Star cooky tree

Cooky dough
           Decorating frosting
           Colored candies
           Styrofoam base 4 1/2"
           -diameter
           Center support, see notes*
 
     *1-1/2 inch in diameter and 11 inches long *Candle, dowel or wooden
  stick may be used.
      1. Make 2 recipes of Swedish Ginger cooky dough.Refrigerate 2.Make star
  pattern. The bottom star (largest) measures 9" across at the points. Each
  (big) cooky graduates in size, 3/8" smaller than the last...for 10
  cookies.These last are MY observations, and it shows that if you make your
  FIRST star, then gradually keep cutting the pattern down 3/8", this is how
  it's done.
  
      3. Place pattern on dough which has been rolled 1/4" thick.
      4 Cut around pattern with knife. Make 10 stars of graduated sizes.
      5. Cut 3/4" hole in center of each star.
      6 Make six 2-1/2", six 2" and six 1" round cookies. (These go in
  between the large stars on the pole.) Cut a 3/4" hole in center of each.
      7. Make another cooky star (smaller) for the top of the tree.
      8. Bake as directed in recipe. Cool
      9. Frost edges of stars with Decorating Frosting. Trim with colored
  candies. Allow frosting to dry.
    10. Place center support in styrofoam base that is about 4-1/2" in
  diameter.
    11. Assemble..Largest star..2 largest round cookies...next large star...2
  round cookies, etc. Helen Jolly
 
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