Shortbread Christmas Trees for holiday breakfasts. For me, Christmas rhymes with cookies! Lots of cookies for all tastes and all kinds are a must, especially if they are homemade. So, here begins my simple and delicious homemade cookie production. And I can’t forget my Cartellate, the Chocolate Mostaccioli, or a delicious Panettone Cake. Because you can never have enough sweetness! Today I want to tell you how I made some delicious Tree-shaped Cookies that I decorated with dark chocolate and lots of colorful sprinkles. Perfect for holiday breakfasts, perfect as a lovely Christmas gift, and if you make a little hole before baking, you can even hang them on your Christmas tree. Let’s run to the kitchen and make some delicious Christmas Tree Cookies together.
- PANETTONE CAKE, the simple and quick dessert that smells like Christmas
- SPICED SHORTBREAD, perfect for Christmas cookies
- CHOCOLATE AND CREAM LOG, and the Christmas dessert is ready!
- CHRISTMAS STAR WITH ALMONDS AND ORANGES, the holiday dessert
- CHRISTMAS STAR COOKIES with chocolate and pistachios, the best holiday cookies
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 25 Minutes
- Portions: 24 pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter, Christmas
- Energy 92.26 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 12.31 (g) of which sugars 4.11 (g)
- Proteins 1.55 (g)
- Fat 4.43 (g) of which saturated 2.72 (g)of which unsaturated 1.65 (g)
- Fibers 1.73 (g)
- Sodium 26.41 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 25 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Christmas Cookie Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 1/8 cups flour
- 1 orange zest (untreated)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 oz dark chocolate
- as needed colored sprinkles
- as needed glitter sugars
What you need to make the cookies
- Shapes
- Rolling Pin
- Piping Bag
How to make the Shortbread Christmas Trees
You can prepare the dough by hand or with the help of a mixer. Mix the butter cut into small pieces with the sugar and flour in a bowl. Add an egg, the grated zest of one untreated orange, and half a teaspoon of baking soda.
Quickly knead until you have a soft but not sticky dough. Form a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and let the shortbread dough rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or longer.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1/8 to 3/16 inches. Cut out many cookies with a tree-shaped cutter. Roll out the scraps to make more cookies. Arrange the cookies slightly apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake the tree cookies in a static oven preheated to 340°F for 12-14 minutes. Do not let them darken too much. Let them cool. Melt the dark chocolate cut into small pieces in a double boiler.
Transfer the melted chocolate into a disposable piping bag. Cut a very small piece from the tip to create a small hole. Decorate the Tree Cookies with the chocolate as desired. Before the chocolate hardens, decorate with colorful sprinkles of all kinds.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, hugs, Loredana
Loredana’s Tips
You can prepare the shortbread in advance and store it in the fridge for 2-3 days, or you can freeze it.
If you want to prepare the cookies in advance, do not decorate them with chocolate. You can keep them in a container for a few days and decorate them last with chocolate and sprinkles
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