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Sugar Cookie Trees

Looking for a perfect Christmas dessert? Then check out these tree shaped cookies decorated with Betty Crocker® icing.

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Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 3 hr 30 min
Servings 15

Ingredients

1 1/2: cups butter, softened

2: cups granulated sugar

4: eggs

1: teaspoon vanilla

5: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

2: teaspoons baking powder

1/2: teaspoon salt

1 1/2: teaspoons green gel food color

1: pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker® Decorating Cookie Icing green icing

15: small yellow star candy sprinkles

: White snowflake candy sprinkles

: White and yellow nonpareils

: White sanding sugar

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Directions

1 In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add granulated sugar; beat well. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.
2 On low speed, gradually add flour, baking powder and salt; beat just until blended. Beat in food color. Cover and chill dough 2 hours or until firm.
3 Heat oven to 350°F. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. With floured 3-inch or 5-inch tree-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 30 trees, rerolling trimmings if needed. Trim bottoms of trees straight across to cut off trunks. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 1 inch apart.
4 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not browned. Immediately cut half of the cookies in half vertically; cool cookies on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5 With icing, adhere 2 cookie halves at right angles on opposite sides of the center of each whole cookie. Use icing to decorate cookie trees with star and snowflake candies and nonpareils. Sprinkle with sanding sugar.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 480

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 22g; 22%
(Saturated Fat 12g, 12% ),
Sodium: 370mg; 370%;
Total Carbohydrate: 68g; 68%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% ),
Protein: 6g; 6%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 4 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

4 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/16/2012 6:37:31 AM REPORT ABUSE cuteaspime said:

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This recipe took a long time to make. In my haste of making the cookies, I did not read the recipe clearly and cut all the cookies in half. I also found that the dough was not very easy to work with once it started to warm up. One last thing, my cookies did not come as green as the picture. I am "assuming" that those in the picture have a whole lot of food coloring in them. If you have the time, I would recommend making the cookies as they do look nice.

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