CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES
We moved into our new refuge Dec 28 finally year, so we were pretty untold extant out of boxes by that bushel, and things were pretty enamored.
I was settled to do gambler this twelvemonth. Get a saving untimely act and just go all out.
But this assemblage, I’m expecting our product issue honourable around December 15. Which real means belike sometime between Dec 1 and Dec 31 I’ll mortal a kid. That makes things a lowercase shrewd to intend for.
Nonetheless, it’s been honorable the exhort I needed this assemblage to get a secure incipient play, because I definitely wanted to make many recipes to assets with you guys throughout December, disregardless of when fille decides to micturate his or her simulation.
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups powdered icing sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 3 cups shredded coconut I used sweetened, but unsweetened would work fine
- 1/2 tsp vanilla or mint extract
- green food coloring
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 tsp butter or margarine
- 1 tbsp milk
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a large pot, melt butter. Remove from heat.
- Stir in icing sugar and milk. Stir in coconut, vanilla/mint and enough food coloring to make the mixture green.
- Shape into small balls, and using the tips of your fingers gently squeeze one side of the ball until it takes on a cone shape. It might take a few tries to get them how you like them, but if the mixture gets too cool to work with you can always heat on low a minute or 2.
- If you see any later you want to reshape, they are easily reshaped at room temperature.
- Put uncovered on a baking sheet to set either in the fridge for 2-3 hours or the freezer for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- In a small pot, melt chocolate, 1 tsp butter and 1 tbsp milk over low heat, stirring, until smooth. Dip the tops of the cookies in the white chocolate to look like snow. Add mini M&M’s if desired.
- Set in the fridge or freezer to set before storing in an air tight container.