St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day is a week away and there are certainly throngs of people preparing for all-green celebrations starting this weekend. Once the green beer starts flowing, you’ll be in need of snacks. Always a crowd favorite, we love any excuse to decorate sugar cookies, so we couldn’t let St. Patrick’s Day float on by without dressing up some shamrocks. We made a few different varieties, but we think we're partial to the sprinkles and the smiley. Check out the close-ups below and let us know which is your favorite!
A simple cookie that was sprinkled with green sanding sugar immediately after the royal icing went on, so it would stick:
One of many characteristic Irish sayings, along with “Erin Go Bragh”:
This cookie was inspired by Bridget at Bake at 350, although her hearts are definitely prettier than ours :)
And finally, we saved the our favorite for last – the smiley shamrock cookie. In Pittsburgh there is a local restaurant chain, Eat n’ Park, that sells “Smiley” sugar cookies. They always have different varieties for the holidays, so we decided to make some of our shamrocks “smiley” shamrocks:
Resources:
♦ How to decorate cookies with royal icing
