Melanie Cagle, the founder of The Cagle Diaries, first made these recipes after evacuating their home in Houma, Louisiana, for Hurricane Ida this past summer.
“My little girl who is 6 said she wanted to make Christmas cookies. Who am I to tell her it’s not possible? I mean, it was September, but why not? I had seen cookies like this last year, on social media, I think, and they stuck with me,” Cagle tells Fox News. “They’re so cute and simple to make,” she continues, adding that they’re especially fun to make with the kids.
FYI: You can store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week or freeze them in a freezer-safe container for up to three months, as Cagle notes.
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Melanie Cagle, founder of The Cagle Diaries, first made these cookies after evacuating their home in Houma, Louisiana, for Hurricane Ida this past summer.
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Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies by Melanie Cagle, The Cagle Diaries
Makes 15 cookies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
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Ingredients:
Cookies:
These Christmas tree sugar cookies are made with vibrant green frosting.
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- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
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Frosting:
Pipe (or spread) frosting onto the top of the largest size cookie, and place the middle size cookie on top.
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- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Food coloring, green
- Sprinkles for decorating
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Directions:
Use the frosting to "glue" together the 3 cookies (the largest on the bottom, then middle-sized, then the smallest on top) to make a Christmas tree.
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- Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
- In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
- Then add this mixture to the butter mixture and beat it until well blended.
- Next, we will shape the dough into 3 different sizes of cookies. (Each cookie will be rolled into a ball.) Use a rounded 1 teaspoon of dough to make 1 small ball. Then you will use 2 rounded teaspoons of dough to make a middle size ball. And 3 rounded teaspoons of dough to make a large ball. You want to have the same number of each size of the ball. You should be able to make at least 15 balls of each size.
- Place the small balls onto 1 parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Use a glass to gently flatten them a little. Place the medium size balls on another sheet and again press them down gently. And place the large balls on a separate sheet and press them down slightly. (The different sizes of cookies should bake on different sheets, as they will not bake at the same rate.)
- Bake until the bottoms are just golden. Small cookies will take 4-6 minutes. Medium will take 6-8 minutes. Large will take 8-10 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the baking sheets and allow them to cool completely on wire racks.
- Prepare the frosting while the cookies are cooling.
- In a medium bowl, beat together powdered sugar and butter. When this is well creamed together, beat in the milk and vanilla extract (and food coloring if desired).
- Use the frosting to “glue” together the 3 cookies (the largest on the bottom, then middle-sized, then the smallest on top) to make a occasions tree or snowman. Pipe (or spread) frosting onto the top of the largest size cookie, and place the middle-size cookie on top. Pipe (or spread) the frosting on the top of the middle-size cookie and place the small cookie on top. Then continue decorating with the frosting.
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