Christmas Tree Cookies – A Fun & Festive Biscuit Recipe

These tasty Christmas Tree Cookies are so easy to bake, you’ll be whipping up a batch as gifts for all your friends and neighbours this festive season.

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The kids will love helping with the rolling, cutting and decorating. Get as creative as you like with the toppings, or decorate with a simple garland like I have here.

I’ve used a basic butter biscuit recipe, which tastes a little like shortbread, but is baked for a shorter time, so it is crispy on the out side but still soft in the middle.

Add this to your Christmas biscuit recipe repertoire along with my very popular Egg-Free Gingerbread

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

Depending on the size of your cutter you will get 18-20 cookies (about 2 baking sheets).

Read on for some handy tips for rolling out the dough with an even thickness all over.

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

kids cookie dough recipe

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

How to evenly roll out cookie dough? Here’s my easy hack!

Emma was struggling to roll out the dough to a consistent thickness so I showed her a little trick which you may find handy.

How to stop rolling cookie dough too thin

Just use 2 chopsticks, one on each side of the dough as thickness guides. Most standard chopsticks are the perfect thickness for cookie dough, about 5mm, your rolling pin can roll right over without the worry that the edges will be too thin.

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

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I chilled the cut dough shapes before baking for about 4 minutes, which assisted them to retain their shape and not spread too much.

How to decorate a christmas tree cookie

How to decorate your Christmas Tree Cookies

To decorate a little garland of royal icing or white chocolate makes the perfect base for adding sprinkles, or sparkling sugar.

Add a yellow candy or small fondant star on the top for some extra pizazz!

Another alternative could be to dust lightly with icing sugar to mimic a light snowfall.

Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

 

Happy Baking!

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Easy Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe mypoppet.com.au

Christmas Tree Cookies

Yield: 18
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

A fun and festive Christmas biscuit recipe that kids will enjoy decorating. The perfect addition to a Christmas cookie swap.

Ingredients

  • 125g (4oz) butter cubed and softened
  • 1/2 cup (125g/4oz) caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 cup (125g/4oz) plain flour
  • 1 cup (125g/4oz) SR flour
  • green food colouring gel
  • Icing sugar mixture
  • warm water
  • coconut essence (optional)
  • white sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 160 C (315 F). Line two baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Beat together softened butter and sugar until creamy
  3. Add egg and vanilla, and a few drops of green gel colouring, beat well.
  4. Fold in sifted flours to form a soft dough.
  5. Flatten out on a lightly floured surface or on baking paper and roll to 5mm thickness.
  6. Cut out Christmas tree cookies with a tree shaped cookie cutter.
  7. Bake for 8-10min until outside is just firm and dry but still slightly soft in center. Avoid over browning as cookies will end up too dry.
  8. Turn baking trays if some edges are going brown quickly.
  9. Allow to cool thoroughly on a rack before decorating.
  10. Make up icing mixture as per pack instructions. About 1/2 cup with a 1-2 tablespoons of warm water.
  11. Mix icing well to a thin toothpaste consistency.
  12. Use a piping bag to add garland and top with sprinkles. Leave to set.

Notes

I added a couple of drops of coconut flavour essence to the icing to add some extra flavour. Lemon or peppermint flavouring would be tasty too.

All My Poppet recipes use a 250ml Australian standard cup for measurements unless otherwise specified.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 104Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 18mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 1gSugar: 9gProtein: 2g

Nutritional information is an estimate only and may vary depending on ingredients used.

Happy Baking - festive Christmas cookies - Christmas Tree Cookies

Originally published Dec 2016

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