How to ensemble a cookie tray?

Cookies can be called the staple food of America since its discovery in the early nineteenth century. There is no particular time or season a cookie is eaten. Children and adults go frenzy for cookies. A tray of assorted cookies could form a great dessert for a party. Cookies can be prepared at home or even ordered from a baker. Irrespective of wherever you get it from be sure to showcase your handiwork. Cookies are brown in color but you can add shades to them to make it dramatic and center of attraction for your guests. Using jams and jellies on cookies can make them colorful. Moreover while arranging cookie tray ensure that one is different from the other. You can try putting chocolate chips cookie next to sugar coated cookie or a jelly coated cookie. Not only colors but cookies of various shapes look good on a cookie tray. You can either arrange a cookie tray of similar style cookies or try a range of assortments. When it comes to cookies there are lot that variations in shape, size, smell, color and taste.

Cookies cut in the shape of alphabets, geometrical figures, Christmas tree, bars are common. Likewise using drizzle of lines around the cookie or using impressions on a cookie also can showcase your artistic skill. All this depends upon the creativity and visual appeal of the baker. There are some hard and fast rules that have to be followed while assembling a cookie tray. Ensure that the cookies are of uniform size, a size bigger and another smaller will look unorganized on a platter. Similar sized cookies with different shapes and color can make the cookie tray attractive. Assemble a cookie tray just a few moments before the party starts, this would help to retain the flavor and texture.

How to arrange cookies on a tray? Cookies can be arranged in a symmetrical manner. Arrange them in rows or circle them like a wheel. Position same type cookies in a strip and this will look like a professional arrangement. One strip can contain chocolate cookies and the other Italian cookies and the like. Cookies can also be arranged based on their flavor, some are crispy and yet others are chewy type. This way the guest can get to enjoy different flavors. Take them out at the last moment and add almond paste or cream or chocolate or butter and deliver them on a cookie tray. You will see the aroma of cookies dominates the party hall.