Sugar Cookie Shamrocks - St. Patrick's Day Cookies
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 236kcal
Sugar Cookie Shamrocks bring the luck of the Irish with them. St. Patrick's Day cookies creatively molded to make green lucky clovers, a great St. Patrick's Day dessert recipe.
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ounce green sugar sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy and pale.
- Add egg and vanilla extract. Mixing well to combine.
- Sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Place green sugar sprinkles in a bowl. Roll cookie dough into approximately 48 3/4 inch size balls. Roll 36 of those in green sugar sprinkles.
- On cookie sheet, press together 3 green sugar colored balls for the leaves and the mold one plain sugar cookie ball into a stem. Continue with remaining cookie dough balls. You will have approximately 12 cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not wait for cookie to start to brown, remove right before.
- Allow to cool fully before serving.
- If you've tried these, come back and let us know how they were!
Nutrition
Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 47mg | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 375IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
