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St. Patrick's Day Cookies

November 21, 2021 by Jenny 3 Comments

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These Colorful Slice and Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies are an easy, festive way to enjoy colorful and bright sugar cookies without using a single drop of frosting! Full recipe and tips available on our site! via @jennymelrose

These Colorful Slice and Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies are an easy, festive way to enjoy colorful and bright sugar cookies without using a single drop of frosting!

St. Patrick's Day Cookies
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  • Colorful Slice & Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies Recipe

Colorful Slice and Bake St.Patrick's Day Cookies

Hi Everyone! This is Aida and I'm so excited to share my Colorful Slice and Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies with you.  As always I'm super excited to share some of my favorite products that I used to create these as well.

Healthy eats and decadent treats are my passion, so you'll see decorated sugar cookie for holidays like St. Patrick's Day. But what if you want festive, colorful cookies without icing, frosting or a piping bag? Well, here it is: Slice and Bake St.Patrick's Day Cookies!

St. Patrick's Day cookies

🥘Ingredients:

  • all-purpose flour
  • salt
  • unsalted butter
  • granulated sugar
  • eggs
  • vanilla extract
  • red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple food coloring
St. Patrick's Day cookies

🔪How to make St. Patrick's Day Cookies

First I made a large batch of sugar cookies. Then I divided the dough into half, and then proceeded to divide one half into quarters. One quarter was tinted green using icing coloring.

One quarter was left plain. And the other two quarters (or the other half of the dough) was divided into 5 colors - red, orange, yellow, blue and purple. (I already tinted a quarter of the dough green, so there was no need to make more green dough.)

St. Patrick's Day cookies

After chilling the dough, I rolled out the green dough to about ¼ inch thick. Then I cut out shamrocks from the dough using a 2 ½ inch shamrock cookie cutter. The scraps from the shamrock cut outs were formed into a ball and reserved.

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Cookies

I stacked up the cut outs and refrigerated them.

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Sugar Cookeis

Once chilled, I rolled out ropes of the plain dough. I used the ropes of dough to create a layer of plain, sugar cookie dough to surround the shamrocks. Then I stuck the cookie log in the refrigerator.

While it chilled, I rolled out 2 long ropes out of the remaining portions of colored dough. That meant I made 12 ropes of dough - 2 red, 2 orange, 2 yellow, 2 green, 2 blue, and 2 purple.

St. Patrick's Day Cookies Roll

Once the shamrock log was chilled, I placed the ropes in rainbow order around it, creating the final design for the Slice and Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies.

St. Patrick's Day Cookies

💭Tips for making St. Patrick's Day Cookies

  • You must chill the dough after each step.
  • Use a very sharp kitchen knife to slice the cookies.
  • Before slicing the cookies, remove the log from the refrigerator and allow it to warm up for 5 to 10 minutes (but don't let the dough get too soft otherwise the design will be distorted when sliced). That will help make the slicing easier.
  • After slicing the cookies, make sure you chill them for 15 minutes before baking.
  • To ensure the cookies are vibrant and colorful, do not over bake or brown the cookies!
St. Patrick's Day Cookies

If you are looking for more colorful and fun St. Patrick's day recipes check out this chocolate rainbow cake and this amazing lucky pop breakfast. Also if you enjoy making cookies, do check out this delicious pecan praline cookies recipe.

St. Patrick's Day Cookies

Colorful Slice & Bake St. Patrick's Day Cookies Recipe

These Colorful Slice and Bake St.Patrick's Day Cookies are an easy, festive way to enjoy colorful and bright sugar cookies without using a single drop of frosting!
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Prep Time: 4 hours
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

  • 6 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cup unsalted butter at room temp
  • 2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple food coloring

Instructions

  • For the Cookie Dough:
    1. In a large bowl sift the flour and salt. Set aside.
    2. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the sugar until fluffy (about 3 min on medium speed).
    3. Add the granulated sugar, and beat until light and fluffy (about 4 min on medium speed).
    4. Add the eggs. Mix until just combined.
    5. Add the vanilla and mix until just combined.
  • To Color the Dough:
    1. Divide the dough in half.
    2. Divide one half of dough in half again. Tint one half green by placing a few drops of food color on the dough, and knead the dough to distribute the color evenly. Keep the other half plain. Wrap each piece of dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
    3. Divide the other half of the dough into 5 equal pieces. Tint each piece with the remaining food colors.
    4. Wrap each tinted piece of dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour.
  • To Assemble the Cookies:
    1. Roll out the green dough about ¼ inch thick on a floured surface.
    2. Cut out as many clovers as possible. Reserve the remaining green dough for the outside of the cookies. Rap the leftover green dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
    3. Stack the clovers on top of each other and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
    4. While the green dough chills, roll out long ropes of the plain dough.
    5. Once the clover cut outs are chilled, place ropes of plain dough around the clover leaves. Smooth out the ropes to create a homogeneous surface around the clovers.
    6. Place back in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
    7. While the dough is chilling, roll out two large ropes out of each color of dough. You will have 12 ropes of dough in all.
    8. Place the ropes of dough around the cookie log in the order you choose.
    9. Place back in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  • To Bake the Cookies:
    1. Line a sheet pan with parchment.
    2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
    3. Remove the log of dough from the refrigerator for about 5 to 10 min.
    4. Using a sharp kitchen knife, slice ¼ inch cookies.
    5. Place 5 cookies on a baking sheet at a time.
    6. Place the sliced cookies in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes before baking.
    7. Bake for about 15 to 20 min (depending on thickness and how cold the cookies are).

If you’re looking for more decadent sweets or some healthy, easy family meals, check out The Crafting Foodie.

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  1. Hailey Peine

    March 16, 2016 at 4:04 pm

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  2. Diane Roark

    March 16, 2016 at 8:21 am

    5 stars
    Jenny,

    These St. Patrick's day cookies are super cute. What a creative idea. I love that you not only put the shamrock in the center but you also add all the colors on the outside of the cookie. Beautiful!

    Blessings,
    Diane Roark

    Reply

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