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Gingerbread cookie Christmas tree

by Louise 35 Comments

I finally had some time to take a photo of my gingerbread cookie Christmas tree. 21 cookie stars decorated with lots of soft green royal icing, light golden sugar dragees and a gold painted star on top.

I think that I will make a whole forest of cookie trees in different sizes next year. I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and I do know that I did write about a gingerbread house tutorial in a previous post but I ran out of time. Im so sorry!

Happy Caking!

Louise

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Comments

  1. Dawn McBride

    November 28, 2012 at 2:56 PM

    Where is the recipe?

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  2. Kathy McGuirk

    December 28, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    This is beautiful! Where can I find the template? Thanks. Kathy

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  3. Kannadew

    November 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    Love this! I just attempted a trial run before making them for Christmas presents… and I ran out of Icing half way up the tree! I was wondering how much Icing you used for the whole tree and did you ice the whole star prior to putting on the next star or did you only ice the actual points of the star, with a blob of icing in the middle to join? Thanks so much!

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  4. Amy @ Living Locurto

    February 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Wow! I just discovered your site. Stumbled this… absolutely love it.

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  5. LUZ

    January 3, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    sorry…I see, Louise answered my question…thnaks

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  6. LUZ

    January 3, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    It’s so pretty, but i have a question after put the icing in each cookie i have to let them dry to put one over the another one…thank you.

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  7. Louise

    January 2, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    Alessandra: Because I used a lot of icing of all tips of the stars im not sure that you could take them off one by one. To do that each star should have been iced and dried before assembling with a big dot of icing in the middel. Again im not sure that you would get the same look like this one I did.

    Andrea Saunders: I used wilton star tip no. 32

    Emma: Soft royal icing is simply just regular RI thinned with drops of water to soft consistency.

    Neni: I have used the Christmas tree cookie set from wilton 10 nesting star cutters. Click on the “wilton” in the post.

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  8. Fifty-Two Cakes

    December 30, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    Oh man, this turned out really cool-looking. I bet it was just as tasty. It looks like it required infinite patience, though!

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  9. Beki

    December 30, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    Wow, this is an amazing cake! Your icing is flawless – I’m very jealous!

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  10. {éclat} event design

    December 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    Waoooo sooo pretty and creative!! I would love to use this idea in one of our dessert tabled. Thanks for sharing!!!
    Laura

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  11. tiramisusa

    December 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    fantastic, great
    you`re an artist…
    eres una gran artista
    feliz navidad Merry Christmas.

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  12. Kathy

    December 30, 2010 at 4:39 AM

    Love this! Would love to try this next year!

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  13. memola

    December 29, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    happy new year

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  14. Francesca

    December 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM

    This is amazing!!! (You are in my favourite’s blog, i love this website)

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  15. Anonymous

    December 29, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    Love it!

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  16. Charlotte

    December 29, 2010 at 1:12 AM

    Love it!! Louise, please post a tut of this! I soo would love to do this next year with a bunch of young kids at our club! Please post a tut!! Thanks for so much inspiration!

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  17. Eileen

    December 28, 2010 at 9:07 PM

    WOW that looks gorgeous! Might try it next year.
    LOL Eileen

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  18. Charmaine

    December 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    Merry Christmas….

    Love the way you did your Christmas tree…better than Wilton’s photo – a good idea for next year though!

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  19. Sue

    December 28, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    Gorgeous! The most unique, full and beautiful cookie tree I’ve seen this season!

    Reply
  20. Danielle

    December 28, 2010 at 6:40 PM

    I love this! It would make a great centerpiece on a holiday dessert table!

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  21. Becky

    December 28, 2010 at 6:07 PM

    That would last 5 minutes in my house. I want to eat it right now…beautiful!!

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  22. Mari's Cakes

    December 28, 2010 at 6:01 PM

    Adorable! I love the soft green color on the icing. I was also thinking of doing a forest of Christmas trees next year, because I am sure one won’t be enough for my family and friends! I am confident you had a Merry Christmas.

    Wish you a Happy and blessed New Years!

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  23. Allie

    December 28, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    It looks like it is hard but is pretty simple
    to do my favorite kind if work

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  24. Neni

    December 28, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    Amazing! Did you have the cookie cutter stars made out for you or you bought them from somewhere?

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  25. Emma

    December 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    What a lovely picture! I’m curious as to your recipe for a soft royal icing – I never knew one exhisted! Would you be willing to share?

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  26. Andrea Saunders

    December 28, 2010 at 3:49 PM

    What tip did you use? It looks amazing!

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  27. Nancy

    December 28, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    That is the prettiest cookie tree I have ever seen!

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  28. paula

    December 28, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    beautiful……
    happy new year!!!!!
    gr paula

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  29. Cakewhiz

    December 28, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    Lovely….your work is always flawless 🙂
    Happy holidays!

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  30. Alessandra

    December 28, 2010 at 3:52 AM

    It looks great! Can you take off the cookies one by one from the top to eat them, or do they need to be firmly iced on?

    Happy Holidays

    Alessandra

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  31. Esther

    December 27, 2010 at 11:08 PM

    That is one amazing Christmas tree! Yours looks even better than Wilton’s. Happy Holidays.

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  32. Steph

    December 27, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    That is so beatiful! Maybe I’ll attempt that next year

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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  33. Jen @ The Finer Things

    December 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM

    How beautiful! This is a fantastic idea!

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  34. Anna {Sugarized}

    December 27, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    Love the color…it’s so subtle. Will look forward to that tutorial. =) Happy Holidays!

    Reply
  35. Bobie

    December 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    WOW! Amazing…love it!

    Reply

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