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    Home » Cookies » Shamrock Cookies

    Shamrock Cookies

    by Lainey · Posted: Mar 11, 2014 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    These cookies will bring you the Luck of the Irish this coming St. Patrick’s Day! Make these easy, quick, and delicious Shamrock cookies with your kids. It’s so fun to make these cookies plus I  frosted it with ready-made green cookie icing which makes me look like a frosting pro!

    shamrock cookies on a white plate

    Saint Patrick’s Day is around the corner and why not get festive and make some Shamrock Cookies?!  These were pretty easy to make and I used my rolled sugar cookie recipe to make these delicious cookies!  My favorite part of making these cookies was icing these cookies!  I used Betty Crocker’s cookie icing and I fell in love with it, because it was very easy to squeeze out the icing and hold it without getting cramps on your hand.

    You are probably wondering why I’m getting hand cramps just holding the icing bag, well I’ve been playing the piano ever since I was five years old and apparently I pulled a nerve or something… I can’t remember.  Anyway, you must try the Betty Crocker icing, it’s awesome!

    Tips on How to Make Shamrock Cookies:

    • I like to keep my cookie dough in the chiller or freeze them for about 15 minutes before baking. This allows the butter to chill up that way when they bake, they don’t spread as much and you’re left with a thicker, chewier cookie.
    • Before mixing the dry ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar, sift them individually. This easy but very important step would make your cookies nice and evenly textured. It wouldn’t be fun biting into a lump of flour in between 🙂
    • Make sure to leave out enough space in between your cookies on the cookie sheet. In that way, they won’t stick together after baking.

    How to Make Shamrock Cookies:

    These are the ingredients that you will need:

    • Sugar Cookie Recipe
    • Green Icing

    Follow cookie recipe.

    Take the sugar cookie dough out from the chiller:

    sugar cookie dough for shamrock cookies
    Cover the top of the dough with parchment paper so it won’t stick when flattening it with a rolling pin, like so:
    flattening the sugar cookie dough with a rolling pin
    Cut out clover leaves using a cookie-cutter:
    cutting out the shamrock cookies with a cookie cutter
    Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit:ready to bake shamrock cookies
    I don’t want to show how my cookies looked like but I thought you might encounter the same results so I posted this instead, so I can help you how to fix it 🙂
    freshly baked shamrock cookies on a baking sheet
    cutting out the cookies using a shamrock cookie cutter store bought cookie icing frosting the cookies with green cookie icingdecorated shamrock cookies

    Frequently Asked Questions for the Shamrock Cookies:

    Q: Can I freeze this cookie dough a few days before baking?

    A: Sure, you can. Just make sure to thaw it before baking.

    Q: How many cookies did this recipe make?

    A: I have made about 24 cookies using this recipe.

    Q: Can I make big cookies out of this recipe?

    A: I do not advise making very large cookies as it will affect the cooking time and also the quality of the cookies. This will also depend on how big your cookie cutter is.

    Q: Can I frost this with my own frosting recipe?

    A: Yes, for sure you can. I just used a store-bought frosting as it the quickest thing to do 🙂


    More delicious and easy cookie recipes:

    • Best and Easiest Brownies
    • Pretzel Pumpkins
    • Vegan Pumpkin Pie
    • Dairy-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
    decorated shamrock cookies
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    Shamrock Cookies

    Bringing you the Luck of the Irish this coming St. Patrick's Day with these Shamrock cookies that you can make with your kids as these are easy, quick, and delicious.
    Author: Lainey

    Ingredients

    • Sugar Cookie Recipe
    • Green Icing

    Instructions

    • Follow cookie recipe.
    • Cut cookie after removing the cookie from the oven.
    • Ice cookie.
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    1. Pressy says

      November 27, 2018 at 12:19 pm

      Amazing! This is so yum!

      Reply
      • Lainey says

        February 25, 2020 at 8:26 pm

        Thank you so much for your kind words, Pressy! I truly appreciate it!

        Reply
    2. Richard says

      January 02, 2023 at 5:56 pm

      4 stars
      Estás galletas están increíbles

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      • Lainey says

        January 04, 2023 at 1:30 am

        I couldn’t agree more. I’m glad that you find this easy cookie recipe amazing, Richard. I hope you can try my other cookie recipes. Enjoy!

        Reply

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