Last month I posted Valentine’s day heart Oreo Cookies and they were a hit! For St. Patrick’s Day I made a few versions of sandwich cookies. The first one I am sharing are super duper easy.
St. Patrick’s Day Sandwich Cookies
Author: Mique from Thirty Handmade Days
Recipe type: Dessert
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Simple St. Patrick’s Day green sandwich cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 package of white or yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup of shortening
- green food coloring
- Optional Frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- ½ stick of butter, softened
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 4 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix cookie ingredients together. Add green food coloring to your liking.
- The dough will be pretty stiff – it’s supposed to be that way.
- Roll into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Don’t over bake.
- Immediately transfer to a cooling rack.
- When cookies are cool, frost them and then sandwich them.
- This will only make about 12-15 cookies total depending on how big you make them.
- For the frosting:
- Mix cream cheese and ½ stick of softened butter.
- Add vanilla.
- Then slowly add in one cup of powered sugar at a time until creamy.
- Spread onto cool cookies.
Notes
You can use a can of store bought cream cheese frosting instead of making your own to simplify.
My family loved these! We had fun making them together. They are SO simple but perfect for a little treat to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Enjoy!
Hi- I'm Mique (as in Mickey). I started 30days as an idea file a few years ago. After three years and hundreds of ideas, I now realize that I'll never check them all off my list. When I'm not creating, I love spending time with family and friends and long drives, especially if they end at the beach.
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These look yummy! I love green!
I love green too. ;) Enjoy!
Makes you want to GO GREEN in the cookie department. Looks delicious.
Ha!! Cookies are a great place to go green. ;)
You beat me – haha! My family loved the strawberry ones from Valentines Day that I began thinking how I can re-create this for another holiday since the Valentines cookies were such a hit! – You can bet I will make a batch to surprise them!! Thanks for sharing ;)
Amy- hope your family enjoys these ones as well. I asked my son if my chocolate chip cookies are his favorite and he said “no the green St. Patrick’s day ones!” I was pretty shocked. ;)