I love these easy Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies. They’re so simple–makes them one of the best Christmas cookies I’ve ever made!
Hardly any hard-core frosting happening, but still tasty and definitely adorable. So easy, in fact that the kids can help make them from start to finish. Using fondant on these cookies makes life so much easier when it comes to decorating!
What You Need to Make Fondant Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
For the cookies:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
To decorate:
- 4 oz. white rolling fondant
- Green decorating frosting
- Multicolored nonpareils
- Brown edible marker
How to Make Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies using fondant
Cream together the sugar and the egg.
Mix in softened butter and vanilla extract. In a second bowl, sift dry ingredients together.
Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients in 1/3 increments, stirring between each increment.
Form the cookie dough into a large ball and cover in plastic.
Place cookie dough ball into the fridge and chill for at least an hour.
Remove cookie dough from the fridge and allow it to rest on the counter.
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Lightly dust a sheet of parchment paper with flour and turn out your dough onto it.
Roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.With a round 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles from the cookie dough.
Place each cookie onto the baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for between 6 to 9 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
To decorate your cookies, roll out the white fondant to about 1/4 inch thick.
With the same cookie cutter you used on the cookies, cut out 12 fondant rounds.
Press a fondant round onto each cookie.
With green frosting, pipe out a triangular shape onto each cookie.
Using your brown edible marker, draw a little trunk on the bottom of your green frosting.
Sprinkle the Christmas tree with nonpareils.
Enjoy!
HOW LONG DO Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Last?
On the counter, these simple Christmas tree cookies don’t last long at my house. You set them on a plate on the counter and before you know it, little kids are no longer complaining of needing a snack–and the cookies are gone. Weird coincidence, sure. Or is it?
In all seriousness, if you want to keep the cookies around, I recommend putting them in a single layer in an airtight container. They’ll last 3-5 days on the counter without any problem. If you’d like to keep them a bit longer than that, even, plan to take that airtight container of cookies and pop it in the fridge.
In the refrigerator, the cookies should last 12-15 days without drying out.
CAN YOU FREEZE Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
So…you’re planning to make a million of these Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies and you want to store them for longer than 15 days? Well, have I got a plan for you! These easy Christmas cookies will freeze really well.
Wait until the frosting on the trees is hard crusted (let them sit overnight on the counter or 2 hours in the fridge). Just put them in a single-layer in the airtight container and you’re welcome to pop them in the freezer. That way they’ll last 3-5 months.
When you’re ready to have a Christmas tree cookie, you’ll just pull them out, let them thaw on the counter and you’re good to go!
Or, you can always just freeze the dough, but wrap it good in clear plastic wrap multiple times and then again in foil. This is how my wife does it.
TIPS FOR BAKING Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
There’s not a whole lot that could go wrong with these cookies. They’re supposed to be flat and low. If your first batch comes out too fluffy (it happens) you can mash the cookies down a little before you pop them in the oven.
Do You Burn Your Cookies on the Second or Third Batches? Try this tip!
Christmas Cookie Recipes
- Chocolate Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies
- Butterfinger Brownie Cookies
- Watercolor Cookies
- Christmas Eve Santa Cookies
- Snowman Cookies
Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
I love these easy Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies. They're so simple--makes them one of the best Christmas cookies I've ever made!
Ingredients
- For the cookies:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups a/p flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- To decorate:
- 4 oz. white rolling fondant
- Green decorating frosting
- Multicolored nonpareils
- Brown edible marker
Instructions
- Cream together sugar and egg.
- Mix in softened butter and vanilla extract.
- In a second bowl, sift dry ingredients together.
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients in 1/3 increments, stirring between each increment.
- Form the cookie dough into a large ball and cover in plastic.
- Place cookie dough ball into the fridge and chill for at least an hour.
- Remove cookie dough from the fridge and allow it to rest on the counter.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Lightly dust a sheet of parchment paper with flour and turn out your dough onto it.
- Roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.
- With a round 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles from the cookie dough.
- Place each cookie onto the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for between 6 to 9 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To decorate your cookies, roll out the white fondant to about 1/4 inch thick.
- With the same cookie cutter you used on the cookies, cut out 12 fondant rounds.
- Press a fondant round onto each cookie.
- With green frosting, pipe out a triangular shape onto each cookie.
- Using your brown edible marker, draw a little trunk on the bottom of your green frosting.
- Sprinkle the Christmas tree with nonpareils.
- Enjoy!
Notes
The recipe for the sugar cookies themselves yield more than one dozen cookies, but we recommend making these one batch at a time and refrigerating any remaining cookie dough for other holiday recipes.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 205Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 131mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 3g
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