Before we left I made some sugar cookies for my VT's and brought the rest with me. It's always a fun activity, especially around Chrstimas. Then when I showed up, my sister-in-law had The Great American Cookie Cookbook propped open to the page below, and I thought it would be such a fun activity and also great for decorating.
Figured I'd share with you so you could all give it a shot. If you make it, let me know how it turns out!
Star Cookie Christmas Tree
- COOKIE DOUGH
- 2-3/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Ground Ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup Karo® Light Corn Syrup
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- One 10-inch wooden dowel or chopstick (about 1/4-inch diameter)
- One 3 or 4-inch styrofoam ball for base
- ICING
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 3 tablespoons Karo® Light Corn Syrup
- 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
- Green food color
- 1 container (3 1/4 ounces) green crystal sugar
- Yellow crystal sugar
- Miniature colored candies or red cinnamon candies
1* FOR COOKIE DOUGH: In large bowl stir flour, ginger, cinnamon and salt. In 1-quart saucepan combine corn syrup, brown sugar and 6 tablespoons butter; stir over medium heat until butter melts. Stir into flour mixture until well blended. On waxed paper
2*Preheat oven to 350°F. On foil-lined baking sheets roll each dough half scant 1/4-inch thick.
3*With a set of graduated star-shaped or round cookie cutters (or with a knife), cut dough into 10 graduated stars. Using the smallest cutter, cut 9 more cookies to use as spacers. Remove dough trimmings and reroll. Arrange stars on ungreased cookie sheet.
4*Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. While cookies are warm, use dowel to make a center hole in each cookie. Cool completely on wire racks.
5*FOR ICING: In small bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat butter, corn syrup, confectioners’ sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Tint with green food color.
6*FOR BASE: Cut 1-inch-thick center slice from syrofoam ball. Insert wooden dowel upright in center of slice.
7* TO ASSEMBLE TREE: Starting with largest cookie, spread stars with frosting and sprinkle with green sugar. Slide star down dowel; top with one unfrosted spacer cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies stacking on dowel in descending size.
8*Sandwich two small stars together; spread with reserved white icing and sprinkle with yellow sugar. Place on edge to form top star. Decorate as desired with candies.
Makes one centerpiece
Prep Time: 2.5 hours
Bake Time: 10 minutes, plus cooling
Another fun cookie recipe for Christmas:
When we lived in VA, a family would pass these out as neighborhood gifts. I thought the idea was so cute. I haven't seen those star cookie cutters in different sizes much though. I saw them once but didn't buy them - darn
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was thinking if I made this that I would just print diff sizes of stars off the computer and then cut around them with a knife like it mentions. Who has cutters that big anyway?
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