Eggless Christmas Tree Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Eggless Christmas Tree Chocolate Cookies Recipe, get prep with all the ingredients required and sift all purpose flour and cocoa powder in a bowl

Step 2: Keep aside

Step 3: Take butter (at room temperature) and sugar in a large bowl

Step 4: Whisk until light and fluffy using hand/electric whisk

Step 5: Next, add baking powder, oil, water and vanilla essence

Step 6: Whisk again until everything incorporates well

Step 7: Now, add dry ingredients to the fluffy mixture and mix well to get a sticky dough

Step 8: Wrap the dough with a cling film and freeze for 10-15 minutes

Step 9: After 10-15 minutes, take out the dough from the refrigerator

Step 10: Divide the dough into about 1 tablespoon size balls (makes 60 such balls)

Step 11: Flatten 10 such balls to get the smallest of the cookies

Step 12: You can either just flatten with fingers or shape it the way you like, in the cookie cutter

Step 13: Combine 2 such balls and flatten to get the 10 medium sized layer of the Christmas tree cookie recipe

Step 14: Combine 3 such balls and flatten to get the base of the Christmas tree cookie recipe (10 in number again)

Step 15: Remember, there should be an equal number of each sized balls and they all should be similarly shaped

Step 16: The measurements given here result into 10 big balls, 10 medium balls and 10 small balls

Step 17: Transfer the big flattened balls to a baking sheet leaving 1 inch space between each cookie as these tend to expand

Step 18: Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg C

Step 19: for 15 minutes

Step 20: Transfer the medium flattened balls to another baking sheet leaving 1 inch space between and bake for 15 minutes

Step 21: Transfer the small flattened balls to another baking sheet leaving 1 inch space between and bake for 11-12 minutes

Step 22: Remove from oven, place all the cookies on a wire rack to cool down completely

Step 23: Meanwhile, start to make the frosting

Step 24: Take butter (at room temperature) in a bowl and whisk until pale and yellow using hand / electric blender

Step 25: Add caster sugar (1 cup), whisk until light and fluffy

Step 26: Next, add water and vanilla essence

Step 27: Whisk for 2-3 minutes

Step 28: Now, add the rest of caster sugar and whisk again until everything incorporates well

Step 29: The frosting is ready now

Step 30: To assemble the Christmas tree, take a large serving plate

Step 31: Place all the big cookies on the plate leaving 1/2 inch space in between

Step 32: Take a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle

Step 33: Fill it with frosting

Step 34: Pipe a swirl of frosting on top of the big cookies

Step 35: Then place the medium cookies over the frosting of big cookies and pipe a swirl of frosting on top of the medium cookies

Step 36: Then place the small cookies over the frosting of medium cookies and pipe a swirl of frosting on top of the small cookies

Step 37: Decorate each layer of frosting with Christmas tree sprinkles

Step 38: Keep the Eggless Christmas Tree Chocolate Cookies Recipe in refrigerator until its time to serve