St. Patrick's Day Cookies
Looking for an easy dessert to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Look no further than these shamrock-shaped cookies. Our sugar cookie recipe and simple royal icing makes these ridiculously easy to make and decorate—you don’t have to be a baking whiz to create these festive cookies. If you’re in need of an adorable (and delicious) good luck charm this St. Paddy’s day, you can’t go wrong with snackin’ on these cookies all day long.
/The cookies. /
We use our easy sugar cookie dough in this recipe—it’s our go-to when creating festive cookies. It’s easy to make and keeps its shape while baking, so you can rest assured that your shamrock leaves will all come out perfectly round and defined.
/The icing. /
We love decorating with royal icing, but you could also use a simple buttercream frosting if you prefer. We flavored our royal icing with almond extract, but you can also use vanilla! When creating your icing, keep in mind that we’re looking for two textures. First, a thick enough icing that will hold its shape when piped to outline our cookies. After that is created and set aside, we’re going to thin out our icing so that it can properly flood our cookies.
Tip: Add your milk 1 tablespoon at a time—this way, you can make sure your icing reaches the desired consistency without getting too-thin.
/Decorating. /
These shamrock cookies really only need some green icing to transform them into the most-festive treats, but you can really go as extra as you’d like when it comes to decorating! Use white icing to create dots or stripes on your cookies, or leave them completely plain. These good luck charms will be adorable no matter how you choose to decorate.
Made these? Let us know how they came out in the comments below!
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SERVINGS: 30 serving(s).
PREP TIME: 15 mins.
TOTAL TIME: 2 hrs 30 mins.
Ingredients:
1: 3 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for surface.
2: 1 tsp. baking powder.
3: 1/2 tsp. kosher salt.
4: 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened.
5: 1 c. granulated sugar.
6: 1 large egg.
7: 1 tbsp. milk.
8: 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract.
9: 5 c. powdered sugar.
10: 1/3 c. light corn syrup.
11: 1/4 c. milk, plus more for thinning .
12: 1/4 tsp. almond extract (or vanilla) .
13: Green food coloring .
Directions:
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