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Trimmed Tree Cookies

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Oct 10, 2014
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Looking for a delicious dessert? Bake these cute tree shaped Christmas cookies – ready to be served for a bunch.

Trimmed Tree Cookies

  • Prep Time 2 hr 30 min
  • Total 3 hr 30 min
  • Ingredients 12
  • Servings 48
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Ingredients

Cookie Dough

  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Topping Dough

  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • Green, yellow and red food color

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In large bowl, combine sugar, 2/3 cup butter, vanilla and egg; beat until light and fluffy. Add 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt; mix until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
  • Step 
    2
    Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/4 cup butter; mix well. Add 3/4 cup flour and milk; mix at low speed just until blended. Add additional flour if necessary to reduce stickiness. To half of topping dough, add green food color; mix well. Divide remaining topping dough in half. Add yellow food color to one half; mix well. Add red food color to other half; mix well. Place 3 topping doughs in separate decorating bags fitted with desired tips or resealable food storage plastic bags with small hole cut in one bottom corner of each.
  • Step 
    3
    Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly flowered surface, roll out half of cookie dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. Keep remaining dough refrigerated. Cut with floured tree-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate cookies as desired with colored dough in bags.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake at 375°F. for 6 to 9 minutes or until firm and edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.

Nutrition

70 Calories
4g Total Fat
1g Protein
8g Total Carbohydrate
4g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
70
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4g
6%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Cholesterol
15mg
5%
Sodium
70mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
8g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
4g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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