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Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe

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

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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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