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Palm Tree Cookies
Prep Time
2
hrs
Cook Time
10
mins
Total Time
2
hrs
10
mins
Cut-out cookies shaped like palm trees decorated with modeling chocolate to have a 3 dimensional effect.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
beach, beach party, chocolate, cookies, fondant, graduation, modeling chocolate, palm tree, parties, pool party
Servings
:
28
-32
Author
:
Beth Klosterboer
Ingredients
Cut-Out Cookies:
2
cups
all purpose flour
plus more if needed
¼
teaspoon
salt
¼
teaspoon
baking powder
½
cup
butter
softened slightly
¾
cups
sugar
1
large egg
¾
teaspoons
pure vanilla extract
½
teaspoon
almond extract
Decorations:
12
ounces
brown modeling chocolate*
12
ounces
green modeling chocolate*
corn syrup
*You can find the modeling chocolate recipe on the Hungry Happenings' Chocolate Making Tips page.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Stir in egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
Add dry ingredients and stir just until combined. If the dough is sticky, add a small amount of flour.
Lightly dust your work surface or non-stick mat with flour.
Roll the cookie dough out to between a 1/16 inch and ⅛th inch thickness.
Cut dough using palm tree cookie cutters.
Remove excess dough.
Freeze cut cookies for 10 minutes.
Peel off cookies and set on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Bake cookies for 7-10 minutes.
Cool cookies completely.
Roll out brown modeling chocolate and cut using the palm tree cookie cutter.
Cut so you just have a brown tree trunk.
Brush a thin layer of corn syrup over the cookie trunk and press the modeling chocolate on top.
Use the back of a knife or spatula to make X's across the trunk.
Roll out green modeling chocolate.
Cut out up to 12 small leaves and 6 large leaves per cookie.
Brush a thin coating of corn syrup on the top of the palm tree cookie and press leaves over top, layering them as you go.
Pinch off pea sized pieces of the brown modeling chocolate and roll into balls.
Attach 3 of the balls to the center of the leaves on each palm tree cookie using corn syrup.
Let cookies dry for at least 1 hour before stacking or packaging them.