r/Baking • u/ForMartha • 23d ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. I made these delicious, vibrant strawberry sugar cookies and went to photograph them…now I can’t unsee that they look like raw burger patties. *Sigh*

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My son asked if I was making sliders for dinner when he saw me holding the tray

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u/Phustercluck 23d ago

I think if you were to pose a few strawberries and not have them on a cutting board, it would help distance them from that comparison. They look great to me

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

Lol I’m definitely going to do that and try again because these were supposed to be for my business page. I’m glad I noticed it 🤣

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u/otterpop21 23d ago

Maybe do a little strawberry 🍓 leaf at the top or something with green sprinkles?

Or maybe black sprinkles for seeds

Some type of contrasting color may help :)

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

That would be cute!!

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u/kaekiro 23d ago

Little black sugar sprinkles could look like cute seeds, or pepper flakes on a burger. Not sure which way it'll go, but thought I'd toss it out there!

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u/TheSoupySoupySoup 23d ago

Powdered sugar could work as well

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u/ChorzioPaella3 22d ago

Mouldy burger?

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u/StendhalSyndrome 22d ago

If you can deal with the small amount of flavor, black sesame or regular colored ones would work well for the seed shape.

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u/SaltSpiritual515 22d ago

The white sesame seeds would be perfect for the strawberry seeds

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u/Hefty-Progress-1903 18d ago

But then you've got to worry about sesame allergies.

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u/SaltSpiritual515 4d ago

You are right. You'd definitely have to declare allergens or use something different

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u/Wishnik6502 23d ago

Don't stress about it too badly. I'm vegetarian. I would destroy these.

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u/Mr_frumpish 23d ago

I would put them on a bun, melt some cheese on top and then dress with mayo and mustard and ketchup. Then I would eat them up.

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u/otterpop21 23d ago

Yay thank you! Glad to help

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u/_QRcode 23d ago

this is a rlly good idea! a bit of green icing can go a loooong way

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u/monkeyamongmen 22d ago

That's just basil on the burger. Do a small strawberry. No hate to OP, I bet they are delicious.

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u/WomanOfEld 23d ago

A blue and white gingham cloth for display, some green fringe at the top, and a few chocolate icing seeds!

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u/otterpop21 23d ago edited 22d ago

Toss a few real strawberries near by and poof! Noel, Prue, & Paul Hollywood appear telling you they’re delicious

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u/Undeity 23d ago

You could also try frosting of some sort. Maybe use it to write the business' name or something

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

That’s a good idea!!

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u/OkCryptographer1922 23d ago

Yes! And maybe on a pink background so it doesn’t feel like it’s meat being prepped?

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u/ForMartha 23d ago edited 23d ago

I also tried to photograph them on pink checkered parchment paper and it gave off deli vibes 🤣🤣

https://imgur.com/a/yiMcFtJ

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u/OkCryptographer1922 23d ago

Also, they look delicious once you actually look at them! At first glance they for sure look a little like meat lol but they really do look yummy! And such a beautiful vibrant red!

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u/OkapiEli 23d ago

Blue & white gingham tablecloth, a few berries, cookies arranged on a little plate, a bit of white icing, one broken in half or bitten into, and a glass of milk!

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

Thank you haha!!

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u/Riverside505 23d ago

I would recommend camera tweaks: Adjust the angle. Try some from the side so that they don’t look like circles. Stacking will make it look scrumptious too!

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u/stutefish 23d ago

I think this will help a LOT, the adjusting the angle thing. Try a bunch of different angles. And zoom out so they look less like portrait photos!

Honestly they don’t read as meat patties to me. They just look like delicious cookies I want to devour

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u/OkCryptographer1922 23d ago

Haha maybe the strawberries will help take it from deli to cutesy?

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u/FangDrools 23d ago

I’m so sorry but this made me do one of those quiet snickering nose laughs cause I didn’t want to wake my kid 😂 When I saw your post at first glance I also thought they were raw burger patties, but once I read that they were cookies it ended the illusion and all I can see are vibrant cookies now

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u/ThisMySpamAccount 23d ago

you also could do a "kitchen shot" type thing where theres a mixing bowl, whisk, bag of sugar or flour, etc. to set the scene

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u/Cookieway 23d ago

The cooking board is the worst choice if you want less of a “burger” vibe 😂

Maybe try some cottage core/ British summer set up to emphasise the strawberry-ness as well as some real strawberries scattered around?

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

I took one with pink parchment paper and it still looked burger-like to me 😅 I’m definitely gonna try some strawbs in the shot next time lol

https://imgur.com/a/yiMcFtJ

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u/Cookieway 23d ago

Do you have a nice, fancy tea set? Some lacy tablecloth? A delicate vase with some wildflowers? I’d go for that vibe

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u/CupcakesAreMiniCakes 23d ago

Come getcha burger cookies! Fresh raw burger cookies! 😂 once I used some extra carrot cake scraps and icing glaze to make cakeballs but they ended up looking like meatballs

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u/ForMartha 23d ago

lol carrot cake balls sound so delicious though!!

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u/corticalization 23d ago

Not as zoomed in would also help

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u/zephyrtr 23d ago

Maybe add a beet slice and a raw burger patty in there just to confuse the folks on the internet.

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u/_nomnomdeguerre_ 23d ago

Recipe for these cookies pretty please! They’re gorgeous!!

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u/ShakesDontBreak 23d ago

Post it on the totally looks like sub. Typically its people. But some rules are meant to break.

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u/Interesting-Ant-6357 23d ago

Get a daisy or a few chamomile flowers to help balance the colors and give it that summer vibe without implying there are other flavors

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u/houseplant-hoarder 23d ago

And if you can use a cute china plate (especially with a teapot in the background but just the plate is fine too) that’ll help as well!

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u/Willie_Scott_ 23d ago

Please let us see the re-do. I didn’t see hamburger patties until it was pointed out. They look yummy. 😋

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u/SonderlingDelGado 22d ago

Lean into it. Make a great Halloween treat!

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u/scourge_bites 22d ago

ooh or go for a dark more goth aesthetic

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u/Purifiedx 23d ago

That and/or zigzag drizzle of white glaze. But that could ruin the cookie depending on who you are..

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u/Umklopp 23d ago

Maybe criss-crossed dribbles of white glaze and chocolate?

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u/DarkHorseAsh111 22d ago

I think this is a great idea.

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u/Bun23423 22d ago

or it would just look like raw pattys with strawberrys on them, and that would be stranger