Christmas Tree Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• water
• tinted cake decorating gel
• holiday candy sprinkles
• colored sugar sprinkle, etc

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• 2 add vanilla and lemon juice.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 sift flour, baking powder and salt and add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• 5 chill, then roll dough to about 1/8 inch or thicker.
• 6 cut into various sized christmas trees.
• 7 squeeze bottom of trunk a little so it will fit into jelly wreaths when baked.
• 8 bake in preheated hot oven at 425 degrees f for 5 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. cool. cover with frosting; decorate.
• 9 for frosting:.
• 10 heat and boil the 1/2 cup butter in heavy saucepan until lightly browned; do not burn.
• 11 stir in 3 cups powdered sugar and vanilla.
• 12 add water a few drops at a time until frosting is of spreading consistency.
• 13 frost cookies, then decorate with cake decorator using colored icing of your choice and top off with sprinkles, bits of candied cherries, etc.
• 14 to stand, set each in ring of bought jellied candies.