Name: How to Make a Star Sugar Cone Christmas Tree
Ingredients: Royal icing; Open star tip 18; Decorating bags

Ingredients

Instructions

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- Using a decorating bag fitted with tip 18 (or any medium star tip), hold the bag against the side of the cone about 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) from the bottom of the cone, with the tip just slightly above the surface.
- Squeeze the bag to form a star. Continue squeezing, pulling the tip down and away, decreasing pressure as you reach the desired length of the branch.
- Pipe pull-out stars next to each other around the base of the ice cream cone.
- Pipe a second row of pull-out stars above the first row, staggering them so the new row is piped between the previous row. This will create a fuller, filled-in look.
- Repeat, moving up the side to cover the tree. Pipe shorter pull-out stars towards the tip of the cone.
- Stop piping before reaching the tip of the cone.
- Position trees around the gingerbread house, then pipe a few rows of short pull-out stars to cover the top of the tree.

Create different sized trees by cutting ice cream sugar cones to the desired size. To trim, use a wet brush to dampen the wide end of the cones with water. Only dampen the part to be trimmed. Use a knife to cut along dampened line. Let the cone dry completely before decorating.
For a realistic look, pipe the tree in multiple shades of green icing.
For ornaments, pipe dots using different colors of icing or sprinkle on nonpareils or Sugar Pearls.
Finish the tree by adding a Gold Star Sprinkle on top.