St. Paddy’s Day Cookies
February 23, 2023
These are classic themed and simple sugar cookies for St. Patrick’s Day! Roll them in sprinkles, sanding sugar, or glittery sugar for an extra special touch. This is a recipe that you’ll be able to customize year-round!
Fun Facts!
- I use this recipe for cookies year-round and customize it for each holiday
- It seems like a lower baking temp and they’re soft when they come out of the oven, but let them cool and they’ll have the best consistency
- I prefer the sprinkles to the sugar for the crunch, but the sugar adds a touch of sweetness…or just leave them plain, still amazing
- I don’t really do much of anything for St. Patrick’s Day except for make themed food
- Kids love to roll the cookie batter in the sprinkles and sugar and honestly they’re hard to mess up, so it’s an easy one for little helpers
- I think these would be a super cute surprise from the Leprechaun
- If you wanna bring a fun green treat into work, these are universal enough for everyone to enjoy
- Personally, my favorite would be to make a cookie sandwich with buttercream in the center or even an ice cream cookie sandwich…I like my cookies complicated
- Use less green or a lighter green to give them more of a spring shade rather than Christmas
- If your cookies aren’t perfectly circular, when you take them out of the oven (and they’re still warm) press the edges into shape with a spoon or “circle” are the border with a round cookie cutter
- St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles
- My favorite food coloring is from Chefmaster
- This is STILL my favorite kid’s book for St. Paddy’s Day
- Ever make a leprechaun trap?? Two kits HERE and HERE
- St. Patricks Day downloadable fun list
- Need a semi-homemade cupcake idea?
- Find me on Pinterest
- Here is the backdrop that I used!
- Green glittery sugar found here
St. Paddy’s Day Cookies
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 c butter softened
- 1 c sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla Green food coloring
- 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- St. Paddy’s Sprinkles
- Green Sanding sugar
Instructions
- Beat butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and food coloring in a large bowl until blended.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually beat it into the butter mixture until blended. If the dough is too sticky to handle, refrigerate it for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Roll the dough into 1 1/2″ balls and then roll them in the sprinkles or sugar. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake for approx 15 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes on the sheet then move them to wire racks to cool completely.
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