Spread a little festive cheer with these cute Christmas tree cookies.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 75g butter, chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons gelatine powder
- 1/4 cup water, boiling
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon green liquid food colouring
- 1/4 cup rainbow star sprinkles (see Note)
- 2 tablespoons hundreds and thousands
Equipment
- 4.5cm round fluted cookie cutter and a 1cm fluted piping nozzle
Method
- Step 1Place flour, cocoa, brown sugar and butter in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg yolk and milk. Process until mixture just comes together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Gently knead until mixture is smooth. Divide mixture in half. Shape into 2 discs. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Step 2Preheat oven to 170C/150C fan-forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Roll out 1 dough disc between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm-thick. Using a 4.5cm round fluted cookie cutter, cut rounds from dough, re-rolling and cutting trimmings. Place, 2cm apart, on 1 prepared tray.
- Step 3Bake for 12 minutes. Cool on tray for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough disc and prepared tray.
- Step 4Place caster sugar and 2/3 cup cold water in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 5 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat. Sprinkle gelatine over boiling water in a heatproof jug. Whisk with a fork until gelatine dissolves. Add to sugar syrup. Stir to combine. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Transfer mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer. Add vanilla and food colouring. Beat on high speed for 5 minutes or until mixture becomes fluffy and thickens. Don’t over-mix.
- Step 5Working quickly, spoon mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm fluted nozzle. Pipe mixture onto each biscuit to form a Christmas tree shape. Sprinkle with stars and hundreds and thousands. Set aside for 1 hour or until set. Serve.
- Diabetes friendly
- High carb
- Low carb
- Low fat
- Low kilojoule
- Low sodium
- Lower gi
Nutrition
361 kj
Energy
2.5g
Fat Total
1.5g
Saturated Fat
0.2g
Fibre
1.2g
Protein
10mg
Cholesterol
23mg
Sodium
15g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
We used sprinkles from the Coles Create & Bake range.
- Author: Claire Brookman
- Image credit: Al Richardson
- Publication: Super Food Ideas
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