Title: Shamrock Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 9 servings
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Butter; or margarine; or use
All crisco for shortening
1 c Confectioners' sugar
1 Egg
1 ts Peppermint flavoring
- to 2 teaspoons
Preheat oven to 375°. Mix all together then add food coloring and mix
well. Roll 3 small balls of 1/4 teaspoon dough; flatten with fingertip
into shamrock shape; shape stem and attach. Sprinkle with green decorators
sugar. Complete cookies one at a time or the tiny balls may become dry and
crack when pressed. Bake about 9 minutes.
Note. If using self rising flour, omit salt. Good Luck Cookies. Make
shamrock cookies except make 4 small balls for each cookie shape, then into
four leaf clovers.
