm quite an experienced baker, and macarons have been a total pain in my *ss. We were so determined to get them right, but after 5 batches, I just couldn't make any more.

        Reply
    10. The Partiologist

      May 01, 2014 at 1:42 pm

      I always love how you make edible stones - they would go perfect in my edible flower garden! You know it's the only kind of flowers I can grow! Love it!

      Reply
      • beth

        May 01, 2014 at 1:58 pm

        Edible flowers are my kind of flowers too:)

        Reply

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