Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies are quick and sugary cookies perfect for the holidays. These are delicious Sugar cookies that have a green sugar glaze on top and decorated with colorful sprinkles. Christmas is the season of cookies and I cannot think of better cookies than these sugar cookies to get started with. This Baking season is just the best time of the year.
Hey friends, So, today I’ll be starting with my Christmas Cookie baking. And I cannot think of anything but Sugar Cookies. Sugar Cookies are just the best cookies of all time.
Sugar Cookies are buttery and sweet cookies with a delicious glaze on top. These are crisp on the edges and do not lose their shape even while getting baked. All you need is a good cookie cutter to get your favorite shape of cookie and you’re going to love these so so much!
Christmas and Cookies are almost inseparable. These Sugar cookies have a perfect vanilla and sugar flavor to them. Also, these cookies freeze easily and stay fresh for days.
I always make Eggless cookies. These cookies come out perfect even without using eggs. I do not use Eggs so often in baking. I mean I do use it for some recipes but I prefer not to especially for cookies and muffins. To get that rich texture and flavor for my cookies I use more butter. The butter adds to the fudginess and richness of these cookies.
How to make Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
Making the Sugar cookie is so easy.
First – You begin by making the cookie dough. For the cookie dough, combine flour with cold butter until it gets coarse and crumbly. Add the granulated sugar and vanilla extract, combine to make a dough. If the dough is too dry and crumbly add few tablespoons of ice-cold water and mix until you have perfect cookie dough. When your cookie dough is ready you can cover and freeze it for 20 minutes or refrigerate for 30 minutes.
After chilling the dough to harden the butter, it’s time to roll the dough on a lightly floured surface and use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Here, I have used Christmas Tree shaped cookie cutter. You can go ahead and use any shape of cookie cutter you love.
Finally, use an offset spatula to pick up the cookies and place them on a greased baking dish. Bake the sugar cookies for 10 minutes. After they get baked, allow them to cool down to room temperature in the same pan itself for 5minutes.
How to make the Sugar Glaze for Decoration
You can make a quick sugar glaze to decorate your sugar cookie. Ideally, we use Royal Icing for the decoration of sugar cookies. However, you can always use a sugar glaze as well to decorate the cookies.
For making the sugar glaze, combine 1 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of milk and 1/2 tsp of Vanilla. So it’s a simple ratio of 1:2:1/2 which you got to remember for making the perfect sugar glaze. Just whisk everything until it gets smooth. Add a few drops of Green Gel Food Color and mix well. Finally, take it up in a piping bag or just use a spoon to decorate it over the cookies. You can dip the cookies in the glaze as well, however, I think that adding the glaze with a spoon is the best idea.
Allow the glaze to set for 10 minutes. If it’s too hot and humid around where you live pop this in the freezer and the glaze will set quickly.
Decorate the top with more while glazing or sprinkles…
How to store Sugar Cookies?
You can wrap these cookies in a plastic food wrap or aluminum foil and store these in the freezer for 3 months. Before reuse, thaw them overnight in the refrigerator and serve.
You can also cover and store these cookies in the refrigerator for 1 month
You can store these cookies at room temperature on the counter for 1 week.
How can I make Sugar Cookies Ahead of Time?
You can make the Sugar Cookie dough, wrap it tightly with plastic food wrap as well as aluminum foil and then store it in the freezer for 3 months.
The best way to make it ahead of time is to cut out the sugar cookies in the shape of a Christmas tree or any shape of a cookie cutter you’re using and then freeze them. That way, you do not have to thaw the cookies. You can pop these directly in the oven and bake for 3 – 4 more minutes.
Eggless Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- ½ cup Cold Unsalted butter 1 stick
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar 100gm or 3.55 Oz
- 1 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 cup All-Purpose Flour
- ⅛ Tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Ice cold water
Sugar Glaze
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Whole Milk can replace with 2% milk or Almond milk
- ½ Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Drop Green Gel Food Color
- Christmas Sprinkles as per requirement
Instructions
- To make the Sugar Cookie dough, combine the butter with flour, sugar, and vanilla extract until the butter makes the flour feel crumbly and mealy. Add a few tablespoons of ice-cold water and combine everything to make a dough that is soft to touch but is non-sticky. Cover and freeze the dough for 20 minutes or refrigerate for 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C and grease a cookie baking dish with oil.
- Roll the dough to 1-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface and cut out Christmas tree-shaped cookies using a cookie cutter. Place it carefully on a greased cookie baking dish. Freeze the cut-out cookies for 10-minutes and then bake for 10 minutes at 350F or 180C.
- Make the sugar glaze by combining granulated sugar with milk and vanilla extract. Add the green food color and make a green glaze. After the cookies have been baked, cool them down and top with the sugar glaze. Decorate with Sprinkles on top and freeze the cookies for 5 minutes or until the sugar glaze sets on top. Serve.
