Stacked tall and sandwiched with frosting these Christmas Tree Cookies are a super fun and simple holiday recipe that the whole family will love.

Oh the joy of the holidays and all the fun creations that come out of this time of year. I absolutely love baking around this time, some of my favorite flavors come into play.

People get super creative and there is just so many fun and flavorful treats that you find at all the parties that it is hard to keep up.

I love to play around in the kitchen and one of my favorites are these Christmas Tree Cookies! They are super easy, tasty and so fun for kids and adults.

Technically they are 3 cookies in 1 stacked high and sandwiched with frosting and that is what most people enjoy about them, other than the fact that they are super cute!

Kids are especially excited when they get to help make these, I love having mine stack the cookies while I pipe the frosting and they love it.

These are ones that we like to make yearly because they are simple and flavorful. Who doesn’t love those two words together? I know that I do!

If you want to have some fun and do something a little untraditional then you have to make these Christmas Tree Cookies this season.

Some of my other favorite holiday cookies we have on our site include: Melted Snowman Cookies, Kringla and Chewy Sugar Cookies.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

Easily double this recipe for holiday parties or just to have more on hand.
You can decorate your trees any way that you’d like.
With easy pantry staple ingredients the are able to be made quickly!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM):

Salted butter
Granulated sugar
Egg
Vanilla
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Powdered sugar
Milk
Green food coloring
Sprinkles for decorating

HOW TO MAKE CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES, STEP BY STEP:

COOKIES:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fluffy.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
Then add this mixture to the butter mixture and beat until well blended.
Next, we will shape the dough into 3 different sizes of cookies. (Each cookie will be rolled into a ball. Use a rounded 1 teaspoon of dough to make 1 small ball. Then you will use 2 rounded teaspoons of dough to make a middle size ball. And 3 rounded teaspoons of dough to make a large ball. You want to have the same number of each size of ball. You should be able to make at least 15 balls of each size.
Place the small balls onto 1 parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use a glass to gently flatten them a little. Place the medium size balls on another sheet and again press them down gently. And place the large balls on a separate sheet and press them down slightly. (The different sizes of cookies should bake on different sheets as they will not bake at the same rate.)
Bake until the bottoms are just golden. Small cookies will take 4-6 minutes. Medium will take 6-8 minutes. Large will take 8-10 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the baking sheets and allow them to cool completely on wire racks.

ASSEMBLY:

Prepare the frosting while the cookies are cooling. In a medium bowl, beat together powdered sugar, and butter. When this is well creamed together, beat in the milk, vanilla and food coloring.
Pipe (or spread) frosting onto the top of the largest size cookie and place the middle size cookie on top. Pipe (or spread) frosting on the top of the middle size cookie and place the small size cookie on top. Then continue decorating with the frosting and sprinkles.

WHY ARE MY COOKIES DRY?

Please be careful how you measure your flour. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then use a flat edge like a knife to scrape the top and make it level. If you scoop the flour with your measuring cup you may get too much flour.

CAN I USE SOMETHING OTHER THAN VANILLA EXTRACT?

I find that almond extract tastes delicious in these cookies as well. We have tried these Christmas Tree Cookies with a variety of different extracts.

Some include mint, rum and butter. They all were great but we like vanilla or almond extract the best for these.

CAN I MAKE THESE AHEAD OF TIME?

I would recommend that you make all of the cookies and freeze them in freezer bags if you aren’t going to be making them in a few days.

Then, when you are ready to serve them, allow the cookies to come to room temperature and then assemble them with the buttercream. This way your decorations will still look fresh.

HOW TO STORE:

You can store these in an airtight container at room temperature where they will last for up to a week.

These can also be frozen decorated or not. Place cookies in an airtight container and they will keep for up to 3 months.

Remove from freezer and defrost at room temperature, decorate if freezing undecorated or enjoy if already decorated.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

You can use any color green to frost your Christmas Tree Cookies.
Decorate as you wish with holiday sprinkles or sanding sugar etc.
These can be frozen, see my tips above.
Double this recipe easily to have more for gatherings, cookie swaps or for yourself.
These can be made ahead of time, see my tips above.

If you are looking for that fun, tasty and festive recipe for the holidays then these Christmas Tree Cookies are what you need to make!

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Christmas Tree Cookies