Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies
- 1 tube (16-1/2 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- 9 unwrapped Rolo candies
- Necco wafer candies
- Smarties candies
- Yellow food coloring
- Water
- Green colored sugar and red nonpareils
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Place cookie dough in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature to soften, 5-10 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Add flour; beat until blended.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Using a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter, cut out 18 cookies. Repeat with 1-1/2-in. and 1-in. round cookie cutters. For remaining dough, use a floured 1/2-in. star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out 8 stars.
- Sprinkle round cookies with colored sugar. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased
- . Bake until edges are light brown, 6-9 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- For each Christmas tree, pipe frosting on top of a Rolo candy for a trunk; top with a 2-in. cookie. Pipe frosting on top and bottom of a Necco wafer; place in center of cookie. Top with another 2-in. cookie. Repeat layers with two 1-1/2-in. cookies and two 1-in. cookies, using Smarties between the smaller layers.
- For stars, color a small amount of frosting yellow and pipe onto cookie; attach to the top of each tree using additional frosting. Thin remaining frosting with water; drizzle over edges. Decorate with nonpareils.
vanilla, allpurpose, vanilla frosting, candies, necco, smarties, yellow food coloring, water, green colored sugar
Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/stacked-christmas-tree-cookies/ (may not work)