How to make sugar cookies:

• In a mixing bowl, add sugar and softened butter and stir until combined.
  1 cup sugar, 1 cup unsalted butter
  
• Add in egg and vanilla extract. Mix until just combined. You may need to scrape down the sides at least once.
  1 egg, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• Then add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix until combined.
  2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
  
• Divide dough in half. Take half of dough and place in-between two large pieces of parchment paper. Roll dough into a flat layer about an ⅛th inch think. Do the same with the other half. Refrigerate the flattened dough for 20 minutes or up to 1 ½ hours.
  
• Preheat oven to 300°F and line several baking sheets* with parchment paper. Move oven rack to the second to lowest position.
• Cut out tree cookie shapes and place on prepared baking sheet.
  
• Bake for 15 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden. Thickness of the cookies will vary the baking time.
  
• Any scraps of dough leftover can be rerolled and refrigerated while the other cookies are baking. Try to use a cold baking sheet for every new batch.
  
• While cookies are baking and cooling, make the frosting.
• In a stand mixer, whip the butter on high until light and fluffy.
  1 cup butter
• Add the heavy cream and powdered sugar, alternating between the two, until fully mixed in.
  5 cups powdered sugar, 5 tbs heavy cream
• Add in the vanilla/almond extract, salt, and green food coloring. Before adding the green color, you can reserve a little of the white if you want to use it to decorate.
  1 tbs vanilla or almond extract*, Pinch of Salt, Food Coloring Gel
• Mix frosting on high for 30 seconds to get light and fluffy.
• Frost the cookies when they are cooled completely. I like to use a combination of different piping tips like a dot, leaf, grass tips, or star tip. Add sprinkles as bulbs and a little star on the top!
  Candies and Sprinkles for decorating