Sugar Cookies are special treats for holidays.

Shamrock Sugar Cookie Recipe

To add a special flare to a holiday it is fun to have special Sugar Cookies Recipe to highlight the day, especially if you have children.  I missed February with red hearts Sugar Cookies, so I tried for March with the green Shamrocks.

A perfectly cut shamrock for coloring.

Since my children are out of state and my grand-girls do not live nearby, I am not as prone to make the rolled cookies.  We are kids at heart, so my husband and I enjoyed every Shamrock Sugar Cookie.  

Thanks to Betty Crocker for this Sugar Cookie recipe.

See the How-to  Make Sugar Cookies, a blog in pictures.

Sugar Cookie Recipe

Julia Ann

A Sugar Cookie recipe to make for any holiday with a cookie cutter and iced with an easy creamy icing.

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Prep Time 4 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 5 dozen

Ingredients

  

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• COOKIE DOUGH
• 1 ½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon almond flavoring
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• CREAMY I
• 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla or almond, peppermint, coconut or lemon
• 1 ½ tablespoon cream or 1 tablespoon of water
• food coloring

Instructions

 

• COOKIES
• In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter.
• Add egg and flavorings, mix thoroughly.
• In smaller bowl, measure the flour, soda and cream of tartar together, whisk or sift.
• Blend in the dry ingredients.
• Refrigerate 2-3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Divide dough in half and roll 3/16-inch thick on lightly floured pastry cloth.
• Cut with cookie cutter or cut shapes with a knife.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet or on pans lined with parchment paper.
• Bake 7 to 8 minutes or delicately golden.
• Makes 5 dozen 2 to 2 1/2 inch cookies.
• CREAMY ICING
• Blend sugar, salt, flavoring (try almond, peppermint, coconut or lemon)
• Add cream to make it easy to spread.
• Tint with a few drops of food coloring.
• Spread on cookies with spatula or pastry brush.
• Makes icing for 3 to 5 dozen cookies, depending on size.

Notes

Mary’s Sugar Cookie Recipe from Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book. 1971…..Julia Ann and cookbookinabox® in partnership with Netta Belle’s Choice® bring you great recipes for your cooking experience. 2007-2018 Netta Belle’s Choice® cookbookinabox® “Reg. U.S. Pat. Trdmk.Off.” Reg. “Trade-marks Canadian Intellectual Property Office.”Netta Belle’s Choice®The Art of Gourmet Cookery® and cookbookinabox®. All rights reserved.

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