Sugar Cookie Christmas Tree
Add a festive flair to your celebrations with a different kind of cookie: the Sugar Cookie Christmas Tree! Made from refrigerated sugar cookie dough and adorned with cream cheese frosting and fresh fruit, this fun creation is sure to be the star of the dessert table.
Servings 12
Calories 312kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tube Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough cut into ½ inch pieces
- 1 package cream cheese 8oz/250g package, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup green grapes halved lengthwise
- ½ cup blueberries
- ½ cup raspberries
- 1 cup mandarin oranges
- 4 kiwi skin removed and sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Arrange the slices of cookie dough into a tree shape on the baking sheet with the sides touching.
- Bake the sugar cookie dough according to package directions. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract with a hand mixer.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the cooled sugar cookie right to the edges.
- Add the fruit to decorate on top. Use the kiwi as the tree greenery and strands of garland with the grapes, blueberries and raspberries. Arrange the mandarins as teh star to the top of the tree.
Nutrition
Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 414IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg
