Shamrock Sandwich Cookies Recipes

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 SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, mayonnaise and mustard until smooth. Stir in the corned beef, onion, dill and salt. Using a 2-in. shamrock cookie cutter, cut out two shamrocks from each slice of bread. , Spread 1-2 tablespoonfuls of filling on the bottoms of half of the shamrocks; top with remaining shamrocks. Garnish with dill if desired.

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.

SHAMROCK SANDWICH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream butter, sugar, extract, gelatin powder and egg in large mixing bowl on medium speed.
• Lower speed gradually add flour.
• Beat until mixture leaves the sides of the bowl.
• On a floured surface, roll dough into 1/8 inch thickness.
• Using floured shamrock cookie cutter cut out cookies.
• Place on parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes.
• Cool cookies before frosting- cookies will be hard.
• In microwave safe bowl, microwave cream for 40 seconds on high until very hot, not boiling.
• Add chocolate morsels to warm cream.
• Stir to combine, mixture will be runny at first, keep stirring until thickened.
• Mixture will be soft and glossy.
• Allow ganache to firm slightly.
• Add shaved Andes Mints to mixture to flavor or use 1/ 4 teaspoon mint extract. Stir to blend in flavor.
• When chocolate is thickened, spread on one side of cookie, add remaining cookie to make a sandwich.

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.

SHAMROCK SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper, with pencil side down.
• Beat butter and sugar in mixing bowl on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add egg and beat until well incorporated. Mix in vanilla and corn syrup and beat about 30 seconds more.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a small mixing bowl. Add 1/3 of the mix to the batter and beat on low speed until just incorporated. Add 1/2 of the buttermilk and beat until just incorporated. Repeat with another 1/3 of the flour mix and the rest of the buttermilk and finally the last 1/3 of the flour mix. Scrape sides of the bowl as needed. Finally add food coloring, start with about 1/2 and mix until the color is uniform but do not over beat.
• Transfer batter to a piping bag fitting with a large round tip and pipe onto parchment paper. Bake about 8 minutes until the cookies are set. Cool about 5 minutes on the pan and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese and butter on medium high speed until smooth and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in vanilla and beat about another minute. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time beating on low until incorporated. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe onto back of 1/2 the cookies.