If there’s one thing to note about a wedding celebration, it’s the fact that with all the surrounding events it can seem like a series of parties after parties. You’ve got the engagement parties, bachelor and bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners, and of course the bridal showers (or couples showers somewhere in between).

If you don’t know what a bridal shower is, it’s usually a pre-wedding party that occurs in the days (or weeks) leading up to the wedding. It’s an opportunity for close friends and family of the bride-to-be to gather around in celebration and over food to shower the engaged couple with advice, gifts, and a good time.

However, although bridal showers are a fun and exciting way to celebrate the bride-to-be, if you’re a part of the planning for any or all of the pre-wedding celebrations, you’re probably looking for chic, stylish, yet easy recipe ideas to add to the bridal shower menu so you won’t be burnt out in all the pre-wedding preparations and celebrations.

Adding cookies to your bridal shower menu can be the perfect touch. That’s why today, I’m sharing a round-up of bridal shower cookie ideas that you and your guests would love.

Bridal Shower Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

2 Tbsp Peanut butter, unsweetened (Tbsp) - 188 calories

1 Tbsp Maple syrup (Tbsp) - 50 calories

Instructions

Note: It’s important to only use natural peanut butter in this recipe made from only peanuts and salt, e.g. Smuckers brand
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Mix together maple syrup and peanut butter in a bowl until a thick consistency forms
Create 2 balls of “dough” and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
Press down with a fork in a cross-cross fashion to flatten the cookies & create the pattern as shown in the picture
Bake for 9 minutes
Let cool & harden before eating (it’s ok when they come out of the oven for them to be soft)
No nuts? Use natural sunflower seed butter

3 Ingredient Banana Cookies

Ingredients

0.3 Tbsp Cacao powder - 6 calories

1 Banana - 105 calories

½ cup Oatmeal, dry oats (uncooked) - 150 calories

2 tsp Sugar - 32 calories

Instructions

Mash banana with a fork.
Combine all ingredients and mix evenly.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Spoon mixture evenly onto tray and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Madeleines

Photo: DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS

Ingredients

¼ cup butter

2 large eggs

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

⅛ teaspoon salt

⅓ cup white sugar

½ cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon lemon zest

⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter and flour 12 (3-inch) madeleine molds; set aside.
Melt butter and let cool to room temperature.
Beat eggs, vanilla, and salt in a small mixing bowl at high speed until light. Gradually add sugar and continue beating at high speed until mixture is thick and pale and ribbons form in bowl when beaters are lifted, 5 to 10 minutes.
Sift flour into the egg mixture, a third at a time, gently folding after each addition.
Add lemon zest and pour melted butter around the edge of the batter. Quickly but gently fold butter into the batter.
Spoon batter into molds; it will mound slightly above tops.
Bake until cakes are golden and the tops spring back when gently pressed with your fingertip, 14 to 17 minutes.
Use the tip of the knife to loosen madeleines from the pan; invert onto a rack. Immediately sprinkle warm cookies with granulated sugar.

Get the full recipe here.

How To Decorate Sugar Cookies For Bridal Shower

Shop for shortcuts

Check Etsy or your local grocery store in the bakery aisle for a bridal shower cookie decorating kit.

If you’re in a pinch and need to order some premade sugar cookies that will be perfect for a bridal shower party, you’d be surprised. There are a lot of great options on Amazon so definitely check there if you can’t find what you’re looking for locally and in a pinch. Bonus if you can find some with free shipping.

Personalize it

Personalize your cookies with the couple's initials or write something fancy on them like “I do”, “love” or a picture of a ring as a nod to the engagement.

Decorative packaging

Sometimes you can make a not so interesting cookie look and feel extra special with the right type of packaging. You can purchase an assortment of your favorite and trusty cookies, then wrap them in decorative packaging or beautiful small boxes for guests with that fit the bridal shower theme. Super easy and elegant.

Got more tips of your own? Leave a comment on this post to share what you would do or have seen done before!

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