Sugar Cookie Trees

Build a holiday tree the delicious way! Stack star cookies up in a fun and easy cookie-plate stand-out.

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3 Stars 10%

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ingredients 6
Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

4: tablespoons all-purpose flour

1: roll (18 oz) Pillsbury® Refrigerated Sugar Cookies

1 1/2: cups powdered sugar

2: to 3 tablespoons water or milk

: Few drops green food color

: Assorted small candy sprinkles, edible glitter and/or decorator sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
2 Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the flour on work surface.
3 On floured surface, roll half of the dough to 1/4-inch thickness; place remaining dough in refrigerator. With 1 1/2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out about 18 small star-shaped cookies. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with 2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter and 2 1/4-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, using remaining half of dough, rerolled dough scraps and flour.
4 Bake 6 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
5 In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and enough water for desired spreading consistency; stir in food color. Frost and decorate cookies as desired; let stand about 15 minutes or until frosting is set. Place 2 1/4-inch cookies on platter, stack 2-inch cookie on top of each larger cookie, with star points alternating. Top with 1 1/2-inch cookie, with star points alternating, to form tree shape. (See photo.)

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 45),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 5g; 5%
(Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, 1 1/2% Trans Fat 3g 3% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 95mg; 95%;
Total Carbohydrate: 29g; 29%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 20g 20% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 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:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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gwashington1961

report Posted Oct. 13, 2011 1:43 PM

Pillsbury makes a very good refrigerated cookie dough roll. I've baked with it 100's of times for youth group activities and many times as a base for cookie dough pizza desserts for many adult groups. I have never had a complaint about the quality of the dough. Maybe it was because I intended to share something tasty with my friends. I have a huge recipe box of recipes for cookies from scratch and I make them to serve as well. Collecting recipes does not make whatever you bake all that great if #1 you are not really into baking and #2 your too proud to buy what you really want.

jim91303

report Posted Dec. 22, 2010 9:15 PM

i wanted a sugar cookie recipe ... so i signed up .... what did i get ..... garbage! what kinda recipe consists of a premade cookie mix. this was a waste of my time !!

mamoobarbie

report Posted Dec. 10, 2010 3:32 PM

I have made this before, but with a little more sophistocated design, this one is more for children to make. I have cookie cutters in 7 graduated sizes. A taller stack of the stars, makes it look like a tree, then I decorate with some white icing to make it look like it has snowed and make ornaments with buttercream or royal icing.

wwfields

report Posted Dec. 10, 2010 10:44 AM

auntsis59, look at the pic . . . the star-shaped sugar cookies resemble a Christmas Tree when stacked in the alternate sizes! It takes the star shape to make it look like a tree.

mlb296

report Posted Dec. 10, 2010 10:32 AM

Wow what a concept. Cut out 3 stars and stack them on top of each other. Even my three year old looked at the results and said it's stars on top of each other. Please a little creativity. Plus the sugar cookies taste like cardboard and preservatives.