Great Evergreen
Use a Christmas tree cookie cutter set to cut star-shaped cookies, then assemble them into a Christmas tree shape.
Ingredients
Roll-Out Cookies (p. 87)
Color Flow Icing
3 batches
Christmas Cookie Tree Cutter Kit
1
Kelly Green food coloring
Light Green Colored Sugar
2
Piping Gel
red ribbon (5/8 in. wide)
11 in. long
Instructions
1
Prepare Cookies
Prepare and roll out dough. Cut 2 stars of each size using cutters from kit. Bake and cool.
2
Make Icing
Prepare 3 batches of icing; tint 1 1/2 cups dark green, remainder light green.
3
Outline Stars
Outline stars with full-strength light green icing in cut parchment bag; let set.
4
Fill and Decorate
Decorate cookies one-at-a-time from this point. Flow in with thinned light green; immediately pipe dark green lines from middle of star to points using cut parchment bag. Pipe lines in a V-shape from center line. Let dry.
5
Prepare Edges
Brush cookie edges with Piping Gel. Cover with light green sugar.
6
Assemble Cookie Tree
Assemble tree on foil-wrapped board or cake plate, stacking from largest to smallest and securing with dots of icing. Make a bow and attach to treetop with dots of icing.
