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St Patrick’s Day Frosted Butter Cookies

By Erika in Desserts

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If you want a special treat for St Patrick’s Day, try these divinely tasty Frosted Butter Cookies. These soft cookies will melt in your mouth and the amazing buttercream frosting is out of this world good!

The light cookie complements the buttercream frosting perfectly. The only downside to these cookies? They don’t last long because everyone snaps them up so quickly!

 St Patrick's Day Frosted Butter Cookies

This is the same recipe I used for my Frosted Valentine Butter Cookies. The recipe is so good that I knew I had to remake them for St Patrick’s Day!

These cookies are identical to the Valentine’s Day butter cookie recipe; the only difference is the frosting is green instead of pink. Easy enough!

 St Patrick's Day Frosted Butter Cookies

This is such an easy recipe to make that your kids will love helping. The frosting part is always my kids’ favorite! They love to help me tint half of the frosting with green food color (use this brand for easy, beautiful colors). If you’re not inclined toward decorating, just frost half the cookies with green and the other half with white.

Even small children can help sprinkle with green sprinkles or green sugar crystals on their frosted butter cookies!

 St Patrick's Day Frosted Butter Cookies

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A delicious light cookie with a complementing buttercream makes a festive St Patty’s Day treat.

  • Author: Erika Bragdon
  • Yield: 3 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

FROSTING

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 3–4 TB milk
  • green food coloring (optional)
  • sprinkles or sugar crystals

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, cream the softened butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  2. Form dough into 1/2-1″ balls and placed on cookie sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on wire racks.
  3. For frosting, cream butter. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; it will be very stiff. Add 3-4 tablespoons of milk, 1 tablespoon at a time until spreading consistency is reached. Add food coloring to a portion or all of frosting if desired. Frost cookies.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 6145
  • Sugar: 626g
  • Sodium: 745mg
  • Fat: 285g
  • Saturated Fat: 178g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 87g
  • Trans Fat: 11g
  • Carbohydrates: 875g
  • Fiber: 9g
  • Protein: 43g
  • Cholesterol: 922mg

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    Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: cookies, St Patrick's DayPublished on March 10, 2012

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    Erika Bragdon is a flower essence practitioner and a second-generation homeschooling mom with 3 kids at home and 1 in college. She enjoys her chickens, goats, and gardening on a small farm in New Hampshire, and is passionate about sharing flower essences and more ways to renew body, mind, and soul with moms.

    Comments

    1. close to home says

      March 10, 2012 at 8:30 am

      look soo good, i have been a little slack this st patrick’s day, maybe I will make these this weekend. do you think they will freeze well until next weekend?

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      • Erika says

        March 10, 2012 at 8:39 am

        I haven’t tried freezing, but I think you could freeze the dough with no problem. I’m not sure about the cookies themselves and I would not freeze them after you frost them.
        Good luck! If you do freeze them, let me know how they work!

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    2. Nichol says

      March 10, 2012 at 4:05 pm

      They look delicious. I have never been good at sugar cookies but may give these a try as they sound much easier than other recipes I’ve tried.

      Reply
      • Erika says

        March 10, 2012 at 4:46 pm

        They are really easy, much easier than regular sugar cookies. Rolling them into balls and then flattening them is the trick; much easier than the whole rolling pin and cutting them out!

        Reply
    3. Meal Planning says

      March 10, 2012 at 6:24 pm

      These look so good! Can’t wait to try them next weekend for my Paddy’s Day celebration(s). Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Erika says

        March 11, 2012 at 9:53 am

        Glad to help! Thanks for stopping by!

        Reply
    4. melissa says

      March 12, 2012 at 8:14 am

      That look outrageous! My kids would love them and I love the festiveness of the cookies!

      Reply
    5. Debbie Lamb - DeDa Studios says

      March 12, 2012 at 8:43 am

      They look delicious! Pinned! I am making them today! Thanks!

      Reply
    6. Jacquie, Family Makeover Maven says

      March 12, 2012 at 9:09 am

      Thanks for the recipe. They look great!

      Reply
    7. Trisha G. says

      March 12, 2012 at 9:19 am

      These look pretty tasty! Thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
    8. Tiffany Cruz says

      March 12, 2012 at 9:43 am

      I love frosted sugar cookies. These look delish. Thanks for sharing with us.

      Reply
    9. Rita Spratlen says

      March 12, 2012 at 10:31 pm

      Thanks for the recipe for these great cookies. My husband is Irish and I think these would be great to have for the holiday!!! I pinned it too!

      Reply
    10. Ghada says

      March 16, 2012 at 11:14 pm

      yum! I’ve always wanted a good butter cookie recipe

      Reply
    11. Laura Jacobson says

      February 22, 2013 at 12:12 pm

      Oh these are so cute for St Patricks day! Carter would love them! I just love making holiday recipes!

      Reply
    12. harmony B says

      March 11, 2013 at 4:55 pm

      looks yummy! will try your recipe

      Reply
    13. Kate F. says

      March 15, 2013 at 4:12 am

      Those look so delicious and festive!

      Reply
    14. andrejka says

      March 18, 2013 at 4:11 pm

      cant wait to try this! so cute

      Reply

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