Gingerbread Sandwich Trees Recipe

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Fun and festive, these cookie sandwich trees will be a huge hit with kids of all ages. They're a super-cute holiday treat! —Steve Foy, Kirkwood, Missouri

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Gingerbread Sandwich Trees Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 24 Servings
25 10 35

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup molasses
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1-1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • M&M's miniature baking bits
  • 3/4 cup vanilla frosting
  • 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • Green food coloring, optional

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses. Combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, ginger 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 dough to 1/8-in. thickness.
  • Cut with a floured 3-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Gently press baking bits into half of the cookies.
  • Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  • In a small bowl, combine frosting and confectioners' sugar until smooth; tint green if desired. Spread over the bottoms of plain cookies; top with decorated cookies. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie (calculated without M&M's miniature baking bits) equals 236 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 174 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Gingerbread Sandwich Trees in Simple & Delicious November/December 2009, p57

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Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by grniis2

I made these last year for a cookie exchange and they were a big hit. Easy to put together and decorate since I'm not much into decorating, that was a plus for me. Tasted great. I might try the cream cheese icing this year. Thank's for the tip. Merry Christmas Everyone!


Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by aug2295

I'm not crazy about gingerbread, but these were good. My kids who LOVE gingerbread loved these. There was a lot for the kids to do baking them, so it was also a nice project for us to do.


Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2011 by Heidilulu

I love this recipe. I'm not that big a gingerbread fan and these are great. My husband does like gingerbread cookies and he loves them too. I used a cream cheese-butter icing and chilled it first. They are so cute and easy. I think I'll make them for my kids classes this year.


Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2009 by cmgonzalez2

Great with or without frosting. I used cream cheese frosting.


Reviewed on Nov. 29, 2009 by bcrozier

Awesome!

 
 
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