By Tiffany of Life Of A Lost Muse

Welcome to our #ARWB #Virtual Cookie Swap hosted by Tiffany.  Be sure to add your favorite cookie posts to our Linky.  Which new ones will you try?

Today, I want to share with you a recipe that I sometimes make with my goddaughter.  They’re simple to make so it’s a perfect activity to make with kids.  They’re also really colorful and super tasty; it’s a win-win.

 
Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

You’ll Need:

1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup sugar
1 cup butter
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon salt
5 cups all purpose flour
1 tube of icing (your choice of color)
your choice of food colorings
(optional: various colors of sugar sprinkles)

 

How to:

Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl Beat in eggs and oil.  In a separate bowl, mix the cream of tartar, baking soda, powdered sugar, salt and flour together.
Add the dry ingredient mixture to the butter/sugar mix then stir in the vanilla extract.

Next, split up the dough into sections  depending on how many colors you want to make. I usually do at least 5 so that there’s some variation but you’re welcome to do more or less as you see fit.

Blend the food coloring into your separated bowls until you’ve gotten the color you want.

Proceed to roll each color into 8-10 balls of dough, decreasing the size as you go.Flatten your dough balls into circles and then sprinkle with granulated sugar or coordinating sugar sprinkles.

Using a small star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out as many stars as you’ll need to top your cookie trees.

Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes, starting with the largest cookies first and decreasing the cooking time as the cookie sizes get smaller.

Remove cookies from baking pan and cool on wax paper.  Once the cookies are cool, stack them starting with the largest on bottom, graduating to the smallest size on the top, adding a small circle of frosting between each layer to hold them in place.

Finish the cookie trees by topping them with a star and lightly dust with powdered sugar so that they resemble snowy trees.

I’ve created a printable recipe card so that you can take this recipe with you, if you like. Just right click and save, then print your desired size.

  

 

 Tiffany blogs at Life Of A Lost Muse.  She shares posts dedicated to things that inspire, lovely photos, creative drawings, tasty recipes, affordable fashion, and blogger love, travel, entertainment, fun tutorials and  decor.  You can find her at there or at her other blog, Fashion In  the Forest.

 

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