Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

• Cookie Recipe:
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. COOKIES:

2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside.

3. In mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, 3 minutes.

4. Beat in yolks and vanilla.

5. Add flour mixture and combine.

6. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, chill 1 hour.

7. Heat oven to 350 Degrees F.

8. Roll out dough and use an assortment of star cutters to cut various tars.

9. For hollow stars cut out the center from some larger stars using smaller cutters.

10. Place the stars on baking sheets and bake until just golden, about 12 minutes for large stars, 10 mi9ns for small stars.

11. Cool completely.

12. Color frosting green, light green, and chartreuse. (use 1/2 cup frosting for each color)

13. Place in pastry bags with tips.

14. Fill another pastry bag with 1/2 cupt white icing.

15. Ice stars and decorate with crystal sugar as desired.

16. Allow decorated cookes to set completely, approx. 3 hours

17. Assemble the tree on a large serving platter

18. Layer the stars into a triangle.

19. Serve any extra stars alongside.

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