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These Christmas tree chocolate dipped cookies are sweet, festive and great for the holidays.
It is December 9 already and we only have 14 days until Christmas! These cookies have been way overdue to be posted on my blog!
Did I ever tell you that Christmas is my favorite holiday? I probably did, but getting closer to it, makes me even more-excited and happier! And one of the things I love to do around Christmas is making shortbread cookies.
Since we enjoy chocolate so much in my house, these chocolate dipped, Christmas tree shaped cookies have been very popular at home lately. I’m not gonna lie, I eat butter cookies all year round, not only on Christmas.
They remind me of when I was a child and my sister and I used to make, bake, decorate and eat these. I was almost gonna forgot to mention, that I was in charge of decorating the cookies. We used to make 2-3 batches at a time and sometimes give them away to friends and neighbors.
These is nothing difficult about these Christmas Tree Chocolate Dipped Cookies. You make your cookie dough, chill it (highly recommended, I always do!), roll it out, cut Christmas tree shaped cookies and chill again. Then bake your cookies and let them cool. In the mean time prepare a chocolate ganache. Glue cookies together with ganache, then dip a part of them into it. Add some sprinkles on top.
You might ask why chill the dough twice? I know some butter cookie recipes do not call for chilling the dough, but I’ve tested this one quite a few times and in order for these cookies to retain their shape dough needs to be chilled prior to rolling and again prior to baking. Unrolled dough could be kept in a zip lock bag in the fridge for 2 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
Chocolate ganache stays a little soft, if you leave cookies at room temperature and harden if you refrigerate them.
These Christmas Tree Chocolate Dipped Cookies are easy to make ahead and bring to a holiday party or just enjoy at home.
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Christmas Tree Chocolate Dipped Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups + 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Chocolate ganache:
- 6 oz semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract, (optional)
- Sprinkles to decorate
Instructions
- Cookies:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add egg and beat on medium speed until incorporated. Add in vanilla.
- In a bowl combine flour, cornstarch and baking soda, then add to the sugar-butter mixture. Mix until incorporated.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Roll out dough about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out Christmas tree shaped cookies using a cookie cutter.
- Chill cookies for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 F (177 C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Bake cookies for 10-13 minutes until they start to turn golden. Be careful not to over bake.
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and let them cool completely.
Chocolate ganache:
- Bring heavy cream to just a boil and remove from heat. Place chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Pour cream over chocolate chips, stirring to combine (might take a few minutes). Add in peppermint extract (if you decide to use it). Set ganache a side to set, stirring every so often.
To assemble the the cookies:
- Once cookies have cooled to room temperature, fill them with the ganache , you can use a piping bag or spatula. Then dip them in an angle into the ganache. Top with sprinkles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are my kind of Christmas cookies!! I love the chocolate coating and pretty holiday sprinkles. These wouldn’t last long at my house!! ๐
Thank you Renee! It did not last long here either ๐
Oh god. 14 days until Christmas?! I’m freaking out! Maybe I should make some of these cookies to calm me down… Pinned!
I’m sure you’ll like these Sarah ๐
Christmas is my favorite holiday too! These cookies are so lovely, what wonderful gifts these make!
Thanks Kathleen!
These look so so cute Mira! I love butter cookies! Pinned.
Thanks for pinning Manali!
I too love Christmas and I love making lots of cookies. These cookies look so pretty and I love that they are only partially dipped.
I’m glad you like these Cindy ๐
These cookies are so festive! And they look so delicious…
Thanks Marissa!
Perfect looking cookies.. love how you dipped them in chocolate. Look so festive.
Thanks Ella!
Tree cookies look really cute and festive! Just want to pick up and eat one!
I’m glad you like them Savita!!!
Wow! These cookies are just the cutest! With the Christmas season just around the corner, I’m definitely inspired to make my own. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Julie!!!
They look pretty and yummy Mira. I love homemade cookies, but I’ve frustrated with mine, before they would come up beautiful & tasteful, now it seems I can’t make them look pretty ๐
Maybe as you wrote I should chill the dough longer… I’ll try it.
Have a great Sunday.
Hey Regina, I’m glad you like these cookies! I’ve noticed that in order for them to retain their shape, dough should be chilled for at least 2 hours before cutting the cookies and at least 1 hour before baking them! Have a great Sunday!