Cherry Tree Cookies
Adorable oatmeal roll-out cookies shaped and decorated like cherry trees with red cinnamon candies, green sugar crystals, and chocolate sprinkle trunks. Makes 36.
YIELD
36 cookiesPREP
3 hrsCOOK
10 minREADY
3 hrsThese might be the cutest cookies you’ll ever bake with kids.
A chewy oatmeal dough gets rolled thin and cut into tree shapes (round treetops with little rectangular trunks attached).
Red cinnamon candies become the “cherries," green sugar crystals cover the leaves, and chocolate sprinkles coat the trunk.
They’re festive enough for a Presidents’ Day party, a school bake sale, or just a rainy Saturday afternoon baking project.
Makes 36 cookies, so there are plenty to share and plenty to snack on while decorating.
Kitchen Tips
- Chill the dough for at least 2 hours; it’s too sticky to roll otherwise
- Roll to ⅛ inch thickness on a well-floured surface for crisp, thin cookies
- Press the cinnamon candies and sprinkles into the dough before baking so they stick
- Use a tree-shaped cookie cutter if you have one to skip the freehand cutting
Ingredients
Directions
Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy.
Blend in egg and vanilla.
Sift together flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
Stir in oats.
Chill dough several hours.
Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to ⅛ inch thickness.
Cut out “tree-tops” with floured 3½ inch round cutter.
Cut out “tree trunks” about 1 inch tall with sharp knife.
Place circles on greased cooky sheet; attach “tree trunks".
Press cinnamon candies into “tree tops” and sprinkle with green colored sugar.
Sprinkle “tree trunks” with chocolate shot.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 8 to10 minutes.
NOTE: Cookies can be cut with a tree-shaped cutter, if desired.
Decorate as above.
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