St. Patrick’s Sugar Cookies

The below recipe incorporates the St. Patrick’s Day symbol of the shamrock, as well as the color green. It makes a “melt-in-your-mouth” sugar cookie. Visit our St. Patrick’s Day Symbols page to learn more about the symbolism and meaning of shamrocks and the color green for St. Patrick’s Day.

Ingredients:

Cookies

3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar

Frosting

2 tablespoons hot water
1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
green food coloring
green sprinkles or other decorations

shamrock cookie cutter

Directions:

Cookies

1. Mix together flour, powder and soda. Cut in butter to look like cornmeal.

2. In a separate bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar and beat well. Combine with flour mixture and chill.

3. Roll out and cut out shapes. Cook at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes.

Frosting

1. Pour hot water over butter to melt it.

2. Add sugar, and blend with electric mixer until smooth.

3. Add additional water or sugar to the frosting to obtain the right consistency. Spread on cookies when they are cool.

4. To decorate, place frosting in a small ziploc back. Press the air out and seal. Cut a small hole on one of the corners and pipe out frosting in stripes, an outline or dots.

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