Shamrock Almond Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day is next Wednesday and I’m getting ready. I baked some Irish Soda Bread, did you know that it wasn’t originated by the Irish, and these yummy little Shamrock Almond Cookies just melt in your mouth.
A couple months ago, when I received my wall calendar from Pillsbury, and was flipping through the months, I spotted a recipe for Almond Sandwich Cookies with pink filling. Well, I got busy sharing other treats and food for Valentine’s Day and didn’t get them baked, so I knew exactly what I wanted to bake for St. Patrick’s Day, but with green filling, of course.
The recipe called for refrigerated sugar cookie dough, which I didn’t want to use, so I set out to find an Almond Cookie dough recipe. The very first place I headed was my friend, Bridget over at Bake at 350 (if you haven’t visited Bridget, run fast…she is amazing!), and I was excited to find that she uses a Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookie for many of her cut out cookies. I followed her recipe exactly…
Shamrock Almond Cookies
Shamrock Almond Cookies from HoosierHomemade.com are perfect for your St. Patrick's Day celebrations!
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3 cups Flour, all-purpose
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 sticks Butter
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract
Filling {recipe from [Pillsbury | http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=44528]}
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar (I ended up using about 3 cups and the filling was pretty stiff)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter, softened
- 4 teaspoons Milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract
- 1 drop Green Food Color
Instructions
Cookies
- Combine the flour and baking powder, set aside.
- Cream the sugar and butter.
- Add egg and extracts, mix well.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and beat until well combined.
- Roll out dough and cut out shapes.
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- Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, if you like a soft sugar cookie, bake a little shorter, if you like a crisp cookie, bake a little longer.
Filling
- Beat butter until fluffy, gradually add a small amount of powdered sugar at a time, alternating with milk and almond extract.
- I mixed it like I do my Buttercream Frosting.
I wanted to add a little something to the top and had seen the amazing dessert that Amanda at I Am Baker made, but wanted to stay with the green theme. So, I used some of the filling, added a bit more green food color and a dab more of milk, heated it in the microwave. After mixing well, I filled my Wilton Plastic bottle to be able to drizzle with ease. I also sprinkled on some green sugar on the edge.
I couldn’t stop with just the little sandwich cookies, I cut out some larger ones too. I was excited when my son found 7 different shamrock cookie cutters in my basket. I also used them for my St. Patrick’s Garland.
I frosted some with the filling and some with the darker green filling, using the same method I use on Sugar Cookies with Almond Bark.
Are you baking for St. Patrick’s Day? Or have a special meal planned? I’d love to hear about it. 🙂
They look so yummy!!! Thanks so much for linking to Bake at 350! I’m so happy you liked the cookies! I’m making some today!!!
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@bridget {bake at 350}, Yum! I hope you are sharing! 🙂
~Liz
Cute, cute, cute! My kids would love this!
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Oh! These look yummy!
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@Jerri, Thanks for the invite! I planned on doing it earlier today and my time got away from me.
~Liz
Those look like so much fun. Wish you were my neighbor so I could send my kids to your house for cookies. 😉
Those look delicious! Thanks so much for visiting and commenting on my blog!! I really appreciate it!
These are so cute!
@Lynn, Thanks Lynn! I’m so glad you stopped by!
~Liz
These look adorable and delicious! Yum!
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Oh the love and care that you put into these is amazing. I soooo love a good cookie! I wish I ad the patience to make these. Thanks for coming by my little place in blogville.
Those look delicious! Hmmm, hadn’t planned on baking for St. Patty’s day…but it seems, we bake on a whim anyway so who knows. Maybe I’ll have some green beer…does that count, tee hee 😉
Jamie 🙂
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Those look so good. I love sugar cookies, especially the ones covered in frosting. 🙂
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How festive!!
Those look so yummy. Thanks for the recipe. My family would love these.
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These look yummy! I’m visiting you back from Tip Junkie! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I’d love for you to join my first linky party tomorrow (Friday). Come plant a creative seed at my “Plant a Punkin Seed Party”!
Kristi
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So festive, they look great!
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Oh these look adorable Liz! We’ve been talking about making green shamrock cookies – my boys LOVE to help roll out the dough! 🙂 Happy St Pats!