Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas tree cookies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cut out an even number of cookies with each size cookie cutter. Made with a soft and chewy sugar cookie style base, a simple buttery frosting and decorated as pretty pine trees. An easy cookie that's fun for people of all ages to help with. With the mixer on low, slowly add the sugar and then the egg.
Christmas tree cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Christmas tree cookies is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
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 that.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas tree cookies:
- Get 3 Cups Plain flour
- Make ready 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- Take 1 Cup Butter
- Prepare 1 Cup Sugar
- Prepare 1 Egg (cold)
- Get 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 3 Drops Green food color gel
On low, mix in flour, cornstarch and salt. Wrap in plastic and chill for about an hour. Roll out between two pieces of parchment paper. With a cookie cutter, cut out star shapes.
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.
Roll out between two pieces of parchment paper. With a cookie cutter, cut out star shapes. Place stars on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush a thin layer of egg wash on the cookies right before baking. Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets front to back and bottom to top about halfway through, until golden brown and dry on.
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