Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees
Well, this was definitely a "frosting failure." I had such high hopes - a homemade colored icing glaze of white, light green, and dark green, dotted, and then painted and swirled together for the most elegant cookie on earth - then dusted with golden green sparkles. The frosting texture and piping bag failed. No swirling occurred. The good news - they are DELICIOUS! What could be bad about chocolate and peanut butter in a sugar cookie, right? So, another example of ugly but delicious - for Christmas this year. BTW, the sprinkles on top are really not visible via the photos - but they are quite beautiful upon the cookies and all over the house, which will inevitably ensue after the decoration of the cookies! Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees 15 oz. Chocolate Peanut Butter (1 jar of Jif) 1 cup ice-cold Irish butter (Kerrygold), cut into ½” chunks 1 ½ cups white sugar 2 large eggs, cold 1 tsp. vanilla extract ¼ tsp. baking p...
