Star Cooky Tree

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Title: Star Cooky Tree
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

Cooky dough
Decorating frosting
Colored candies
Styrofoam base 4 1/2"
-diameter
Center support, see notes*

*1-1/2 inch in diameter and 11 inches long *Candle, dowel or wooden
stick may be used.
1. Make 2 recipes of Swedish Ginger cooky dough.Refrigerate 2.Make star
pattern. The bottom star (largest) measures 9" across at the points. Each
(big) cooky graduates in size, 3/8" smaller than the last...for 10
cookies.These last are MY observations, and it shows that if you make your
FIRST star, then gradually keep cutting the pattern down 3/8", this is how
it's done.

3. Place pattern on dough which has been rolled 1/4" thick.
4 Cut around pattern with knife. Make 10 stars of graduated sizes.
5. Cut 3/4" hole in center of each star.
6 Make six 2-1/2", six 2" and six 1" round cookies. (These go in
between the large stars on the pole.) Cut a 3/4" hole in center of each.
7. Make another cooky star (smaller) for the top of the tree.
8. Bake as directed in recipe. Cool
9. Frost edges of stars with Decorating Frosting. Trim with colored
candies. Allow frosting to dry.
10. Place center support in styrofoam base that is about 4-1/2" in
diameter.
11. Assemble..Largest star..2 largest round cookies...next large star...2
round cookies, etc. Helen Jolly

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