3D Christmas Tree Cookies

These Easy 3D Christmas Cookies will WOW your friends and family! Made with a no-chill sugar cookie dough, they are ready in no time! Yields 12 finished 3D cookies.

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 9

Total Time: 19

Course: Christmas

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 3D Christmas Cookies

Servings:

Calories: 321kcal

Author: Victoria Pruett

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Ingredients

3 cup flour
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
3 Tablespoon mayo (optional, but it makes them SO soft!)
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
dash of salt
food coloring (gel is best)
green cookie icing
sprinkles or decorations of choice

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Cream together the sugar and mayonaisse.
Then add in the butter and mix.
Then add in the butter, vanilla, and the egg and mix until combined.
Next add in the four, baking powder, and salt and mix.
Once it's a crumbly dough, stop using a fork to mix, and start using your hands to combine it until it forms a nice cookie dough.
Split the dough into three equal pieces and put in separate bowls.
Add in the desired food coloring to each bowl and mix with your hands until the color is evenly dispersed into the dye.
Sprinkle a surface with flour, and flour your rolling pin.
Roll the dough out to about 1/4 thick and cut your cookie pieces out one at a time. The dough is soft, so transfer them to your greased cookie sheet carefully. If a detailed piece breaks off, just gently press the piece back together, and it will bake fine.
Bake them at 350°F for 6 minutes, then rotate your cookie sheet and cook for another 3 minutes.
Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking sheet to let the pan continue to cooke them while they cool for five minutes.
After five minutes, move them to the cooling rack to let them finish cooling completely.
Use the cookie icing to attach the details to each cookie. I added snow and ice crystal sprinkles to the runners of the sleigh, ornaments and a star for the Christmas tree, and an eye and a red nose for the reindeer.

Notes

Best Tips for 3D Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

If this is your first time making these cookies, here are a few things I’ve learned over the years, so I’m passing those tips on to you!

Coloring – Don’t use icing to color the dough before baking, it WILL NOT WORK. Instead, use a gel dye for the deepest color. We also really love these all-natural colors for a more vintage and muted Christmas experience (without the food dye!)
Fitting – Because this dough doesn’t expand, you should be able to just slide the pieces together. Make sure that the dough thickness is no more than 1/4″ so that they will fit, and there is no need to add icing to the joints.
Decorating – Once the cookies are together, hold the bottom piece (or let the cookies stand) and add your icing and decorations! Don’t try to decorate the pieces before you put them together!

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