Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe

Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe Rating 3

My family's all time favorite cookie. Great whether you frost with a simple butter cream frosting or simply sprinkle with colored sugar. --Janaan Cunningham

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Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 1 hour + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 21 Servings
60 10 70

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • ICING:
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons milk
  • Green paste food coloring
  • Light bulb-shaped sprinkles

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 4-in. x 3-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
  • For icing, combine confectioners' sugar and milk. Remove 1/3 cup icing to a small bowl; tint dark green with food coloring. Tint remaining icing light green; spread over cookies. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; fill bag with dark green icing. Pipe zigzag lines onto trees for Christmas lights; decorate with sprinkles. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.

    These are my family's all-time-favorite cookies. They're great whether you spread them with frosting or simply sprinkle on colored sugar.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 214 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 33 mg cholesterol, 182 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2009, p111

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