How to make bite-size tennis cookies in a mason jar, a fun gift for a tennis player.
tennis cookies
A couple months back I made my mom bite-size cookies in a jar that pictured all her interests and hobbies. (Remember? All About Mom cookies.) She put in a request for tennis-themed bite-size cookies in a jar, and I couldn’t refuse. So I made tennis cookies, of course.
We’re all tennis players in my family. Or rather, in my case, used to be a tennis player. I haven’t picked up a racket in years. I played competitively in high school, and I could have been good. Really good. Except I had this terrible habit of choking at the end. Sooo close then, “oops!” I didn’t kick the habit, either, when I took up shooting pool years later. This choking thing is tough for one as competitive as I. (Don’t ever mention the “Monopoly incident of ’05 to my neighbors.”)
Since I was barely big enough to hold a racket, I and my siblings would walk the mile or so take lessons from the matriarch of a local family estate, an estate equipped with a court, of course. Thirtysome years later, she’s STILL giving lessons and organizing games. My mom has continued playing all these years. She’s giving these cookies to the terribly impressive tennis-playing matriarch.
It’s no secret I love bite-size cookies. So cute, so perfect for snacking, and so easy to fit into the best invention ever after my TV, the mason jar.
how to make mini tennis cookies
To make these, I just cut out little 1-inch circles and 1-inch ovals (pinched at one end) from my cookie dough, baked and let cool. Then I made my royal icing, divided, and colored with my Americolor Soft Gel Pastes (Orange, Egg Yellow, Electric Green, Sky Blue, Electric Purple, Super Black and Bright White.) I prepared decorating bags with couplers and decorating tips–sizes 1, 2, 3 and 4–and filled with the icing and tied the bags closed with rubber bands. Then I piped and filled circles for the tennis balls, using a 2-tip white to pipe the accent on top. For the racquets, I piped the racket and handle with different colors and black icing, using 3 tips. I filled the centers with white icing, then topped with the strings using a 1-tip black. I let the cookies dry well overnight and packaged in a mason jar. For tips on finding supplies, Find cookie decorating supplies HERE. For basic cookie decorating how-tos, click HERE.
laura@imnotatrophywife.com says
I love these! We are a tennis family and what a great idea for those 3rd set losses or wins!! I like the mini’s too! I made larger ones last year, but I like the fun colors!
thanks for the inspiration! I just pinned these under “all things tennis.”
laura
Sue {munchkin munchies} says
I can’t get over how CUTE these are, Meaghan!
Annamaria @ bakewell junction says
Adorable cookies.
Kathia says
Super cute!
trisha says
SCORE!!! This is a “tennis game” I could win at – EAT EAT EAT!
Miriam @ overtimecook says
These cOokies are adorable! I’d like a jar of them. 🙂
The Partiologist says
What cute little and I mean little… cookies! I just love how much detail you can get on one of these minis.
Years ago, I took a few tennis lessons and I used to pray for rain so it would be canceled. Yea, tennis didn’t work out for me! 🙂
Janine (sugarkissed.net) says
Thanks for the reminder… I NEED to do some mini cookies packaged in a jar! These are just too cute!
Jen Mc says
Love these, especially the use of non-traditional tennis colors! I always think of white and lime green when I have tennis on the brain. I also love anything the “wrong” size- either teeny-tiny OR humungous. I have a TON of empty mason jars in my basement, bought in the hopes that the perfect project would present itself and now it has, so thanks bunches!!! I “play” tennis as long as there is no scorekeeping and I can use ALL the courts I need to 😛
Joy says
The cookies are adorable.
Linda V @ Bubble and Sweet says
Cookies in a jar are too cute 🙂 How lovely that they are going to someone that has shaped who you are I am sure she will love them
Andreja says
It looks great
Andreja
sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more says
aw so cute!
Sweetsugarbelle says
Megs…I love these!!! I live mini cookies sooo much! Been thinking of you. Hope all is well.
HanaS says
what size mason jar did you use and how many mini cookies fit into it?
meaghanmountford says
I used the standard mason jar (1 pint, I believe) and if memory serves… each jar holds about 20 mini cookies.