Yogi & Boo-Boo Christmas Sugar Cookies

Yogi & Boo-Boo Christmas Sugar Cookies

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As I was trying to decide what to wrap up the bears in; it occurred to me that I should wrap them up in gift packaging. Of course Jordan (the hungriest bear of all) will probably be the only one receiving it, but it gives me ideas for Christmas as well:) As a child I loved Yogi & Boo Boo. One of the few cartoons I actually enjoyed. "Hey boo-boo lets go grab a pic a nic basket!" "But Yogi...." Boo Boo cries! Such a classic cartoon.

With the new Yogi Bear movie recently released I fell in love with the impish little bears all over again. So much so, that they inspired my latest baking adventure. I'm still a long way to decorating cookies to the level of perfection of some out there. I look at the cookies made by Bake at 350, Glorious Treats , Sweetopia, and Sweet Sugar Belle and am completely inspired and at a loss at the same time.

Although I'm creative, I'm not necessarily "artistic" and was laughed at in painting class back in art school because well ya I wasn't very good. So this was a big challenge for me: trying to transpose multiple images of yogi and boo boo into a Christmas cookie. I've accepted I don't have the patience to decorate a large quantity of cookies at one time.

I made one Yogi cookie and one Boo-Boo cookie and that was enough for me. I made rough outlines of the shapes I wanted in Illustrator based on a few images I found on the internet, printed them and used the outline as a guide to trace the cookie shapes. I kept the shapes simple enough to make into cookies and then worked on creating the colors and basic faces of the darling little bears. 

Yogi BooBoo Sugar cookies Christmas

yogi and booboo christmas cookies packaging

cartoon network booboo christmas cookie

I love the packaging! Cute little christmas wish from my favorite bears!


yogi bear cookies step1
Step 1– Outline his face, Let dry.
yogi bear cookies step 2
Step 2–Add in facial features and suit.
boo boo cookie step1
Step 1– Outline his face, and hat. Let dry.
boo boo cookies step2
Step 2–Add in facial features, hat, and bow.

Want to try them for yourself? Here is the outline I made to make the cookies. I printed it out on thicker cardstock, cut out the shapes and used a sharp knife to trace the outline into chilled cookie dough.

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 tsp. almond extract
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 4 c. flour 

Frosting/Garnish Ingredients

  • 1 package royal icing mix
  • water
  • icing bags and clear plastic craft bottles
  • toothpicks
  • brown, green, red, copper, white, and black gel food coloring

Recipe Instructions

Sugar Cookie Instructions

  1. 1) Cream butter and sugar together with mixer until smooth.
  2. 2) Add in eggs, vanilla, and almond and stir until smooth.
  3. 3) Slowly add in flour, baking powder and salt, stirring until smooth with each addition.
  4. 4) Roll into three balls
  5. 5) Sandwich dough between two sheets of wax (or parchment) paper and roll until 1/4 in. thick
  6. 6) Refrigerate in sheets for an hour or until firm.
  7. 7) Dip cookie cuter into water and shake off.
  8. 8) Press firmly into dough.
  9. 9) Transfer cookies onto a baking mat lined baking sheet
  10. 10) Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until just starting to brown.
  11. 11) Let cool completely before icing.
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What people are saying...

  • Jill Hansen says...

    Posted: December 4, 2011

    Hi Angela…I can’t believe you made those adorable cookies!!  We spend a week @ Jellystone in Warrens WI with our 2 grand girls and they love Yogi and Boo Boo!!  I would love to try to make some of those cookies so Thanks so much for such great directions!!  I love your site!! What talent!! 
    PS..if I am a failure do you take orders??

  • Angieriver says...

    Posted: December 4, 2011

    Thanks!  Oh that must have been fun!  I’m sure the girls would love decorating these cookies!  I added an image attachment for the cookie outline if you do end up making them! 

    I’ve never really done orders, but I’m sure you’ll succeed!  Let me know if you do end up making them:)

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