Christmass Tree 1 0

The classic conifer silhouette, reduced to one confident outline: a tiered triangle with stepped branch tips that reads as a Christmas tree long before any icing goes near it. It is the shape that turns a tray of plain sugar biscuits into something that belongs on the table in December. Tree cutters earn their keep through repetition. Work across a sheet of chilled dough and you get a batch that stacks neatly on a cooling rack, ready for royal icing, a dusting of sugar, or a hole pressed near the crown so the biscuits can be hung from the branches of the real thing. It is also the easy one to hand to children, who press out their own and take the credit. Three files make up the download. This is a seasonal drawer item, used hard for a few weeks each year and then put away until the boxes come down from the loft again.