11 Mouth-Watering Recipes For Baby Shower Cookies

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Cookies are an indispensable part of every party, and a baby shower is no exception. If you are looking for baby shower cookies ideas, this post is for you. Home-baked cookies are a treat to the tastebuds, and once you have one, you will want more. Here, we bring some irresistible gender-specific cookies ideas that will help you satiate your guests’ palate and leave them asking for more.

Did you know?

The American baby boom of the 1950s gave rise to the modern baby shower. Giving the expectant mother much-needed baby supplies was (and still is) the main goal of the celebration.

Baby Shower Cookies For Boys

The simplest way to decide on your cookies is to align them with your baby shower theme. Here are some cookies for baby boys:

1. Vanilla button cookies

They are super cute and fun to have for a baby shower.

You will need:

• Butter: 3/4 cup
• Cheese: 3 ounces (oz)
• Sugar: 1 cup
• Egg: 1
• Vanilla essence: 1 teaspoon (tsp)
• All-purpose flour: 2 3/4 cups
• Baking powder: 1tsp
• Salt: 1/4tsp
• Food colors

How to make:

1. Mix butter, cheese, and sugar until it becomes fluffy.
2. Add egg and vanilla essence and beat until you get a smooth texture.
3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking powder and add it to the mixture. Mix it until it reaches a dough consistency.
4. Divide the dough into two portions.
5. Add different food colors to each portion.
6. Wrap it and refrigerate for two hours.
7. After two hours, roll the dough to one-third inch thickness and to make sure it is not sticking, run a flat metal spatula underneath, if required sprinkle some flour underneath.
8. Cut round shapes of 2 inches using a round cookie cutter.
9. Make another inner round edge (1.5 inches) using a smaller round cookie cutter, pressing with slight pressure only.
10. Using a straw, make four holes in the center to look like a button and make sure to push down so the small pieces fall out.
11. Place the button cookies on the baking tray and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
12. Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes.
13. Let it cool on the rack after baking.

Bake one batch of each of these sweet treats with a different color.

2. Onesie cookies

Onesie cookies are a common and popular dessert for baby showers.

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You will need:

• All-purpose flour: 6 cups
• Butter: 2 cups
• Powdered sugar: 2 cups
• Vanilla: 2tbsp
• Sprinkles: just enough for all cookies
• Piping bag

How to make:

1. Mix butter and sugar until it becomes fluffy.
2. To this mixture, add egg and vanilla essence and beat until you get a smooth texture.
3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking powder and add it to the wet mixture. Mix it until it reaches a dough consistency.
4. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
5. Roll out the cookie dough and cut out the onesies using a onesie cookie cutter.
6. Arrange them on the baking sheet.
7. Bake them at 180oF for 10-12 minutes.
8. Let the cookies cool on the rack.
9. Use white icing for the outline and fill the inner part with a different color. Use the scribe toolⁱA pointed tool used in cookie decoration to spread out the icing.
10. Let them dry for 2 hours.
11. Pipe the letter of your baby’s name on each cookie and arrange them on a plate.
12. Finish off the cookies with thick piping at the sleeves and bottom of the onesie.

3. Shortbread Cookies

Cut out the cookie shapes in various shapes — little hearts, bottles, raindrops, etc.

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You will need:

• All-purpose flour: 260g
• Unsalted butter (room temperature): 225g (1 cup)
• Powdered sugar: 60g (1/2 cup)
• Vanilla essence: 1tsp
• Salt: 1/4tsp

How to make:

1. Beat butter and sugar for 4 minutes in a bowl to get a smooth texture.
2. Add the vanilla essence.
3. Add the all-purpose flour and salt and mix only until the flour blends in with the butter and sugar to get a dough consistency.
4. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate it.
5. Remove the dough after one hour and roll it out.
6. Cut out the shapes using a cookie cutter.
7. Line up the cut cookies on a baking sheet and refrigerate them for 10 minutes.
8. Bake them in the oven at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
9. The cookies color changes to pale. Once baked place them on a wire rack and let them cool.

4. Mocha Sandwich Cookies

These cookies have an almond-mocha filling in between two cookies.

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You will need:

• All purpose flour: 1 cup
• Powdered sugar: 1/2 cup
• Butter: 3/4 cup
• Sugar: 2/3 cup
• Almond extract: 1/4tsp
• Cocoa: 2 tablespoon (tbsp)
• Whipping cream: 1-1/2tsp
• Coffee powder: 1/2tsp
• Sliced almonds: 2tbsp

How to make:

1. Beat butter and sugar in a big bowl until it becomes fluffy.
2. Add the vanilla extract.
3. Gradually add flour and cornstarch to the mixture. Mix just enough for the flour to combine to get a dough consistency.
4. Keep it in the fridge for one hour.
5. Make small roundels from the dough and flatten them slightly.
6. Place all the roundels on the baking sheet one inch apart.
7. Bake at 370oF for 10-13 minutes.
8. Once baked, cool them on the wire racks.
9. Spread the filling (read below) on a cookie and top it with another cookie.
10. Refrigerate for half-an-hour.

For filling:

1. Beat butter and sugar until it becomes fluffy.
2. In another bowl, mix cocoa, coffee powder, and boiling water. Mix until they dissolve.
3. Add this to the butter-sugar mixture and mix well.
4. Add the almonds. Spread the filling on bottoms of the half of the cookies, cover with the remaining cookies.
5. Refrigerate it for half-an-hour.

Aren’t our baby shower cookie recipes easy to make? What’s interesting is that you can use these recipes for girls as well. Just change the color wherever required. Also, you can pack them in fancy wrapping papers and boxes as they make delicious party favors.

Baby Shower Cookies For Girls

Girls have plenty of options; just like their outfits and accessories.

Here are some baby shower cookies for girls that your family and friends won’t stop raving about.

5. Rose Sugar Cookies

For the ultimate baby shower brunch look no further than these rose sugar cookies in lovely pastel colors.You can add edible rose petals on top to have a subtle rose flavor.

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You will need:

• All-purpose flour: 4½ cups
• Unsalted butter: 1½ cups
• Sugar: 1½ cups
• Baking powder: 1tsp
• Salt: ¾tsp
• Eggs: 3
• Vanilla extract: ½tsp
• For frosting:
• Unsalted butter: 2 sticks
• Powdered sugar: 3-4 cups
• Vanilla essence: 1tsp
• Lemon juice: 2tsp
• Milk or cream as required

How to make:

1. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, and whisk. Put these dry ingredients aside.
2. In a mixer, blend the butter and sugar, and beat together until you get a fluffy mixture.
3. Beat the eggs one at a time into this and mix properly.
4. Add the vanilla essence.
5. Add the dry ingredients and mix it at low speed to get a dough consistency.
6. Wrap the dough and refrigerate for one hour.
7. On a floured surface, pour out the cookie dough and make small balls out of the dough.
8. Flatten these balls and place them on the baking sheet.
9. Bake in a preheated oven at 370°F for 10-12 minutes.
10. Repeat the process with the remaining dough.
11. 11. Let it cool on the baking sheet for 15 minutes.

Note:

Leave space of two inches between the cookies for rising. Do not overbake these cookies.

For frosting:

1. In an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy and fluffy.
2. Add three cups of powdered sugar slowly and mix until it combines well and becomes thick.
3. Add vanilla essence and one tablespoon of cream, and mix on medium-high until it becomes fluffy.
4. Adjust the consistency by adding milk to make it thin or sugar to make it stiff.
5. Add different food colors to the frosting separately.
6. Load the piping bag with the frosting.
7. Pipe the frosting on the cookies in layers in the shape of a rose. Use a different color of frosting for each cookie.

6. Easy Macaroon Cookie Recipe

Macaroons are those adorable cookies you just can’t resist. They are classic baby shower desserts.

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You will need:

For the shells:

• Almond flour: 3/4 cup
• Sugar: 1 cup
• Egg whites: 2
• Tartar cream: A pinch
• Powdered sugar: ½ cup

For buttercream:

• Unsalted butter: 1 cup
• Confectioners’ sugarⁱA variety of refined white sugar that is finely ground : 3 1/2 cups
• Different extracts for flavoring (optional)

How to make:

1. Place two baking sheets with butter paper.
2. Sieve almond flour and powdered sugar.
3. Whisk egg whites with a hand mixer until fluffy. Add tartar creamⁱPowder form of tartaric acid used as stabilizing and leavening agent in baking and mix. Gradually add the sugar and beat.
4. Sieve flour mixture over the egg white mixture.
5. Quickly fold the mixture with a rubber spatula and mix well. The batter should be stiff.
6. Place gel food coloring in the mixture and mix well.
7. Make bigger folds once the batter becomes loose. The batter is ready when it attains ribbon consistency.
8. Transfer this mixture into a piping bag. Pipe out about one-and-a-half inch rounds on the baking sheet.
9. Let them dry for 15 minutes so that it forms a crust.
10. Bake the macaroons at 300°F for about 18-20 minutes until set but not brown. Let the cookies cool completely before filling.
11. For the icing on the cookies, mix sugar with butter in a bowl, beat it until fluffy.
12. If the batter is stiff, add milk to dilute it.
13. Add vanilla essence and mix.
14. Pipe the icing mixture on the macaroon shells and top them with the remaining shells.

7. Frosted sugar cookies

These crisp sugar cookies in pink are just perfect for baby showers.

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You will need:

• All purpose flour: 2 1/2 cups
• Butter: 1cup
• Sugar: 1 1/2 cups
• Egg: 1
• Vanilla essence: 1tsp
• Almond extract: 1/2tsp
• Baking soda: 1tsp
• Tartar cream: 1tsp

How to make:

1. Mix butter and sugar in a large bowl.
2. Add egg and beat it.
3. Add vanilla and almond extracts.
4. Mix the flour, baking soda, and tartar cream.
5. Add this to the creamed butter mixture.
6. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
7. Roll out the dough (1/8 inch thickness) on a floured work surface.
8. Cut into shapes of tiny hands and feet or a shape of your choice.
9. Place the cut cookies on a baking sheet.
10. Dust pink sugar on the cookies.
11. Bake at 370°F for 8 minutes or until they are slightly brown.
12. Cool them on the wire racks.

Gender-reveal Cookies Recipes For Baby Shower

If you are planning to reveal your baby’s gender on your baby shower, these cookies can be just perfect to celebrate the baby on the way

. You can have a surprise element induced into your cookies. That will be a lot of fun for your guests.

8. Surprise Onesie Cookie

These cookies will take your guests by an incredible surprise.

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You will need:

• All purpose flour: 1 cup
• Powdered sugar: 1/2 cup
• Butter: 3/4 cup
• Sugar: 1½ cups
• Vanilla essence: 1tsp
• Baking soda: 1tsp
• Baking sheets
• Onesie cookie cutter
• Parchment paperⁱNon-toxic grease- and moisture-resistant paper used in baking
• Paste food coloring
• Piping tip
• Royal icingⁱHard white icing made with egg whites and sugar
• Sharp knife
• Sprinkles or candies in blue or pink

How to make:

1. Beat butter and sugar in a big bowl until it becomes fluffy.
2. Add the vanilla extract.
3. Gradually add flour and to the mixture. Mix just enough for the flour to combine to get a dough consistency.
4. Roll the dough to around one-fourth inch thickness. Cut out the cookies and place on the cookie sheets. Your final number of cut-out cookies should be a multiple of three.
5. Refrigerate the cookies for an hour.
6. Bake them at 370° F for 8 minutes until it turns slightly brown on the edges. Remove from the oven and cool them.
7. Separate your batch into three portions. In one portion, cut out the middle of the cookies while they are still warm and cool them.
8. Take the other portion of the cookies and pipe the outline on each cookie and fill the inside with royal icing and let them dry.
9. Once the icing batch is ready, keep them at the top, and glue the other two batches of cookies to the icing cookie. Glue them with stiff icing, and let them dry.
10. The bottom cookies are the last batch of cookies.
11. The cookies that were cut in step 5 will be in the middle.
12. Fill the inner portion of these middle cookies with sprinkles or candies (blue/pink based on the gender of the baby).
13. You can add extra detailing on the top cookie such as ‘question mark’ and let it dry.
14. Glue all the three cookies together and let them dry.

Make sure all your guests open them at the same time.

9. Cookie pops

A simple plain cookie can be converted to a gender-reveal cookie by adding a surprise element.

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You will need:

• All-purpose flour: 4 cups
• Salt: 1/2tsp
• Softened salted butter: 1 1/2 cups
• Powdered sugar: 1 1/2 cups
• Eggs: 2
• Vanilla extract: 2tsp

How to make:

1. Whisk flour and salt in a bowl. Keep it aside.
2. In a mixer, mix the butter and sugar at a medium speed until mixed well. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat until it is mixed well.
3. Gather the mixture with a spatula and add the flour.
4. Mix it until it just combines.
5. Make two portions of the dough, flatten it, wrap, and refrigerate for one hour.
6. Remove after one hour, and roll the dough on a flat surface.
7. Using a cookie cutter, cut out the cookies.
8. Place the cookies on the baking sheet.
9. Insert the pop/craft sticks 1 1/2” into the cookies gently but firmly, to resemble a lollipop. Be careful not to disturb the shape of the cookie.
10. Refrigerate the cookies for one hour.
11. Preheat the oven to 325°F and bake the cookies for 12 minutes.
12. Remove the cookies once they turn brown.
13. Cool them on the wire racks immediately.
14.  Decorate the cookies with white royal icing.

• Pipe a pink or blue circle in the center of the cookie. Let it dry for three hours.
• Now cover the pink or blue circle using white icing. You can decorate the white with sprinkles or pipe ‘?’ on it to maintain the suspense.
• Let it dry overnight.

10. Sugar cookies

Normal sugar cookies stuffed with pink or blue icing make a perfect gender-reveal cookie.

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You will need:

• Unsalted butter: 16tbsp
• Brown sugar: 3/4 cup
• Powdered sugar: 1/4 cup
• Egg: 1
• Vanilla extract: 2tsp
• All-purpose flour: 2 1/3 cups
• Baking soda: 1/2tsp
• Baking powder: 1/2tsp
• Salt: 1/2tsp
• Coarse blue sugar: 1/4 cup
• Coarse pink sugar: 1/4 cup
• Choco chips: 8oz
• Royal icing (pink/ blue)

How to make:

1. Mix the butter and sugar until fluffy.
2. Add the egg and vanilla extract.
3. Sieve the dry ingredients, then slowly add the wet ingredients to it and mix until they just combine.
4. Divide the cookie dough into equal portions.
5. Place some coarse sugar (both pink and blue) in a small bowl. Roll the cookies in the coarse sugar. Place them on the baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6. Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake the cookies for 12 minutes until it turns brown.
7. Remove from the oven and leave it on the baking sheet.
8. When they are still warm, insert the cone slowly into the cookie and pipe the pink or blue color icing.
9. Cover the cookie with sprinkles or choco chips. Make sure it covers the colored icing completely and let it dry.
10. To know the gender, break the cookie; you will see that it’s either blue or pink.

11. Double chocolate cookies

Gender-reveal cookies are one of the best finger food ideas for baby showers. So why go for simple chocolate when you can treat your guests to double chocolate cookies? These yummy cookies can make your gender reveal even more memorable.

You will need:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips (white or semi-sweet)
• Pink or blue food coloring (or other colors of your choice)
• Optional: Sprinkles or colored sugar for decoration

How to make:

1. Take a large bowl and mix the cream, softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy.
2. Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk the mixture of flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
4. Combine the two mixtures in a large bowl and mix well to prepare a dough.
5. Divide the dough into two halves. Add pink food coloring to one half and blue food coloring to the other half and mix again.
6. Make small balls of two pieces of dough and flatten them together to form cookie balls. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
7. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheets.
8. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake the cookies for 12 minutes until it turns brown.
9. Wait for the cookies to cool on the baking sheets before transferring them to a wire rack.
10. Decorate the cooled cookies with sprinkles or colored sugar as per your preference.

Infographic: Delicious Cookies To Include In A Baby Shower

A baby shower is a wonderful celebratory event thrown by the soon-to-be parents or their families to share the good news. And cookies can be a perfect addition to your party, whether you want to add them as a gender-reveal idea or just as a snack. Keep the below infographic handy for some delicious and sweet cookies you may include in the celebration.

Illustration: Momjunction Design Team

Illustration: Easy Baby Shower Cookies Recipes

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