Christmas Tree Cookies

Name: Christmas Tree Cookies
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Internacional
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter, at room temperature; 3/4 cups icing sugar; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence; 4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon food coloring, green; 1 cup white chocolate, chopped, for decoration; 1 cup nonpareil sprinkles, Christmas-themed, for decoration

Alejandra Cota

These Christmas Tree Cookies are perfect for gifting this season. Enjoy these traditional decorated butter cookies. The ingredients for this recipe are very easy to find, and you only need 10 basic ingredients.

For the tree shape of the Tree Cookies, you can mark it with a knife, although we recommend using a Christmas Tree mold.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 30-11-2018

Preparation

1h 20 mins

10 mins

Low

Preheat the oven to 170° C For the cookie dough, beat the butter with the sugar until combined, add the egg, the yolk, and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract, flour, and salt, and continue beating until the ingredients are well combined. Remove the dough from the mixer and divide it into two parts. Set aside the natural color part and add green vegetable dye to the other half to color it. Let both doughs rest in the refrigerator for 40 minutes until firm, wrapped in non-stick plastic. On a smooth, floured surface, roll out the green cookie dough to a thickness of 3 mm, using a tree-shaped cutter to cut out shapes and set aside. Roll out the natural dough and cut larger circles than the trees. Use the same tree cutter to hollow out the center of the circles and insert the green trees into the space. Arrange the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and refrigerate again until very firm. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, remove from the oven, and cool. In a bowl, place the white chocolate and melt it in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Cover the edges of the cookies in white chocolate, refrigerate for a few seconds, and adhere the sprinkles to the cookie; refrigerate again until fully set. Serve the cookies and accompany with a bit of milk.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

474.4

kcal

23.72%

Carbohydrate, by difference

51.6

17.2%

Protein

12%

Total lipid (fat)

27.4

42.15%

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Tips

Try not to overbeat the butter; you only need to incorporate the sugar. Remember that before baking the cookies, it is very important to freeze them, so they won't lose their shape in the oven and won't spread too much. To make the Christmas sprinkles stick, ensure that the white chocolate is not too hot; you can lightly refrigerate it so it firms up slightly and adhere it to the cookie.

Christmas Tree Cookies

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