Christmas Tree Stars

IT can be easy to go ‘over the top’ with decorations for Christmas, especially for the tree.

I like to keep things as simple as possible with some fairy lights and edible decorations such as these star shaped cookies.

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Christmas Tree Stars

Servings 24 stars

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup or honey
• 200 g self raising flour
• 200 g icing (powdered) sugar

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 180C (350F).
• Cream butter and sugar in your food processor. Add golden syrup or honey and whizz to combine.
• Fold in flour until just combined.
• Roll out on a piece of baking paper until about 5mm (1/4in) thick. Cut out star shapes and place on a tray lined with baking paper (you’ll need 2 trays or do it in batches).
• Bake for 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Using a skewer, make a hole in each cookie while they are still warm. Cool on the tray.
• Combine icing sugar with 2 tablespoons boiling water to make the icing. Pipe onto cool stars to decorate. Allow to the icing to set.

Shelf Life

Will keep for a few weeks in an airtight container. On the tree they’ll last a few days before picking up moisture and going a bit ‘stale’. They’ll still be edible just not as tasty as when fresh.

Variations

dairy-free – replace butter with margarine.

spiced – add a few teaspoons of ground black pepper in the mix.

drop cookies – for a more melt in the mouth cooking for eating, reduce the amount of flour to 150g (5.5oz) and drop teaspoons of mixture onto the tray before flattening a little and baking.

Problem Solving Guide

too brown – it’s easy to overbake small cookies like this. So keep an eagle eye on them.

don’t have a star shaped cookie cutter? – cut into circles using a wine glass to make lovely edible baubles.

Packaging Suggestions

Thread with pretty ribbon and hang on your tree!

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