The day after Thanksgiving, we had plans to help some close friends decorate their Christmas tree and then go to the tree-lighting ceremony in our town with a group of other friends. Because I never seem to go to any occasion without a plate of cookies, I planned ahead (for a change). Using the same technique I had used for my Thanksgiving Fall Foliage cookies, I made a few extra blue painted backgrounds to try with
Christmas trees this time.
After the background was dry, I used 20-second icing to create a layered green tree and placed a yellow star sprinkle on top.
The biggest debate, especially since I don't celebrate Christmas, is what effect worked best for the garland, which was white icing draped across the tree and showered with either 1) white sanding sugar, 2) white nonpareils, or 3) rainbow nonpareils.
I quickly made a few mini trees with some remaining rainbow nonpareils for a mini option, all in one quick motion. Personally, I thought the rainbow garland looked the best, but mostly because of all the color. The most realistic, according to my husband and the hands-down winner in our informal poll of friends, was the sparkling white sanding sugar.
So thankful that we can help our friends and family celebrate Christmas in this way!
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