Painted Christmas Tree Cookies

Festive Christmas Tree Cookies all ready for the holiday table!

I made these cut-out sugar cookies by cutting them freehand, piping with royal icing, letting them dry completely, and painting with green food color mixed with a little vanilla extract. I used Twizzlers Pull N Peel candies and Christmas sprinkles for decorations.

I think they turned out kinda cute!

So sorry to sweet and run!

John 3:16

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

Christmas In July! Gingerbread & Marshmallows Christmas Tree Cookies

Yay for Christmas in July! ...well..just barely! 

Christmas is my favorite holiday. As a result, I have quite a collection of Christmas themed magazines. Today's cookies were inspired by "Food Network's" December 2010 issue. They had the cutest little gingerbread people all dressed up. I also used their gingerbread recipe which you can find below. To see what I made last year for CiJ, click here.

Merry Christmas in July!

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Make your cookie dough and refrigerate. I find it easier to make it at least a day ahead.

 Bake @ 350 for 10-12 minutes.

How easy is this?! Just cut mallows and press into colored sugar.

These sweet little pink mallows have me thinking Easter bunnies..!

 For marshmallow stars, follow directions below. 

Then cover star with cookie icing and dip in yellow sugar sprinkles. 

I added mini M&Ms for the Christmas tree lights.
Fun, easy and cute! How's that for an edible Christmas craft?

 Gingerbread Cookie Recipe from Food Network

Sift 3 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon each baking soda and salt, 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon each ground cloves and allspice into a bowl. In mixer bowl, combine 6 tablespoons melted butter, 1 tablespoon melted shortening, 2/3 cup light brown sugar and 3/4 cup molasses. Beat in 1 egg. Beat in flour mixture in two additions. Divide dough in half. I patted out both halves and laid them flat in gallon size baggies. Chill at least two hours.

Preheat oven to 350.

Roll cookie dough out on floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. 

Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper. Use cookie cutters or a long, sharp knife to cut out cookies. Arrange on cookie sheets and chill for 15 minutes.

Bake 10-12 minutes.

Click here to see recipe on Food Network's website.

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Christmas Tree Cookies!

With Christmas only 5 (five!) days away, I finally made these trees!
 I've been wanting to make them for a few weeks. 

I saw a popcorn can lid on the cover of a Stew Leonard's catalog with green Christmas trees and I knew I had give them a try. The funny thing is, these look nothing like those!

The first thing I wanted to do was "go green", so I tinted my cookie dough. Now I want to tint all my cookie dough! Let's see...blue ones for winter ..red & pink for Valentines day...

 I'm really liking this color.

 Now I'm wanting an ice cream cone!

I just liked the way this photo of these cute cookie cutters turned out :o)

The Christmas Flour Tree

I like to roll enough dough out for only a couple of cookies at a time. I don't know why..it just works for me.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum..

Sometimes after I press the cutter into the dough...

I just peel off the outer layer.

Place your trees on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Cooling on the racks..

 I've got my GREENS!

You will need one bag filled with full strength royal icing for the outlines.

This is NOT the easy part for me. I don't have the steadiest hand. Hopefully with practice, I will get better!

Yay! This one turned out pretty good..after a few tries.

Let these dry for about an hour before you flood your cookies.

 Add a few drops of water at a time to the full strength royal icing until you achieve a glue-like consistency. Let the fun begin!

I like to use the tip of a sharp knife to pop the little air bubbles that WILL rise to the surface.

I used 3 different sprinkles on this one.

I'm sure I'm not the first one to ever do this but..I was flooding this cookie when I noticed the pretty design ..so I decided to let it dry for a few minutes. I then came back and flooded another section with a lighter color green. I LOVE this idea! Sorry, I didn't take a follow up photo. But keep scrolling, I used this method on a few cookies.  

I also dropped some dots in some other dots while the icing was still wet.

:o)

This turned out to be one of my favorites!

I really like these decorator bottles.

One thing I learned today..make sure you keep the tips out of the  icing and then check them anyway. Notice the dark green icing streak in the light green? Yeah, I did this a couple of times!

Love this cookie!

On this one, I did the two-tone method, then dropped dots and then used a toothpick to swirl them as well.

Just pull or drag the toothpick through each dot without lifting the toothpick.

The little trees were quick to decorate..

The finished pan!

Sweet!

Cookie Dough

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup 10 x sugar

2 sticks salted butter (softened)

1 egg

1tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract

food color (optional) I used Wilton leaf green

Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.

Cream butter and sugars.  Cover mixing bowl with a damp dish towel to keep the sugar dust from escaping.

Add egg and extracts mixing well.

Add flour mixture gradually till combined.

Chill dough.

Bake @ 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Royal Icing

4 cups 10 x sugar

3 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder

6 tablespoons warm water

Mix all ingredients on low for 7-10 minutes till stiff peaks form.

My Christmas Tree Forest

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Baking from 

Sugartown Sweets!
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