Christmas tree cookies with colored icing. These are treats with a shortcrust pastry base and green colored icing, decorated with sprinkles. The tree-shaped cookie is a very simple recipe to make, delicious, perfect for the Christmas holidays.
Perhaps it hasn’t been made clear, but I love making Christmas cookies of all types and kinds. They can be used in many ways; I often give them as gifts, and they are truly appreciated, in small single-shaped packages, like these trees, or mixed. You can really indulge your creativity. Cheerful and delicious, they will bring the simple and familiar Christmas atmosphere with their fragrance. Without Christmas cookies, for me, it isn’t Christmas, and I make sure to prepare them strictly at home. I make a lot of them and give almost all of them away; it’s my way of wishing a Merry Christmas.
Here are some other Christmas cookie recipes:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 1 Hour
- Portions: 40 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter, Christmas
- Energy 96.25 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 13.80 (g) of which sugars 7.43 (g)
- Proteins 1.44 (g)
- Fat 4.12 (g) of which saturated 2.54 (g)of which unsaturated 1.53 (g)
- Fibers 0.19 (g)
- Sodium 4.35 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 24 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 Tree Cookie Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 egg (whole)
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar with vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 oz egg white
- 2 teaspoons food coloring (green powder)
Tools
- Cookie Cutters Annhao Christmas Cookie Cutters, 12 Pieces Stainless Steel Molds for Christmas Cookies with Christmas Tree, Gingerbread Man, Santa Claus and Reindeer, Snowflake, Snowman etc.
- Pastry Bag SOGUDE Disposable Pastry Bags, 100 Pieces Disposable Pastry Bag Kit with 7 Stainless Steel Nozzles and 5 Sealing Straps
Steps for Christmas Tree Cookies with Colored Icing
Here you can find the shortcrust pastry for cookies that I used
Proceed with decorating the cookies, as seen in the photo. Place the sprinkles on the plate and when the icing is still soft, place the colored dragees on top, wait for it to dry, at least half an hour
Here you find the procedure to prepare the royal icing. With the icing you can cover the entire cookie, or create designs as seen in the photo, using the pastry bag, with a rather small nozzle
Storage of Christmas Tree Cookies
The cookies must be perfectly dry before being placed in an airtight container, or if you want to give them as gifts, use food-safe bags
