Shortbread Christmas Tree! | Day 23 of Bakemas 🎅

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Shortbread cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt

Buttercream Icing
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsps milk
food coloring

Icing for the star
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp hot water

In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer beat together butter and powdered sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla and mix, then add flour and salt and beat until combined. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, this will make it easier to roll and cut your cookies into shapes. Once your dough is chilled lay on a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4 inch thick. Using your star cutters cut 1 of each star and place on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place your sheet tray in the oven at 325° and bake for about 12-16 minutes depending on the size of the star. Once the cookie is slightly golden on the edges remove from the oven and let cool.
Make your buttercream icing while your cookies are cooling placing your butter into a bowl and beat until smooth. Slowly add your powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Start adding 1 tablespoon of milk until desired consistency, the more milk the thinner the icing. Add your food coloring starting with 1 drop to get desired green color. Place your icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Looking back, i should have iced my cookies before stacking, it would have given it more height, so i suggest icing all of your cookies, and then stack them. If you don’t want to do that and instead you’d rather do what i do, i just put some icing down to help keep the tree stable, then iced the pieces of the cookies that were showing. To make the icing for the star on top i just added some powdered sugar and hot water to a bowl and mixed to make a thick icing, and added yellow food coloring. Then spread it onto the smallest star cookies. Decorate your tree with sprinkles or any other pieces of candy you’d like. Enjoy!