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A plate of green-colored, sprinkle-coated cookies with a cup of tea in the background, possibly in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
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St. Patricks Day Cookies

These St. Patricks Day Cookies are a simple and easy to make sugar cookie Bite into these cookies to find a surprise minty middle-layer. And to make these cookies really festive roll them in green and white nonpareil sprinkles.
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 25 cookies
Calories 179kcal

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients

Instructions

Making and Rolling the Cookies

  • In a large bowl mix the butter until fluffy. Then add the sugar, baking powder and salt; mix until combined. You can use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, or use an electric mixer.
    If using a handheld mixer you may have to finish mixing the batter with a wooden spoon.
  • Mix in the egg, egg yolks, and vanilla extract until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl.
  • Mix in the flour until combined, forming a soft dough.
  • Remove ¾ cup of the dough to a small bowl and add the mint flavoring and the green food color.  Note:  I just add a few drops of food color until I get the right color.  Mix well to combine

Rolling the dough balls

  • Measure out 1 tablespoon of the plain dough and roll into 25 balls. Then measure out 1 teaspoon of the mint flavor dough and roll into the same amount of balls as the plain dough.
  • Flatten the plain dough ball and place a mint flavored dough ball in the center and mold the dough around it to make a round ball.
  • Immediately roll each ball roll in the nonpareil sprinkles and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat rolling and molding each ball.
  • Bake for 10 - 11 minutes at 375° degrees F.
  • Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to five days. Or store in and airtight container in the freezer for one month.

Notes

For the food coloring, start by adding a drop, then add more as needed.
Measure out all the dough balls to make sure you have 25 of each.  If you have too many or not enough of one just pinch some dough off another dough ball to make 25 of each.
After you roll the two dough balls together, roll the ball in you have several times to warm up the dough to get a bit sticky and immediately roll in the nonpareils.  
If you let the dough balls sit and then roll in the nonpareils the dough won't be sticky enough.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 25.2g | Fat: 8.4g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 30mg