Irish Shamrock Cookies Recipes

SHAMROCK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream the shortening and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Gradually add flour and salt. Tint with food coloring. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a lightly floured 2-in. shamrock cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. If desired, sprinkle with colored sugar. , Bake until edges are lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.

IRISH SHAMROCK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheet.
• Cream together the butter or margarine and the pudding mix. Blend in the baking mix, egg and sugar and mix well.
• On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to 3/8 inch thickness and cut into cookies with a shamrock cookie cutter.
• Place cookies on the prepared baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 9 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges. Let cookies cool on rack. Frost with green colored icing if desired.

ST. PATRICK'S SHAMROCK COOKIES

Steps:

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

SHAMROCK COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, butter, egg and flour. Add enough food color for desired shade of green. Roll dough by teaspoonfuls into 90 balls. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• Roll 81 of the dough balls in green sugar. Cut each of the remaining 9 balls into thirds. For each cookie, gently press 3 sugared balls together on ungreased cookie sheet; add 1 cut dough piece for stem.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

SHAMROCK MINT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, extract and food coloring. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into three 8-in. logs; roll in colored sugar. Wrap each in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. , Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. To form shamrocks, place three slices with sides touching 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Use a portion of another slice for stem. , Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.