Sporting evergreens on top, these special sugar cookies will be the stars of the cookie tray.
Almond Tree Cookies
- Prep Time 2 hr 0 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 8 or 10 drops green food color
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, beat 1 cup butter, the granulated sugar and almond extract with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. On low speed, beat in flour.
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Step2Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until firm to the touch. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, beat powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter and the milk on medium speed until smooth and spreadable. Stir in green food color until uniform color.
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Step5Spoon frosting into resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to make tree shape in a zigzag pattern on each cookie with frosting.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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