✨ Introduction
These Christmas Tree Cookies 🎄🍪 are shaped like festive trees, decorated with icing, sprinkles, and stars. Perfect for holiday trays, gifting, or ftour celebrations 🌙.
🧂 Ingredients
🔸 Cookie Dough
- 🧈 1 cup butter (softened)
- 🍬 1 cup sugar
- 🥚 1 egg
- 🌿 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 🌾 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 🧂 ½ tsp baking powder
- 🧂 Pinch of salt
- 🔴 Red gel food coloring
🔸 Icing & Decorations
- 🍥 Royal icing or white glaze
- 🎄 Green sugar sprinkles
- 🔴 Red candy balls
- ⚪ White candy pearls
- ⭐ White star candies
👩🍳 Instructions
- 🔥 Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line baking tray with parchment paper.
- 🥣 Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mix well.
- 🌾 In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to wet mixture.
- 🔴 Add red gel coloring and mix until evenly tinted.
- ❄️ Chill dough for 30 minutes. Roll out and cut into tree shapes using cookie cutter.
- ⏳ Bake for 8–10 minutes until edges are set. Let cool completely.
- 🍥 Decorate with white icing in zigzag pattern. Add sprinkles, candy balls, and stars.
- ❄️ Let icing set before serving or packaging.
🔄 Methods
- 🟢 Use green dough for classic tree look.
- 🍫 Add cocoa powder for chocolate version.
- 🍊 Mix in orange zest for citrus twist.
- 🎉 Use multicolor icing for rainbow trees.
📚 History
Inspired by classic holiday sugar cookies 🇺🇸 and Moroccan 🇲🇦 love for festive sweets—bright, joyful, and creative 🌍.
💪 Benefits
- 🥚 Protein from eggs
- 🧈 Energy from butter and sugar
- 🎄 Joy from festive colors and shapes
🎨 Formation
Serve on white plates with pine branches and ornaments 🍽️. Ideal for ftour, gifting, or holiday buffets 🌙.
✅ Conclusion
Christmas Tree Cookies are festive, sweet, and fun—a tray of edible holiday cheer 🎄🍪✨.
❤️ Lovers
- 👨👩👧👦 Families
- 🍪 Cookie fans
- 🎉 Holiday bakers
- 📸 Instagram foodies
- 🤲 Muslims in Maghrib