Christmas Tree Cookies
I still am in the learning stages of decorating cookies. It’s a rather tricky process of gaining expertise in the icing and their use. I circumvented a big chunk of the decorating in this recipe by coloring the dough instead of applying a green icing over the entire cookie.
Ingredients for Christmas Tree Cookies
- 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 ½ Cups granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 Tbs vanilla
- 1+ tsp dark green food coloring
Directions for Christmas Tree Cookies
Preheat oven to 400º
In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In the bowl of a mixer cream the butter and sugar . With the mixer on low add the eggs one at a time and combine thoroughly .
Add the vanilla and the food coloring mix well. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms. If it looks too light green add a little more coloring.
Divide the dough in thirds and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to overnight.
On a well floured surface roll the dough out to about a ¼ inch thickness and using a Christmas tree cutter cut out the shapes and place on a lightly greased sheet pan or one with a silpat. You can decorate with sprinkles at this point or wait until cookies are cool to ice or do both.
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes until the edges begin to lightly brown. Remove from the oven and carefully place on a cooling rack to cool completely
Once cooled decorate as you wish. For the ones in the picture I used Royal Icing.
Royal Icing
I have also discovered I do not have the patience or artistic talent to create great looking cookies. If your looking for a good blog about cookie decorating try http://bakeat350.blogspot.com or http://sweetopia.net/ two very great looking cookie sites.
There are a number of different recipes for Royal Icing, which is an icing that will harden rather quickly and is great for decorating. For ease in making I use the meringue powder, or when I can find it pasteurized egg whites.
Here are a few items to help make this recipe:
Wilton Meringue Powder, 8 oz Can
24 Pcs Icing Piping Nozzles Pastry Tips Cotton Bag Cake Decoration Kit Icing Crafts
DayMark 115435 12″ Hand-E-Grip Disposable Pastry Bag with Dispenser (Roll of 100)
I just love this time of year. So many old familar smells and all those cookies, there is a big sock on the chimney that has some very interesting scents coming from it, I wish I could read a calendar so I’d know how many days to Christmas.
- Ingredients for Christmas Tree Cookies
- 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 ½ Cups granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 Tbs vanilla
- 1+ tsp dark green food coloring
- Preheat oven to 400º
- In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In the bowl of a mixer cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and a pale yellow. With the mixer on low add the eggs one at a time and combine thoroughly .
- Add the vanilla and the food coloring mix well. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms. If it looks too light green add a little more coloring.
- Divide the dough in thirds and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to overnight.
- On a well floured surface roll the dough out to about a ¼ inch thickness and using a Christmas tree cutter cut out the shapes and place on a lightly greased sheet pan or one with a silpat. You can decorate with sprinkles at this point or wait until cookies are cool to ice or do both.
- Bake for 8 - 10 minutes until the edges begin to lightly brown. Remove from the oven and carefully place on a cooling rack to cool completely
- Once cooled decorate as you wish. For the ones in the picture I used Royal Icing.
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