Christmas Tree Cookies

Dessert ready in an hour! You'll love these Christmas tree shaped cookies topped with candy sprinkles.

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  • ingredients 7
  • Prep Time 60 min
  • Total Time 60 min

Ingredients

Green Dough

1/4
cup all-purpose flour
1/4
cup butter, softened
1
tablespoon green crème de menthe liqueur or crème de menthe syrup
2
drops green food color
Decorating bag fitted with small writing tip

Cookies

1
roll (18 oz) refrigerated sugar cookies
Candy sprinkles or miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

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LOCATION

Directions

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix green dough ingredients until well blended. Place dough in decorating bag fitted with small writing tip; set aside.
  • 2 Work with half of dough at a time; keep remaining dough refrigerated. On lightly floured work surface, roll out dough with rolling pin to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2- to 3 1/2-inch tree-shaped cookie cutter; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • 3 Squeeze decorating bag to pipe green dough around outer edge of each tree cookie; pipe dots randomly in center. Top each dot with candy sprinkle.
  • 4 Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

EXPERT TIPS

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Expert Tips

A small resealable food-storage plastic bag can be used in place of the decorating bag. Place the green dough in the bag and seal it. Cut a small hole in one bottom corner of the bag. Squeeze the bag to pipe the dough as directed in the recipe.

Nutrition Information 

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
110
(
Calories from Fat
50),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
6g
6%
(Saturated Fat
2g,
2%
Trans Fat
1g
1%
),
Cholesterol
10mg
10%;
Sodium
70mg
70%;
Total Carbohydrate
14g
14%
(Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
  Sugars
7g
7%
),
Protein
0g
0%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
0%;
Iron
2%;
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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