Matcha Cookie Forest

April 7th, 2011 by justJENN

Way back during Christmas-time (remember 4 months ago? Me either.) I wanted to make some sort of edible centerpiece for my table, something that didn’t require TONS of work like my other grandiose ideas.

Not wanting to use dye, I decided to make matcha cookies of various sizes, in the end I had enough trees for a mini cookie forest in the middle of my table!

ingredients:
matcha cookie dough (recipe, here)
chocolate cookie dough (recipe, here)

I have these cool Cuisipro holiday cookie cutters that are tree shaped and come in a set of 5. Having 5 sizes makes the varying tree heights look great for a forest.

Roll out the matcha dough and cut the cookies out in a bunch of different sizes.

Now before you put them in the oven, cut off the stumps…

And then roll out the chocolate dough, and cut ONLY the stumps. Get it? A little bit of work, but it will look cute, I promise.

Then put the chocolate stump, back onto the bottom of the match cookie. Whew! You still following me? Good.

Now bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. I deliberately singed some of them, giving them brown edges so they’d look a bit forest-like. Whether or not that worked, it certainly made them nice and crispy and easy to stand.

Once the cookies were cooled, I used some white royal icing to adhere the cookies into place on my platter. I used large and small marshmallows to help stand them up, and also sprinkled a bunch of the mini ones around the base of the trees. A little bit to look like snow but moreso for the kids to grab and eat throughout Christmas day.

This was an easy and tasty centerpiece for the holidays – but could also be used for a garden party or shower! Who wouldn’t like an edible centerpiece made out of cookies?! Maybe just for everyday use as a centerpiece on your kitchen table? Hm. Delicious.