Cookie Recipes - Christmas Trees Recipe

  
 

Party Cookie Recipes - Christmas Trees Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups/300 g all purpose/plain flour

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 1 cup/250 g butter, softened

  • 6 tbsp milk

  • 3/4 cup/150 g granulated sugar 

FILLING:

  • 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

  • 2 cups/300 g confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 1 1/2 tbsp milk

  • Few drops green food coloring

Method:

  1. Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter in a large bowl until creamy.

  2. Mix in the dry ingredients and milk to form a smooth dough. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  3. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas 5. Set out three cookie sheets. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5mm).

  4. Use a 2-inch (5-cm) tree-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

  5. Dip the cookies in the sugar and place 1 inch (2.5cm) apart on the cookie sheets.

  6. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Let cool completely.

  7. Filling: Beat the butter and vanilla in a medium bowl until creamy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar and milk.

  8. Add the green food coloring. Stick the cookies together in pairs with the filling.