St. Patrick's Shamrock Cookies

LAURIE's Note:

Say "Happy St. Patrick's Day" with these cookies!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 18 cookies

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. In a medium bowl, beat butter or margarine and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Stir in vanilla.
4. Add flour and salt to the butter and blend well.
5. With a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/4-inch thick.
6. Cut out cookies using a 3 inch Shamrock cookie cutter and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Re-roll scraps.
8. Sprinkle green sugar crystals on each cookie.
9. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until cookies are pale golden, not brown.
10. Let stand 2 minutes.
11. Remove to a rack and let cool completely.

Reviews

[Nimmireth]

Pretty good. A nice shortbread-type recipe, but a little dry. I had to add a dash of extra milk just to keep it from falling apart, and rolling it out was impossible. It wouldn't stick together. But it tasted pretty good in the end! Thanks Laurie!

[Roxanne J.R.]

I usually don't have luck with cut out cookie dough but this was great! It baked up perfectly and the sweetness is perfect on it's own. It is a very buttery cookie too. As soon as I tasted one I thought these would be great with ice cream. So I tried one with a small scoop of ice cream on top, it was great! I used Colored Sugar and generously sprinkled extra sugar on it and pressed it into the cookie before baking. So it came out looking really green and nice this way. Will definitely make these cookies again. Thanks for sharing.

[Chef YoMaMaBeNice]

Best cut-out cookie recipe I have ever tasted! Very buttery! I will use this recipe whenever I make cut-out cookies -- not just for St. Patrick's Day.