St Patty’s Frosted Butter Cookies
A delicious light cookie with a complementing buttercream makes a festive St Patty’s Day treat.
- Yield: 3 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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