Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
Aren’t these the cutest little Christmas Tree cookies you’ve ever seen? I’ll bet you are scratching your head and wondering “How in the world did she do that? Is there a fancy new gadget from WS that I’ve missed, a new cookie cutter perhaps or mold that forms the tree with lots of fiddling and frustration involved?” Ha..ha..ha…not this time.
For Halloween I made little sugar cookies using a basic cookie dough and a very simple technique that produced little multi-colored cookies in the shape of candy corn. It was one of my most read posts and when I looked at the photos recently I realized that the little shapes would make perfect Christmas trees. Genius…right?
I divided the prepared cookie dough in half and then cut one of the halves in two so I had three balls of dough. I mixed green food coloring gel into the large ball, mixed red gel into one of the small balls and left the third ball plain. If you read the candy corn post you will see how to line a loaf pan with parchment paper and layers the colors of dough to produce the desired result. As you can see in the photo, I layered green dough, then plain, then another layer of green.
When the dough is well chilled remove it from the pan and cut into 1/4 inch slices, then cut the slices into triangle shapes. Add little red bases to the trees and dip into sanding sugar. Place on a cookie sheet and decorate with little colored balls. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes. The candy corn cookie dough recipe called for orange juice and zest. I substituted one teaspoon vanilla in this recipe.
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Yes, GENIUS!
LOVE these!Thanks so much for sharing! …Susan
Oh how cute! I love them, made me feel all festive!
Totally genius! I loved the candy corn cookies and these are just as cute. You're so smart Cathy! Happy holidays to you!
Oh, these are so cute in your photos. I loved tasting them yesterday at the tea – thanks for explaining how you made them. If I had been keeping up, I would have seen this and recognized them immediately. They were delicious!
~Adrienne~
Cathy, these are some of the cutest Christmas cookies ever!
wow these look amazing!
Your cookies are adorable! How festive and they taste so yummy! = o)
Genius! So cute!
You are so clever, Cathy! I love this idea.
Cathy, these are soooo cute and so clever. Joni
…..so cute what a great idea!!!! Thanks for sharing your ideas and great photo's.
Enjoy your day…..:-)
Very clever and I love the look of them on the plate.
Re. your comment: Yes, there were a lot of people at the game. Not us! We are not huge sports fans but did watch some of the game. My husband's comment after the game? "Well, the Bears won the second half!!"
We were glad to be tucked by the fire as the snow fell and the wind howled.
Best,
Bonnie
Very pretty! A cute idea.
Beautiful Christmas tree cookies.. those would make a great gift.
These are most definitely some cute Christmas cookies.
Happy baking. Cheers.
Velva
You are a genious; these look amazing!
Beautiful Christmas trees! What a great idea:)
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas
. These are adorable and very clever, Cathy. I hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary
These look sensational! All the same, I'll appreciate them in theory and not in practice! Although … the temptation to really impress my Xmas guests may yet make me change my mind!
Happy travels!!
wow these are adorable
Genius is right. I'm lamenting that my cookie factory, in my own kitchen, is closed. For this year. I can only drool and marvel at all the pretty Christmas cookies I'm seeing. I'll have another Triscuit. Not! Merry Christmas, my friend.
Genius. I love these cookies.
Bonjour Cathy,
These are darling cookies. Almost too cute to eat…well, almost!
THis is a busy week for everyone, hope all is going well for you at your business – which is a perfect one for the season! Wishing you a good week.
Mimi
You are a clever wife with knife! I bet the gkids would love them, they are so cute!
When I saw the picture I said they reminded me of your candy corn. Such a clever idea and they are so cute.
CUTE!!! This is a fantastic idea! LOVE It!!!!!
these are so cute! i love how vibrant the colors turned out.
Brilliant adaptation, Cathy! They're adorable!
Waw, Cathy!! Festive cookies!!
You always have the greatiest ideas!
They are so cute and festive Cathy!
These are FABULOUS! My grandson has requested we make cookies during my Christmas visit – guess what we're going to make?
Thanks, Cathy!
Oh my gosh….I just ran across at my saved-for-next-year photo of your candy corn cookies this morning (while searching for a different pic) & I NEVER would have thought of doing this! BRAVO on a really BRAINY idea! They're adorable…love the sanding sugar on top. Looks like sparkling snow, which we are getting TONS more of right now. :*(
What a great idea Cathy! I think will do this with my grands!
What great little trees! A wonderful idea using your Candy Corn recipe.
~Judy
Thse look like so much fun Kathleen!!!!
Really cute
Those look really good!
Cathy, your cookies are adorable. Cookies will certainly get one in the Christmas spirit.
Sam
Wow! Cathy, you are amazing. Your cookies are the cutest. Next week is my week to bake cookies. I will give this a try!
That was ingenious. As a quilter, I've used that technique often to speed piece.
Those are really cute! I may try these too — the candy corn was certainly easy and fun!
Thank you..this is a wonderful idea….. thanks for tips…have a nice Sunday, ciao Flavia
So cute!! I bookmarked your Halloween cookies but never got around to making them. Maybe this time!
Great idea! So cute!!
Clever and sweet. Especially very attractive to little hands.
They are very cute! What a great idea. Easter eggs would be cute too.
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