Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks

If your holiday party needs a last-minute dessert, or if you want to shake up your Christmas cookie game for Santa, then these Christmas tree cookie stacks are just the thing to make. All you need is store-bought sugar cookie dough, an easy homemade buttercream (colored green to nail the Christmas vibes), and your desired decorations to create these tiny edible trees. In 30 minutes, you’ll have the cutest cookie stacks that everyone will be fighting over.

I decided to use store-bought sugar cookie dough for ease, but if you really want to take these stacks over the top, you can make our homemade sugar cookies instead

Ingredients

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1 tube sugar cookie dough

1/2 c. butter, softened

2 c. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 Tbsp. heavy cream

green food coloring

1/2 tsp. salt

Christmas nonpareils

Yellow mini m&ms or sprinkle stars

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° and line a medium cookie sheet with parchment paper. Make balls 1, 2, and 3 teaspoons large. Place on baking sheet and bake 5 minutes, remove smallest cookies and bake 3-4 minutes more. Remove from oven and let cool on a cooking rack.

Step 2

In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat until combined, then add vanilla, heavy cream, food coloring, and salt and beat until combined. Add more food coloring until desired color is reached. Transfer to a piping bag with a medium star tip.

Step 3

Onto the largest cookie, pipe a circle of frosting. Top with the medium cookie, pipe another circle of frosting, and top with the smallest cookie. Pipe a point on the smallest cookie. Decorate with sprinkles and top with a sprinkle star or a small yellow m&m. Serve.