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Cut out an even number of cookies with each size cookie cutter. Immediately cut half of each size tree cookies in half from top to bottom. Mix confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook christmas tree cookies using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas tree cookies:
- Get 3 Cups Plain flour
- Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- Make ready 1 Cup Butter
- Prepare 1 Cup Sugar
- Make ready 1 Egg (cold)
- Get 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 3 Drops Green food color gel
Beat the butter, granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar in. Repeat adding smaller-sized star cookies and attaching them with royal icing. Decorate the cookie Christmas tree with royal icing, silver balls, and other holiday decor. Roll out yellow fondant and cut out a small star to place on top of the cookie tree and secure with royal icing.
Steps to make Christmas tree cookies:
- Cream the softened butter and sugar till pale and creamy.
- Add vanilla extract and egg and beat well.
- Add sifted flour and salt and beat well to combine.
- Divide the dough into two halves. Add the green food gel to one half and mix well.
- This is an optional step. Pinch off a little from the plain dough and mix a little cocoa powder to it to form a small ball of chocolate dough.
- Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes.
- Divide the green and plain dough into small balls. Roll them out into strips. Place them next to each other alternatively on a sheet of grease proof paper. Place another sheet of greaseproof paper on top and roll out to desired thickness.
- Using a Christmas tree shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place them on a lined baking tray. Place the cookies in the freezer for 15 minutes. This helps them to hold their shape while baking.
- Bake in a 180C preheated oven for 7-10 minutes.
Decorate remaining cookies to your liking. Christmas cookies: they're not just for Santa — everybody loves to cuddle up by the fireplace with hot cocoa in one hand and a freshly-baked cookie in another. Using prepared cookie dough gives you a nice head start to your own little forest of Christmas trees. Chilling the dough after it's cut helps the shapes stay sharp during baking. Mix in egg and vanilla and almond extracts.
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