Lemon Rope Trees Recipe

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A holiday cookie platter just won't be complete without these scrumptious Christmas trees from our Test Kitchen! Firm and crispy with appealing lemon flavor, they're sure to disappear quickly!

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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Lemon Rope Trees Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 20 Servings
25 10 35

Ingredients

  • 1 cup refrigerated Holiday Cookie Dough
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • Green food coloring, optional
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 4 to 5 teaspoons lemon juice
  • Green sprinkles
  • 4 medium yellow spiced gumdrops

Directions

  • Let cookie dough stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes to soften. In a small bowl, combine dough and lemon peel. Tint with food coloring if desired.
  • Divide dough into 20 pieces; shape each into an 8-in. rope. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; form into tree shapes.
  • Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until firm. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
  • For icing, combine confectioners' sugar and enough lemon juice to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over cookies; decorate with sprinkles.
  • For stars, place gumdrops on a sugared work surface. With a rolling pin, roll gumdrops to 1/8-in. thickness. Using a 1/2-in. star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out five stars from each gumdrop. Gently press stars into frosting on tops of trees. Yield: 20 cookies.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 86 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 41 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Lemon Rope Trees in Simple & Delicious November/December 2007, p54

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Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2009 by heidilovesicecream

Here's the link for the cookie dough recipe: http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Holiday-Cookie-Dough


Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2008 by bolandlm

where is the recipe for the refrigerated dough?

 
 
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