Minnie Mouse Cookies Using Our Bow Silicone Mold

I made these adorable Minnie Mouse cookies for my sweet niece’s 2nd birthday party favors, they were such a huge hit! I used this bow mold from the shop to create the fondant bows. You could use the same mold with candy melts or tempered chocolate to decorate Minnie Mouse cake pops, it would be the perfect size for them!

Let’s Start with the Cookie
Roll out your favorite shortbread or sugar cookie dough to about a 1/4″ thick and cut out circles using a 3″ cookie cutter. Line your cookie sheets with a Sil Pat or parchment paper to prevent sticking, and place your cookie rounds on top. Bake until they’re lightly golden along the edges.

While your cookies are out of the oven and cooling, make a small batch of simple syrup. Boil white sugar with a little water just until the sugar dissolves, immediatly take off the burner and let it cool. Next you will want to color a ball of your favorite fondant, these are a pale pink, but feel free to change it up if it will match your decor better. I rolled my fondant out pretty thin, about 1/8″ and then used a textured mat to give it the basket weave pattern you see. After you texture, use your washed, 3″ circle cookie cutter to cut out fondant circles.

Next, take a pastry brush and dip it into your simple syrup then brush on to the tops of your cookie rounds. Place your textured, fondant circles on top of the lightly moistened cookies. Now that you have your base/backgrounds of your cookies done, you can now work on the Minnie Mouse silhouettes.

Making Minnie Mouse
To make the Minnie Mouse silhouette, you will need black fondant. Roll it out thin, about an 1/8″. I used two different sized small, round cookie cutters to cut out Minnie’s head and ears. Use the larger one for Minnie’s head and the smaller for the ears. I used the cookie cutter to notch out a little of the ear circles so it would fit against the curve of the head nicely. Dip a small paintbrush (only used for edible use) into the simple syrup and lightly brush the backs, then place on top of the cookies to create your Minnie silhouette. Now all she needs is a bow!

Making the Fondant Bows
To make your fondant bows, lightly dust the inside of the mold with corn starch. Take a small piece of red fondant (or any color you fancy), and push it into the mold cavities. Gently flex the mold to remove your bows. “Glue” the bows on with your simple syrup and that’s it, you have made my version of Minnie Mouse cookies!