Holiday Cookie Tree Centerpiece

Name: Holiday Cookie Tree Centerpiece
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour; 3 sticks Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening; 12 servings 1 (10-count) set star-shaped cookie cutters in graduated sizes (2 to 8 diameters); 5 larges egg yolks; 3 Tbsps meringue powder; 118 milliliters orange juice; 946 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 12 servings Holiday decorator sprinkles; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters warm water

Holiday Cookie Tree Centerpiece might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains approximately 10g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 709 calories. A mixture of vanillan extract, baking sticks butter flavor all-vegetable shortening, meringue powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 6 hours.

Instructions

Combine flour and salt in large bowl. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla in separate large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in egg yolks and orange juice. Gradually stir in flour mixture to form a soft dough. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces, shaping each into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 4 hours or overnight.

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Orange Juice

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Wrap

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Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Roll out dough, one piece at a time, to 1/4-inch thickness on floured surface.*** Keep remaining dough chilled until ready to use.

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Cut out a total of 24 cookies, using the 2 largest cookie cutters 4 times each and the 8 remaining cookie cutters 2 times each.

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Bake on prepared baking sheets, 16 minutes for small cookies, 18 minutes for large cookies, or until edges begin to brown and centers are set. (Group similar size cookies on same baking sheet for even baking.) Carefully slide baked cookies on parchment paper onto work surface. Cookies may be fragile while warm. Cool completely.

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Stir powdered sugar and meringue powder in large bowl until combined.

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Powdered Sugar

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Add water. Beat with electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 to 7 minutes. If necessary, add additional powdered sugar or water to reach the desired spreading consistency. (Keep frosting covered with damp cloth to prevent hardening.) Reserve one of the smallest size cookies for later use.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

Water

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Spread icing over remaining cookies, immediately topping with decorator sprinkles.

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Sprinkles

Spread

Icing

Place one of the largest size cookies on decorative platter to begin assembly. Spoon about 1 tablespoon remaining icing onto center of cookie. Repeat to stack additional 22 cookies on top, by decreasing size, rotating each cookie slightly to stagger points of stars. To complete decoration, hold reserved small cookie by its edges and coat both side with frosting. Decorate as desired. Stand upright on top of tree, securing with a small dab of icing.

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Frosting

Icing

Let stand until icing is firm.

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Servings:

1liters

Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour 3sticks

Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening 12servings

1 (10-count) set star-shaped cookie cutters in graduated sizes (2" to 8" diameters)5larges

egg yolks 3Tbsps

meringue powder 118milliliters

orange juice 946milliliters

powdered sugar 1teaspoons

salt 12servings

Holiday decorator sprinkles 355milliliters

sugar 2teaspoons

vanilla extract 118milliliters

warm water

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Prosecco

Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Prosecco are great choices for Cookies. Sweet bubbly Prosecco doesn't overwhelm simple sugar or shortbread cookies, a sweet cream sherry complements spiced cookies, and madeira's nutty notes match cookies with nuts perfectly. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.