Instructions:
Prepare Roll-Out Cookie Recipe following instructions, adding peppermint candy flavoring.*
Roll out dough 1/8-inch thick; cut tree shapes and arrange on cookie sheet. Bake 7-8 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute; remove to cooling grid and cool completely.
Prepare icings. Tint portions of each icing green, reserving some white. With royal icing, with Tip 3, outline tree with green; fill in with thinned icing. Let dry. For trees with stars, fill in star with white icing; add yellow colored sugars and let dry. Add white icing garland using Tip 3 outline, swirl or zigzag; arrange candy cane sprinkles.
With green buttercream icing, spatula-ice cookies smooth or cover cookies with Tip 3 zigzag “tree boughs.” For trees with stars, ice star with white icing; add yellow sugars, pressing lightly into the icing. If desired, add white icing garlands to trees. Arrange candy cane sprinkles and jumbo nonpareils.
*Variation: Tint cookie dough green with Leaf Green Icing Color. Cut cookies as above. Decorate as desired with white icing, sprinkles and sugars.
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