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Christmas Tree Cookie Tower
Christmas Tree Cookie Tower
By Morrisons
Published on 24 August 2020
Create this luxurious tower of delicious cookie sandwiches for your Christmas party!Time and servings
1 hr 20 minsTotal time
22Servings
1 hr 20 minsCooking time
Ingredients
- 300 g of caster sugar
- 1 tsp of icing sugar
- 100 g of cocoa powder
- 1 tsp of cocoa powder
- 250 g of mascarpone
- 1 silver balls
- 250 g of plain flour
- 250 g of plain chocolate
- 60 g of sunflower spread
- 65 g of butter
- 2 eggs
- 5 tbsp of irish coffee liqueur
- 600 ml of whipping cream
Method
Step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/ 160C Fan/ Gas 4. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment.Step 2
Sift the flour and cocoa into a large mixing bowl and stir in the sugar.Step 3
Melt together the butter, sunflower spread and chocolate, then beat in the eggs. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, pour in the melted mixture and mix to form a dough.Step 4
Divide into 44 balls. Space out onto baking sheets, press each down into a flat disc and cook for 12-15 minutes. Move to a rack to cool.Step 5
To make the filling, melt the chocolate until smooth then beat in the mascarpone. Chill for 1 hour then use to sandwich cookies together in pairs.Step 6
For the tower, form a circle with some of the sandwiched cookies on a platter. Whip the cream and liqueur until it stiffens slightly and dollop over the cookies. Arrange a smaller circle of cookies on the top, and continue with the layers until you have 1 cookie on top. Dust with icing sugar and cocoa and scatter with silver balls. Serve immediately.