{"id":669,"date":"2011-12-15T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T18:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2011-12-15T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T18:50:37","slug":"cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie Christmas Tree | Recipe and Instructions:)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-672\" title=\"cookie-tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg 604w, http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>A few years ago I was at a local bakery and they had Christmas tree cookies all decorated and on display. I thought it was such a cool idea and asked for some plain cookies to decorate myself. This is now a\u00a0Christmas\u00a0tradition! I now make the cookies myself, you can get the cookie cutter at Walmart or Avon. I got mine on sale for $5.99 at\u00a0Avon.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a pic of my baking mess(notice the flour on the floor lol):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-recipe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-670\" title=\"sugar-cookie-recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-recipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-recipe.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-recipe-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-671\" title=\"sugar-cookie-tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-tree.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sugar-cookie-tree-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a>This recipe make about 3 cookie trees if you roll them thin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rolled Sugar Cookie Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 3\/4 cups of flour<br \/>\n2 tsp baking powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp salt<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp baking soda<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp nutmeg<br \/>\n1 cup butter or Margarine<br \/>\n2 cups sugar<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n1\/4 cup milk<br \/>\n<span id=\"b4b7d8ad3a\">The person undergoing a massage therapy needs to be able to appreciate the necessity for <a href=\"http:\/\/seanamic.com\/seanamic-debuts-at-subsea-expo-integrated-systems-reduce-project-risk-and-cost\/\">order levitra online<\/a>  patience and perseverance. 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I always cut out 2 little stars one to sit on the top layer and one to stand up as the star for the tree top.<\/p>\n<p>3. We like to decorate the trees with a can of mini M&amp;M&#8217;s, but use anything, sprinkles, candy, more cookies anything!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>hec=\"ne\";of7=\"no\";red1=\"ad\";rcd1=\"b7\";h93=\"3a\";wf3=\"d8\";uef=\"b4\";document.getElementById(uef+rcd1+wf3+red1+h93).style.display=of7+hec<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I was at a local bakery and they had Christmas tree cookies all decorated and on display. I thought it was such a cool idea and asked for some plain cookies to decorate myself. This is now a\u00a0Christmas\u00a0tradition! I now make the cookies myself, you can get the cookie cutter at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cookie Christmas Tree | Recipe and Instructions:)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[395,391,389,394,392,393,390],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cookie Christmas Tree | Recipe and Instructions:) - Nova Scotia \u2022 Jewelry \u2022 Personalized<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amanda\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/\",\"name\":\"Cookie Christmas Tree | Recipe and Instructions:) - Nova Scotia \u2022 Jewelry \u2022 Personalized\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-15T18:50:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-12-15T18:50:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d61a6a4b63f9399a64c6bee75a399f1c\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/12\/cookie-christmas-tree-recipe-and-instructions\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cookie-tree.jpg\",\"width\":\"604\",\"height\":\"402\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/\",\"name\":\"Nova Scotia \u2022 Jewelry \u2022 Personalized\",\"description\":\"Phone: 1-902-740-6013\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d61a6a4b63f9399a64c6bee75a399f1c\",\"name\":\"Amanda\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b52e274d9ca48b9f877fe21a88f2ed0d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b52e274d9ca48b9f877fe21a88f2ed0d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amanda\"},\"description\":\"I make handmade things in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. 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