Description
Delight your taste buds with these festive Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake Cookies. These soft and flavorful cookies are filled with a creamy vanilla buttercream and decorated with colorful sprinkles, perfect for the holiday season.
Ingredients
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Cookies:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 tsp. salt
- 1⁄4 tsp. baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- red food gel
- green sugar sprinkles
Vanilla Buttercream Filling:
- 3⁄4 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 1⁄2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1⁄4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 –5Tbsp. heavy whipping cream
- 1 –2drops red food gel
Instructions
- Prepare the Cookie Dough: Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients into wet until combined. Chill dough.
- Shape and Bake: Roll out dough, cut into tree shapes, bake until edges are golden. Cool.
- Make Buttercream: Beat butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Add cream until fluffy. Add red gel for color.
- Assemble: Pipe buttercream onto half the cookies, top with remaining cookies. Dip edges in green sprinkles.
- Decorate: Create tree patterns with red gel. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can refrigerate the cookies for a firmer texture.
- Experiment with different colors for a unique look.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
Keywords: Christmas cookies, holiday baking, festive treats