Mini Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cookies
The merriest little bite-sized Christmas cookies around! These cake batter-flavored sugar cookies are decorated to look exactly like the Little Debbie’s Christmas Trees.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tbsp cake batter flavor
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1-3 tsp water
Icing + toppings
- 6 tbsp very warm water
- 1 1/2 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- white + red gel food coloring
- 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- green sanding sugar sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or with an electric hand mixer, combine the butter and powdered sugar until smooth.1/2 cup salted butter, softened, 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- Add in the eggs and cake batter flavor, mixing until mostly combined.1 egg, 1/2 tbsp cake batter flavor
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Begin to mix and add up to the 3 tsp of water to bring the dough together, the dough should be soft and easy to work with.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1-3 tsp water
- Roll the dough out until approximately 1/2 inch thick and use a christmas tree cookie cutter to cut the dough.
- Arrange on a silicone or parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F for 5 minutes or until the cookies are matte looking on top and have puffed up.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely and then make the glaze.
- To make the glaze, whisk together the warm water, corn syrup and vanilla. Once the corn syrup is dissolved, add in enough white food coloring to make the water mixture completely white.6 tbsp very warm water, 1 1/2 tbsp light corn syrup, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla, white + red gel food coloring
- Whisk in the sifted powdered sugar, whisking until smooth.4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Feel free to add a tiny bit more water, if needed, to get a smooth consistency that drizzles and melts back into itself within about 5 seconds.
- Remove about 1/4 cup of the icing and set aside.
- Warm the remaining white icing in the microwave and then dip each cookie completely into the icing and set on a cookie cooling rack. Top with the green sprinkles before the icing has set but you don’t want the icing to be really wet or else the sprinkles will bleed.
- Once all of the cookies have been iced, dye the icing you set aside red using red gel food coloring.white + red gel food coloring
- Transfer the red icing into either a piping bag or a small zip top bag and snip the corner.
- Moving from left to right and then back again, drizzle the red icing onto each christmas tree.
- Allow the cookies to set completely before serving.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature, enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 4313kcal | Carbohydrates: 838g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 99g | Saturated Fat: 60g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Trans Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 408mg | Sodium: 1420mg | Potassium: 781mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 633g | Vitamin A: 3074IU | Calcium: 277mg | Iron: 13mg
