Its Christmas time and you know what that means! It means so many yummy Christmas recipes. I love Christmas cookies and I think I could eat a million. So I wanted to share this cute Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe which will wow your friends! Its easy. Lots of steps but they are tiny and easy I promise. You will want to PIN THIS RECIPE for later so you can do these yummy cookies at home with the kids maybe. Â Also if you don’t want to hand make your cookies, then by all means buy a mix! Then use the instructions to do the decorating.
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Cookie Ingredients:
3 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 C soft unsalted butter
1 C granulated sugar
1 eggs
Cookie Cutter: Circle, Christmas tree, and mini reindeer
Cookie Directions:
– Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
-Add eggs…Continue to mix.
-Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
-Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
-Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
-Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
-Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
-Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
-Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
-Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
– Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into
the batter. (if needed).
-Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
-Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
-Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookiesheet.
-Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
-Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.
(About 10 minutes).
Icing Ingredients:
4 egg whites
2 C powder sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla
Icing Directions:
-Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
-If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
-Divide the icing into 4 equal bowls.
-The first bowl of icing add brown to make light brown.
-The second bowl of icing, add several drops of  brown.
-The third bowl of icing remains white.
-The fourth bowl, add a few drops of green colored gel
-Using 4 number #2 tips fitted onto piping bags, scoop some icing into each bag.
-Thin out the green icing left in the bowl using a tsp of water
-pipe an edge using the green icing around the tree.
-Fill in with the thinner green icing.
-Let dry for 2-3 hours.
Decorate the reindeer according to the picture.
-Let dry for another 3 hours
-Place Christmas tree circle cookie and hold it there for 35 minutes
-Place the reindeer on the cookie.
-Let dry for 2 hours.
Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- Cookie Ingredients:
- 3 C flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C soft unsalted butter
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 eggs
- Cookie Cutter: Circle Christmas tree, and mini reindeer
- Icing Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 2 C powder sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Cookie Directions:
- - Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
- -Add eggs...Continue to mix.
- -Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
- -Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
- -Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
- -Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
- -Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
- -Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
- -Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- -Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
- - Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into
- the batter. (if needed).
- -Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
- -Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- -Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookiesheet.
- -Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
- -Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.
- (About 10 minutes).
- Icing Directions:
- -Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
- -If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
- -Divide the icing into 4 equal bowls.
- -The first bowl of icing add brown to make light brown.
- -The second bowl of icing, add several drops of brown.
- -The third bowl of icing remains white.
- -The fourth bowl, add a few drops of green colored gel
- -Using 4 number #2 tips fitted onto piping bags, scoop some icing into each bag.
- -Thin out the green icing left in the bowl using a tsp of water
- -pipe an edge using the green icing around the tree.
- -Fill in with the thinner green icing.
- -Let dry for 2-3 hours.
- -Decorate the reindeer according to the picture.
- -Let dry for another 3 hours
- -Place christmas tree circle cookie and hold it there for 35 minutes
- -Place the reindeer on the cookie.
- -Let dry for 2 hours.
I’ve never tried to make sugar cookies before. I don’t have the patience to wait while the dough chills. lol. But everytime I see such pretty cookies like yours, I rethink it.
Theses cookies look so yummy
Looks yummy
They look awesome! Thanks for showing us 🙂
Aww, these are so cute. I love that they’re 3D.
These will be perfect for Christmas.Look so good.
I think I’m going to have to make non-chocolate cookies this Christmas for the non-chocolate lovers. (I know, right! Apparently they exist!). Yours are so pretty they’re bound to be a showstopper.
These are so very cute! Thank you for sharing the recipe. My grandchildren will love them.
These cookies are so cute. They are frosted so nicely they look professionally done.
These look really neat and almost too pretty to eat!
The cookies look so pretty for this time of the year. The detailing on the cookies are just awesome.
Making Christmas cookies is a fun activity I do with the kids when they start winter break which will be very soon.
These would make our cookie tray so colorful and pretty. They sound like they would taste good too.
This looks so yummy! I will make them soon
These are really cute. Too bad I’m a terrible baker. 😀
Making Christmas cookies has become a favorite tradition of my families. Although ours never look as pretty as yours.
These cookies are so cute. They are almost too cute to eat! I think Santa would really appreciate your creativity.
I would definitely would love to try the Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe. I think it is a great plate, of which it’s on my menu later in the week.
(Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe) These look amazing! I am making our Christmas cookies today. I’ll be making two types and some homemade fudge too.
Love making sugar cooking, these are so cute!
Those are adorable cookies. Nothing I would make, but I’d eat them…
This is a keeper recipe for my next holiday. I thank you for the recipe, I only wish I would have had it over this last holiday season.
These are so cute, look delicious !
These are super cute. Going to try these next Christmas. Or maybe Christmas in July! 😉
I like how they make a scene with the cookies.
Simple yet grand! Definitely saving to my recipes.
These are so adorable. I love the reindeer. Thanks for posting!
These look really cute and tasty.
Those are super cute! Great job!
These are beautiful–you do a wonderful job! So bright!
They are so adorable.
These are cute. We like sugar cookies.You can make them for any holiday.
I’m quite pleased with the intramofion in this one. TY!
THis looks like an amazing christmas tree cookie.
I love me some Christmas Cookies all year round! Thanks for sharing.
This looks so yummy!! I want to make some cookie like this and you make it look so easy!
This would be so fun to do for my nieces for Christmas.
Pinning this! Those are some of the most adorable Christmas cookies I’ve ever seen! Bet they taste as good as they look too 🙂
Shared your awesome cookie recipe on Facebook 🙂
These are the cutest holiday cookies I have ever seen! Thanks for the idea!