Gingerbread Houses

How to Pipe Open Star Christmas Trees

Name: How to Pipe Open Star Christmas Trees
Ingredients: Buttercream; Food coloring; Tip 199; Decorating bags

Decorate your gingerbread house landscape with these cute, easy to pipe trees. Pipe trees in shades of green leaving them natural or decorate them with sprinkles and a gold star!

Skill Level:: Beginner

Ingredients

Buttercream

Buttercream
Food coloring

Food coloring

Tools
Tip 199

Tip 199
Decorating bags

Decorating bags

Instructions

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- Using a decorating bag fitted with Tip 199, hold the bag straight up, with the tip slightly above the surface.
- Using heavy pressure, squeeze and form the base of the tree. Let the icing build up but keep the tip slightly buried in the icing. Stop squeezing but do not move the tip.
- Repeat Step 2, decreasing pressure and the size of the star.
- Repeat until you reach the top of the tree, then pull the tip away.

Notes

For ornaments, use nonpareils, Sugar Pearl Sprinkles, or pipe dots of colored icing.
Pipe trees on parchment and let them dry. This will allow you to pick them up and place them wherever you like on your gingerbread landscape.

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