Decorating a Christmas Tree with Cookies

Start a family tradition by decorating your Christmas tree with edible Christmas cookies. These homemade edible Christmas cookie ornaments make any tree look festive and delicious. This is a fun Christmas activity for the whole family. Here you will find recipes for Christmas cookies ornaments and frosting, edible cookie decoration products, cookies cutters, baking products, Christmas cookie cookbooks, cookies plates for Santa and more.

Here is a simple recipe for cookies that you can decorate and turn into ornaments that you can hang on your Christmas tree. After the cookies cool, decorate with frosting and other edible decorations. (Frosting recipe below)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

cup sugar

1 egg yolk, lightly beaten

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

pinch of salt

1 egg white, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons colored sprinkles

25 ribbons to hang the cookies

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar; beat together until light and fluffy.

2. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla extract.

3. Sift together the flour and salt into the mixture; stir until combined.

4. Shape the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerator for 45 minutes.

5. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

7. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, unwrap and roll out.

8. Cut out the dough with Christmas themed cookie cutters.

9. Place the cookies on the baking sheet spaced well apart.

10. With a skewer, poke a small hole in the top of each cookie so that you can thread it with the ribbon after baking.

11. Brush the cookies with egg white and sprinkle with colored sprinkles.

12. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

13. Let the Christmas cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack.

15. Thread a thin ribbon through the holes in the cookies once the cookies have completely cooled.

16. Hang the Christmas tree cookies on the Christmas tree.

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