Do you like to experiment with different frosting techniques? Decorating St. Patrick’s Day cookies can give you a chance to “play” in the kitchen. Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cute out shamrock shapes, bake and let cool.

Once the cookies are cool, make a batch of royal icing and then divide it into 1-3 bowls, thinning with 1 teaspoon of water at a time, if the icing is too thick to dip cookies into. Put a base color in a pie plate or shallow dish, I used white. Add a few drops of food coloring to the icing in the small bowls, and stir to combine. I used 2 shades of green and 1 shade of yellow. Drizzle the coloring icing over the base and use a toothpick to swirl the colors.

Then the real fun begins, DIP-DIP-DIP! Using your fingers (yes-it can get messy!), and dip the sugar cookies into the icing and pull the cookie straight up. Allow the excess icing to drip back into the bowl. Every cookie will be unique.

Then if you want to make your St. Patrick’s Day cookies extra special, you can step up your decorating with edible gold paint and gold leaf. (Both available on Amazon).

Shake the gold paint really well. Put a small amount of paint in bowl, then using small brush you can paint veins or stripes on the cookies and then splatter the cookies with small dots. I also used a wider brush to add gold paint around the outer edges of some of the cookies.

Then using tweezers, you can add small gold flecks on the cookies. What leprechaun wouldn’t love these?

Marbling creates such beautiful and creative cookies! Also try on Easter and Christmas cookies.

Wishing you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

You can use your favorite cookie and icing recipes. I used the recipes from Sally’s Baking Blog:

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/best-sugar-cookies/

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/royal-icing/

You can also try using the marbling technique to decorate spring butterfly cookies.

Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies – how adorable! Another great recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction blog – her recipes are amazing!

These are simple to make. Whisk your flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside. Cream butter and cream cheese, add sugar, then egg and extracts, beating to combine each with each addition.

Add the dry ingredients and mix on low. The dough will be thick. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30-60 minutes.

Preheat oven for 350 degrees. Roll balls of cookie dough, with about 1 tablespoon of dough in each one. Slightly flatten tops with glass or measuring cup. Bake 12-13 minutes.

Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then press a chocolate heart into each cookie.

Then quickly set the baking sheet in the freezer or refrigerator for about 15 minutes to keep the chocolate from completely melting. Once the chocolate has set, you can remove.

Such cute sparkly cookies – just what you need for a Valentine Party!

I used red, pale pink (which almost looked white once it was baked) and a red-silver mix sanding sugar. But you could vary the sugar color according to the holiday – or your favorite colors!

For the recipe and compete instructions, click on the link below:

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/sparkle-sweetheart-cookies/

Have you seen the pink Reece’s Blossom-Top miniature peanut butter cups? All the taste of the original Reece’s peanut butter cups, but with a pastel pink color that will be perfect for Valentine’s Day or Easter treats.

This recipe is from Sally’s Baking Blog and it is very similar to the Peanut Blossoms that we all love to make at Christmas, but it has peanut butter cup instead of a chocolate kiss on top. Once the dough is mixed and chilled, roll the dough balls in granulated sugar or shimmer sugars.

You could also roll them in your favorite sprinkles. Then roll them again in granulated sugar, if you like.

Once the cookies are baked, let them cool for about 5 minutes, then gently press the pink blossoms in place. To prevent them from melting, you can pop the cookies in the freezer for about 5 minutes.

If you like peanut butter you will love these thick peanut butter cookies! Vary your cookies by using different kinds of sprinkles and sugars. You can also use chocolate kisses for these cookies.

What a fun and scrumptious treat plate! Add a few extra candies to add a bit more color. Happy Valentine’s Day!

For the recipe, which does use the traditional miniature Reece’s peanut butter cup, click on the link below:

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/peanut-butter-cup-blossoms/