These green Christmas tree cookies are naturally colored with kale and decorated with cranberry pieces.
These festive red and green Christmas cookies taste as delicious as they look. And what’s best: they’re made without artificial dyes – they’re all naturally colored with curly kale leaves. And even if the Christmas tree cookies are brilliant green, they don’t taste of kale – they taste just like classic Christmas sugar cookies!
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Naturally Colored Christmas Tree Cookies
Ingredients:
Naturally Green Kale Cookies
- 2 cups (240g) flour
- 2/3 cup (160g) butter
- 1/3 cup (80g) sugar
- 4 tbsp kale puree (2 – 3 curly kale leaves)
Easy Icing
- powdered sugar
- hot water
Decoration
- chopped dried cranberries
Directions:
Naturally Green Kale Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Kale puree: Remove the stalks, use just the leafy parts of the kale. Boil the kale with some water for 5 minutes, drain and refresh with cold water. Using a stick blender, puree the kale until smooth.
Knead together flour, butter and sugar. Then dye the shortcrust dough green with kale puree.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4″ (1/2cm) thick. Cut the dough into triangles or cut out trees with a tree-shaped cookie cutter. Bake the Christmas tree cookies for 12 minutes.
Easy Icing
Stir together powdered sugar and enough hot water until the icing is thick but pourable.
Decoration
Decorate the naturally green Christmas tree cookies with icing and cranberry pieces.
I love this idea of naturally coloring the cookies with kale. Great post!
Thanks, Catherine! 🙂
Wow, great idea! I always have kale in the house, especially for my bunnies, and for our salads too! I may have to give this a try! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl! 😀
I love that you used natural dyes to make these festive cookies. The recipe looks easy, too! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!
Thanks so much, Kat! 😀
Really nice idea to use kale.
Thank you!
Wow Kale color – new idea. Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday.
Thanks, Rita!
What a cool idea. Such beautiful cookies! Thank you for sharing them at Fiesta Friday this week! 😀
Thank you so much, Antonia! 😀
I would have never thought to use kale paste as a food coloring in cookies. What a fantastic idea! These look delicious and very festive. Thanks for sharing!
Shelbee
Thanks, Shelbee! 🙂
Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – have an amazing, relaxing week!
Thanks for stopping by, Helen!
These looks super cute..I loved the idea of adding kale puree to give the lovely color
Thanks so much, Lathiya!
Thanks for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY!
Blessings,
Cindy
Thanks, Cindy!