Pillsbury Christmas Cookie Hack
You are going to love the simplicity of these festive Christmas cookies. They are coated in candy sprinkles and the center of each cookie is a Christmas tree. Two cookies in one.
You know how tempting those Pillsbury Christmas tree cookies are in the grocery store every holiday season? They are hard to pass up. You already know they are good and we just cannot resist.

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Use this clever Christmas cookie baking hack to take store bought cookies to another level. Everyone will wonder how you got that Christmas tree into the center of a sprinkle covered cookie. Shhh, it’s our secret, just like the Tiktok cookie hack is a secret.

Ingredients
- Store bought Sugar Cookies, like Pillsbury
- Store bought Christmas cookies, like Pillsbury Christmas sugar cookies
- Christmas sprinkles
- Spatula, like this
Tools
- Large Baking pan, like this
- Silicone baking mat or parchment paper
- Small bowl
Directions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350°. Prepare your baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
Now create a work space on the counter. I like to use these disposable counter covers for working with cookies.

Step 2
Pour the Christmas sprinkles into a small bowl. Open the package of sugar cookies and roll them into a ball. Now roll the cookie ball in the sprinkles to coat the outside.

Step 3
Place the candy sprinkle coated cookies onto the prepared baking pan and flatten out with your hand.

Step 4
Now open the package of decorative Christmas tree cookies and place one onto the center of each sugar cookie.
Step 5
Place the pan in the oven and bake according to package directions for about 10-12 minutes or until done.
Step 6
Remove from the oven and carefully transfer to a cooling rack using a spatula. Allow the cookies to completely cool. Serve and enjoy!
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Pillsbury Christmas Cookie Hack
Equipment
- 1 Large baking pan
- 1 Spatula
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. Pillsbury Sugar Cookies
- 1 pkg. Pillsbury Christmas Tree Cookies
- Christmas candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Prepare your baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
- Now create a work space on the counter. I like to use these disposable counter covers for working with cookies.
- Pour the Christmas sprinkles into a small bowl. Open the package of sugar cookies and roll them into a ball. Now roll the cookie ball in the sprinkles to coat the outside.
- Place the candy sprinkle coated cookies onto the prepared baking pan and flatten out with your hand.
- Now open the package of decorative Christmas tree cookies and place one onto the center of each sugar cookie.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake according to package directions for about 10-12 minutes or until done.
- Remove from the oven and carefully transfer to a cooling rack using a spatula. Allow the cookies to completely cool. Serve and enjoy!
These Christmas sugar cookies are so simple and easy. Only a couple of ingredients and no big mess in the kitchen.
Christmas Cookie Hack using Pillsbury Christmas tree cookies and sugar cookies together.


