St. Patrick's Day Sandwich Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day Sandwich Cookies are SO simple but perfect for a little treat to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 522kcal
Ingredients
- 16.25 oz white cake mix or yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs
- ¾ c shortening
- green food coloring
Optional Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- ¼ c butter (½ stick), 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 powdered 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.
Nutrition
Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 372mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 410IU | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 1mg