Shamrock Cookies

This picture is from the 1983 Cookies for Kids from Better Homes and Gardens. Ok, so not really vintage, but a great cookbook. Just look at this idea for cookies.

I pulled this one out yesterday after making cake mix brownies. I've used this recipe a dozen times on here, often with red velvet mix and white chips. This time I used white mix with butterscotch and semi sweet chips. Yum, but on the dry side. I of course dyed it green!

But this cookbook has so many easy recipes even I can't fail, right? We'll see:

1/4 cup butter or margarine

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1 egg

1/4 tsp. peppermint extract or vanilla

Few drops green food coloring

2 cups all-purpose flour

Green colored sugar

Now this mix and bake just like normal sugar cookies. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. The trick is that before baking, divide the dough into three parts, and roll in green sugar. Refrigerate a couple hours at least before slicing and arranging like in the picture. Then bake. Cool, eh?

Wow! No prunes. No huge amounts of salt. Nothing gross...