CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES
These are great tasting and good looking cut-out cookies. Frost with a browned butter frosting, decorate how you wish, and stand 'em up in purchased jelly wreaths. Make them in several tree sizes. They will add color, fun and good eating to your cookie trays.
Provided by superbuna
Categories Dessert
Time 2h45m
Yield 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and lemon juice.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt and add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Chill, then roll dough to about 1/8 inch or thicker.
- Cut into various sized Christmas trees.
- Squeeze bottom of trunk a little so it will fit into jelly wreaths when baked.
- Bake in preheated hot oven at 425 degrees F for 5 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool. Cover with frosting; decorate.
- For Frosting:.
- Heat and boil the 1/2 cup butter in heavy saucepan until lightly browned; do not burn.
- Stir in 3 cups powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Add water a few drops at a time until frosting is of spreading consistency.
- Frost cookies, then decorate with cake decorator using colored icing of your choice and top off with sprinkles, bits of candied cherries, etc.
- To stand, set each in ring of bought jellied candies.
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Sajid Muhammad
[email protected]These cookies look so delicious! I'm going to have to give them a try.
Ali Saleem
[email protected]I can't wait to try these cookies with different frosting flavors.
Casey Miller
[email protected]These cookies were a fun and festive way to celebrate the holidays.
S raj Raj
[email protected]I'm definitely going to make these cookies again next year.
Stunt Sadew
[email protected]These cookies were the perfect addition to my Christmas party dessert table.
Sadia Gull
[email protected]I'm not a baker, but these cookies were easy to make and they turned out great!
Costar Chimbala
[email protected]These cookies were a lot of work, but they were worth it! They were so beautiful and delicious.
Aripin sapiroh
[email protected]I had a hard time getting the frosting to spread evenly, but the cookies still turned out okay.
fire music
[email protected]The cookies were a little too sweet for my taste, but they were still good.
sudip khanal
[email protected]These cookies were so cute and festive! I loved the green frosting and the sprinkles.
Pakistani Hindu Live
[email protected]I've made these cookies for years and they're always a favorite. They're so festive and delicious.
DD Jimmy
[email protected]These Christmas tree cookies were a hit at my holiday party! They were so easy to make and everyone loved them.