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Christmas Cookie Trees

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  • Prep 60 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 5
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Trim these festive cookie trees with fluffy frosting and colorful sprinkles.
Updated Mar 21, 2024
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Ingredients

Trees

Decorations, if desired

  • Yellow sanding sugar
  • Red and white candy sprinkles
  • Coarse sugar

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In medium bowl, knead cookie dough and flour until combined. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.)
  • 2
    On floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. With 1 1/4-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 5 stars. With flower-shaped cookie cutters in 5 different sizes (3 1/2, 3 1/4, 2 3/4, 2 1/4 and 1 1/2 inch), cut 25 cookies, 5 of each size.
  • 3
    Place stars and smaller flowers 1 inch apart on one cookie sheet. Place larger flowers 2 inches apart on second cookie sheet. Bake smaller cookies 6 to 8 minutes, larger cookies 8 to 10 minutes, or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
  • 4
    In small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of the frosting with yellow food color. Frost star cookies with yellow frosting; sprinkle with yellow sugar. Set aside.
  • 5
    In medium bowl, mix remaining frosting with green food color. Spoon frosting into resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off one corner of bag. To assemble each tree, pipe green frosting on one large flower cookie; stack with 4 cookies, largest to smallest, piping frosting on each cookie. Sprinkle with coarse sugar. Decorate with candy sprinkles. Top each tree with star cookie.

Nutrition Information

950 Calories, 44g Total Fat, 5g Protein, 125g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
950
Total Fat
44g
0%
Saturated Fat
13g
0%
Sodium
350mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
125g
0%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 6 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 9 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
8 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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