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April 20, 2020 By Brandy 9 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Quick and Easy Triangle Christmas Tree Cookies

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Cute and quirky triangle Christmas tree cookies that are super easy to decorate using this method! No special cookie cutter or decorating skills required!

Our gingerbread cookie bars are another fun holiday cookie (easy to make, too!). You might also like our triple chocolate peppermint cookies.

Ready for a cute and easy technique for decorating sugar cookies this year? Don’t be intimidated by the bag of frosting in the photo. Piping the frosting onto these cute Christmas tree cookies is actually faster than spreading it with a butter knife! I’m not a professional cake or cookie decorator. My skills aren’t even intermediate or advanced, but I think cookies piped like these are adorable!

tree sugar cookies on baking rack with bowl of sprinkles and icing tube

My friend, Tonya, decorates her Christmas sugar cookies like this. She actually pipes the lines super close so that they are touching and you don’t see any cookie underneath. Then she adds silver and gold edible pearls.

Triangle Christmas Tree Cookies

Step 1: Make a batch of triangle sugar cookies using your favorite sugar cookie recipe. (Here’s mine. It’s a good one and one of the most visited posts here!)

paper template for cutting out tree shaped cookies

baked sugar cookie with frosting tube and bowl of sprinkles

I just used a piece of white paper and a knife to quickly cut out the triangles. I liked the look of the triangles vs. using a Christmas tree cookie cutter.

sugar cookie with zig zags of green frosting across

Step 2: Pipe frosting back and forth across each cookie.

You can use royal icing if you’d like, but since royal icing dries, the little zig-zags could crumble and fall off since they are so skinny. I prefer a softer icing for these.

six sugar cookies on cooling rack

Step 3: Add colorful sprinkles for ornaments and lights.

triangle Christmas tree cookies with a glass of milk

Quick and Easy Triangle Christmas Tree Cookies

tree cookies on cooking rack

Easy Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

Cute and quirky triangle Christmas tree cookies that are super easy to decorate using this method! No special cookie cutter or decorating skills required!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
cool: 10 minutes
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories: 250kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup corn starch
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl combine butter, shortening and sugar. Beat until fluffy. Turn mixer down and add egg, vanilla and almond extract. Add baking powder. Sift in and flour and cornstarch until mixed thoroughly (1-2 minutes).
  • Lightly flour your working surface and shape dough into a large ball.
  • No refrigeration necessary.
  • Roll dough out to desired thickness (I usually do 1/4- 3/8″) and cut into shapes. Add flour to dough if it feels too sticky but a nice soft dough is what you want.
    Use a piece of paper cut into a triangle shape instead of a cookie cutter. A pizza cutter works great to cut around each triangle.
    Carefully transfer cut out cookie shapes with a spatula to a baking sheet. Bake baking sheets at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cookies will be soft. Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before carefully moving to a cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

  • Place frosting in a ziploc bag or frosting bag. Zig zag across each cookie. Add sprinkles.

Notes

Tip: It's best to put uncooked cookies on cold baking sheets before baking to keep the dough firm. I like to roll out and cut all of my cookies and place them on baking sheets in the refrigerator while the other batches cook. This keeps the pans and dough chilled instead of waiting on the counter (at room temperature) to be cooked. 

Nutrition

Calories: 250kcal

Best Vanilla Frosting For Sugar Cookies (Soft)

bowl with white frosting and spoon

VANILLA BUTTER CREAM FROSTING

A wonderful basic vanilla butter cream frosting for cookies. Soft (does not set up as hard as royal frosting)
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 30
Calories: 75kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3 cup sifted powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3-4 Tbsp. milk

Instructions

  • Whisk ingredients together and spread over cookies. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition

Calories: 75kcal
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About Brandy

Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Bridget | Confessions of Parenting says

    December 4, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    These are cookies even I can decorate to look good! Thanks.

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  2. Jess @ Union Shore says

    December 7, 2018 at 8:49 am

    This is such simple and easy idea! Plus I LOVE how modern they are!

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  3. Lisa // Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing & Crafting says

    December 8, 2018 at 10:26 am

    Oh, these are just darling!! I actually really like the zig zaggy look and the fact that you can see the cookie underneath. These are on my to-do list! 🙂 Lisa

    Reply
  4. Miz Helen says

    December 9, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    These are awesome Christmas Tree Cookies! Hope you are enjoying your week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  5. Jennifer Wise says

    December 10, 2018 at 11:17 am

    Wow–so simple and absolutely darling. Love!
    #inspirememondaylinkup

    Reply
  6. Michelle Leslie says

    December 11, 2018 at 7:00 am

    They’re adorable Brandy, love how you decorated them

    Reply
  7. suzanne says

    December 12, 2018 at 7:13 am

    These are so cute!

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  8. The Freshman Cook says

    December 12, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    Love these cute trees, and all the other cookies too! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!

    Reply
  9. Miz Helen says

    December 17, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    We sure have enjoyed featuring your post this past week at Full Plate Thursday! Thanks so much for sharing with us and come back real soon!
    Merry Christmas
    Miz Helen

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