Star Cookie Trees Recipes

GINGERBREAD STAR COOKIE TREE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.

CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIE STACK

Steps:

• Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl. Cream using an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the butter mixture and mix to combine. Shape dough into a ball, cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface 1/4- to 1/2-inch thick. Cut out different-sized stars with cookie cutters; the height of the Christmas tree will depend on the number of cookies you stack, but you need at least 7 or 8 stars. Place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer cookies carefully onto wire racks and cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Combine confectioners' sugar, meringue powder, and water in a bowl and beat at low speed using an electric blender until peaks form, 7 to 10 minutes. Pour icing into a piping bag with a star-shaped tip.
• Place the largest star onto a plate and pipe a little bit of royal icing into the middle. Add the second-largest star on top, turning the star slightly so the points are offset from the previous star cookie. Repeat adding smaller-sized star cookies and attaching them with royal icing. Decorate the cookie Christmas tree with royal icing, silver balls, and other holiday decor. Roll out yellow fondant and cut out a small star to place on top of the cookie tree and secure with royal icing. Decorate remaining cookies to your liking.
• Dust the finished tree with confectioners' sugar.

HOLIDAY COOKIE TREE

Steps:

• 1. If you do not have this kit. You can improvise...cut your own stars and make what ever size and height you want. Have fun....let the children help! Cookie star oranments. decorate as you please..a red ribbon to hang ornament on your tree. If you need more info..send me a comment...please.
• 2. COOKIE cutters. Cut out cardboard stars..use to cut out stars of cookie dough....Bake. Start your tree,the largest on the bottom..make as high as you want....Decorate to your taste.
• 3. Snow capped tree. Green frosted stars, with white (snow) tips. All white tree. White frosting, with white sparkles sprinkles.
• 4. Sandwich (cookie) tree, with cranberries. Make two stars the same size,fill with a cranberrie sauce...to make a sandwich from cookie dough. Center...Star studded gingerbread tree. Use your favorite gingerbread cookie recipe, and red dots.
• 5. Crispy cereal star tree. Use your favorite rice cereal treat recipe, and rainbow nonpareil sprinkles.