I was very excited to find these pretty Christmas star cookie tree cutters to make my Christmas cookies look that much more fun.
Star cookie cutters and stand
Shortbread…
One of my favourite cookie recipe is from Chelsea Sugar Shortbread. This is a gorgeous recipe and to make it even more yummy I added 1 cup of dark chocolate chips at the end (before rolling the dough). Check out the recipe here.
Butter and icing sugar beaten together
1 cup of chocolate chips added
Once I rolled out the dough, I cut out the star shapes and a hole in the centre of each one.
This dough was wonderful to roll out, no need to refrigerate first
Star cutters
Stars cut with holes in centres
When they cooled I decorated them by sprinkling icing sugar over them. It is important to let them completely cool before stacking. Although I love eating them while they are still a little bit warm.
Cooled shortbread sprinkled with icing sugar
Then I stacked them largest to smallest, it is up to you how many of each size you want.
Finally, I added a red ribbon to make it more festive and attractive.
This is really a great way to present your Christmas cookies as I did for morning tea today.
Christmas Cookie Tree
Christmas morning tea
Thanks so much for reading my post! What is your favourite cookie recipe?