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    Home » Recipes » Cookies Bars and Squares

    Shamrock Sugar Cookies for St. Patrick's Day

    Feb 25, 2020 by Laureen King

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    Shamrock shaped sugar cookies beautifully decorated for St. Patrick's Day. via @artandthekitchShamrock shaped sugar cookies beautifully decorated for St. Patrick's Day. via @artandthekitch

    Shamrock Sugar Cookies are a delicious festive treat for your St. Patrick's Day party. These beautifully decorated sugar cookies taste amazing!

    Shamrock shaped sugar cookies decorated with royal icing.

    These homemade St. Patrick's Day treats start with a yummy sugar cookie recipe. I then decorated the cookies with my easy recipe for Royal Icing. Various cookie decorating techniques were used to make these festive cookies such as brush embroidery cookie decorating, a tartan design and a Stained Glass effect.

    Decorated sugar cookies

    Clover shaped cookies decorated with royal icing.
    Royal icing decorated Shamrock shaped cookie tartan pattern.
    Shamrock shaped cookie with stained glass candy effect.

    I found the Shamrock cookie cutter at my local bake shop.

    Shamrock shaped cookie cutter in sugar cookie dough.

    These Shamrock sugar cookies have a pumpkin spice flavor. They taste fantastic, not that bland taste you often get with sugar cookies. Another flavor of sugar cookie you may like is Cardamom Spice. My sugar cookie recipe is a tried and true recipe for making the best cookies that cut out perfectly.

    Baked Shamrock shaped cookies on parchment lined baking sheet.

    Decorate with royal icing using your favorite technique. You can find easy to follow instructions for decorating sugar cookies with royal icing click here

    Foiled lined baking sheet filled with cookies coated with white royal icing.

    Recipes to make for St. Patrick's Day

    St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

    Irish Stew

    Irish Colcannon

    This post was originally published March 15, 2012. I occasionally update with fresh tips, content and photos. Current update February 25, 2020.

    Decorative Shamrock shaped cookies.

    Shamrock Sugar Cookies

    Laureen King
    Shamrock shaped sugar cookies, perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
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    Prep Time 1 hour hr
    Cook Time 9 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 9 minutes mins
    Course cookies, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 36
    Calories 151 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ cups butter room temperature
    • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    • 1 vanilla bean opened and seeds scraped out
    • 2 eggs + 1 extra yolk
    • 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
    • 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt

    For decorating the cookies

    • royal icing link to recipe in notes
    • green lifesaver candies for stained glass cookies

    Instructions
     

    • Whisk together flour, salt and pumpkin spice.
    • Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
    • Add vanilla bean, mix well, then add the eggs. Beat to combine.
    • Add the flour mixture and mix until fully combined.
    • Separate the dough in 3 even pieces, wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.
    • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
    • Lightly flour a work surface and roll the dough out to ¼ inch thickness.
    • Dust Shamrock cookie cutter with flour and cut into shapes.
    • For Stained glass look - cut dough with large circle cookie cutter (make sure Shamrock cookie cutter fits into circle). Then cut shamrock inside circle. Fill each Shamrock shape with crushed green lifesavers. Cookie sheet MUST be lined with parchment paper or cookies will stick to cookie sheet.
    • Bake for 8-10 minutes. The edges just starting to brown.
    • Cool completely on the cookie sheets.
    • Decorate with royal Icing.

    Notes

    Check out step by step How to decorate sugar cookies with Royal Icing.
    Instructions for stained glass technique 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 151kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 129mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 250IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Shamrock cookies, St. Patrick's Day cookies
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    Shamrock shaped cookies decorated with royal icing.
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