Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies | The Fancy Pants Kitchen

Name: Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies | The Fancy Pants Kitchen
Ingredients: 8 ounces very soft unsalted butter; 1/2 tsp Kosher salt; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 & 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 2 cups powdered sugar; 4 tbsp half-and-half or milk, maybe more; 1/4-1 tsp peppermint extract; Blue paste food coloring (I used Chefmaster royal blue mixed with a touch of black); 1 tbsp very soft unsalted butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 1/2-2 tbsp half and half or milk; ½ tsp peppermint extract; White nonpareils; Small white pearlized snowflakes for the tree topper

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There are so many reasons to bake Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies at this time of the year: cookie exchanges, teacher gifts, hostess gifts, cookie baskets,

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Ingredients

8 ounces very soft unsalted butter
1/2 tsp Kosher salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 & 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tbsp half-and-half or milk, maybe more
1/4-1 tsp peppermint extract
Blue paste food coloring (I used Chefmaster royal blue mixed with a touch of black)
1 tbsp very soft unsalted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2-2 tbsp half and half or milk
½ tsp peppermint extract
White nonpareils
Small white pearlized snowflakes for the tree topper