Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies
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These adorable shamrock-inspired St Patrick’s Day Green Cherry Cookies are the cutest! This fun cookie recipe is not only easy to make, but also perfect for celebrating the luck of the Irish and embracing the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day.
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Why You’ll Love These Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies
- They are perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! These delicious and festive Green Cherry Cookies are more than just a tasty treat, they represent the fun and happiness of this special Irish holiday.
- By adding colorful sprinkles, white chocolate chips, and sweet cherries, they capture the holiday’s essence!
- You’ll love these are one-bowl cookies because they are easy to prepare and guess what? You don’t have to chill your dough, so you get cookies without waiting.
- The cookies are thick, super soft, and chewy, and has hints of vanilla extract with delicious shamrock green cherries on top!
- Made with simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen!
Why These Cookies Are So Thick, Soft and Chewy
Aside from using flour and butter, to get moist and chewy cookies, we are using three different types of sugar: brown sugar, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar, and we increased the fat content using extra butter as well as an extra egg yolk to help with the process!
The cream of tartar makes these cookies soft as well and the baking powder helps them stay thick!
About the Green Cherries
Using jewel-toned green candied cherries are so fun, sweet and chewy, and complement red candied cherries in a variety of recipes!
They are available whole or halved and the shamrocks are super easy to make when decorating! We love making this cookie recipe with green cherries!
So, are you ready to make some fun holiday cookies for St. Patrick’s Day? These won’t disappoint!
Ingredients You Need
St Patrick’s Day Green Cherry Shamrock Sugar Cookies recipe
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 & ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons nonpareil sprinkles, any color of green, mine are a teal green color or you can finely chop up some of the green cherries to add to the cookie dough
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- green candied cherries, I used Paradise Fruit Company.
Instructions How to Make St Patrick’s Day Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper then set aside.
- Cut some of the green cherries in half for the shamrock leaves, then cut some strips of the green cherries for the stems. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, and brown sugar until light and creamy.
- Add in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Add in the flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking powder, and mix just until the flour mixture disappears. Mix in the sprinkles/finely chopped cherries and white chocolate until combined.
- Using a large cookie scoop (¼ cup) scoop out sugar cookie dough balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Leaving about 2 inches of spaces in between them, you can leave the scooped cookie dough balls as is or flatten to about 1 inch in thickness. I like mine super thick, so I don’t flatten them.
- Place 3 or 4 of the green cherries in the center of the cookie and add the stem to create a shamrock. Place the cherries pieces close together so they don’t spread when you bake them and stay close together.
- Bake green cherry cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Storing Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies
- These thick shamrock sugar cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 4-5 days.
Other Variations
- I used white chocolate chips, but you can use mint chocolate chips, rainbow coated chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips if you aren’t a white chocolate fan. You can also leave the chocolate chips out all together if you like.
- For the sprinkles, you can use any color you like. Using green, rainbow or any color of nonpareils to accent your green cherries will work!
- Color the cookie dough a fun light green by using a green food coloring.
- Add some green pistachios for some crunch and salty yumminess!
- These would be wonderful with some sweetened shredded coconut or you could add some almond extract or a cake batter extract for some delish flavor ideas!
So next time you’re craving something sweet, try making these Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies and embrace the Irish spirit. And remember, with the right ingredients and a little bit of magic, anything is possible.
Now let’s raise a cookie and toast to the luck of the Irish. May your celebrations be filled with laughter, love, and of course, delicious St Patrick’s Green Cherry Cookies. Happy St Patrick’s Day!
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St Patrick's Day Green Cherry Shamrock Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons nonpareil sprinkles any color of green, mine are a teal green color
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- green candied cherries I used Paradise Fruit Co.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper then set aside.
- Cut some of the green cherries in half for the shamrock leaves, then cut some strips of the green cherries for the stems. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, and brown sugar until light and creamy.
- Add in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Add in the flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking powder, and mix just until the flour mixture disappears. Mix in the sprinkles and white chocolate until combined.
- Using a large cookie scoop (¼ cup) scoop out cookie dough balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Leaving about 2 inches of spaces in between them, you can leave the scooped cookie dough balls as is or flatten to about 1 inch in thickness. I like mine super thick, so I don’t flatten them.
- Place 3 or 4 of the green cherries in the center of the cookie and add the stem to create a shamrock. Place the cherries pieces close together so they don’t spread when you bake them and stay close together.
- Bake cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
