Easy Iced Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies
User Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
10 mins
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Servings
24
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Calories
180 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Easy Iced Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies
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Easy Iced Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies - delicious buttery Christmas tree shaped cookies with easy to decorate buttercream icing!
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ⅓ cup salted butter softened
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting:
- ⅓ cup salted butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 tsp milk up to
- 20 drops green food coloring
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Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar together using an electric mixer if you like.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Then mix in the vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients (flour mixture) to the wet ingredients (butter mixture). Beat this until thoroughly blended.
- Shape the cookie dough into a ball and place it in the fridge to chill for an hour.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Allow the dough to rest at room temperature until it is soft enough to roll.
- Spray your baking sheets.
- Roll the dough out onto a well-floured surface. It should be about ¼ inch thick.
- Use a lightly floured tree-shaped cookie cutter to cut out as many cookies as possible.
- Place the cookies 1 ½ inches apart on the cookie sheets. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until small cracks appear all over the tops of the cookies. Watch them carefully and make sure to pull them out before the edges brown.
- Place the cookie sheets on cooling racks and allow them to cool for 5 minutes before removing the cookies. Then allow the cookies to cool completely on cooling racks before decorating.
- To make the frosting: cream the butter, beat in the powdered sugar a little at a time. Then mix in the vanilla. Only add enough milk to achieve the desired consistency and enough coloring to reach the desired color.
- Pipe the frosting onto the trees using star shaped piping tip #98 starting at the base of the tree, then work your way up. Make sure to overlap the layers so you get the tree branches look.
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Nutrition Information
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Serving
1g
Calories
180kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
31g
(10%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
27mg
(9%)
Sodium
71mg
(3%)
Potassium
54mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
178IU
(4%)
Calcium
21mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 180 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 180kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 71mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 54mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 178IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 21mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
6 reviews
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