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 preparing for the Christmas holidays.
Maybe it’s not obvious, but I love making cookies for Christmas, all types and kinds. They can be used in many ways, I often give them as gifts, and they are really appreciated, in small packages in single forms, like these trees, or mixed, you can really get creative. Cheerful and delicious, they will bring you the Christmas atmosphere with their scent, simple and familiar. Without Christmas cookies, for me, it’s not Christmas, and I make sure to prepare them strictly at home; I make a lot of them, and I give almost all of them away as my way of wishing Merry Christmas.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- 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
Ingredients for Christmas tree cookies
- 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 powdered brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups vanilla powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 oz egg white
- 2 teaspoons food coloring (green powdered)
Tools
- Cookie Cutters Annhao Christmas Cookie Cutters, 12 Pieces Stainless Steel Cookie Molds with Christmas Tree, Gingerbread Man, Santa Claus and Reindeer, Snowflake, Snowman, etc.
- Piping Bags SOGUDE Disposable Piping Bags, 100 Pieces Pastry Bag, Cream Preparation 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 you see in the photo. Place the sprinkles on the plate, and when the icing is still soft, place the colored sprinkles on top, wait for it to dry for at least half an hour
You can find here the procedure to prepare the royal icing. With the icing, you can cover the entire cookie or create designs as you see in the photo, using a piping bag with a rather small nozzle
Storage for 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
