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St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Cookie Cups- such a fun way to serve sugar cookies!

Shamrock Cookie Cups

Kara
Delicious cookie cups topped with buttercream frosting and candy shamrocks.
4.29 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course St. Patrick's Day
Cuisine American
Servings 42 cookie cups
Calories 129 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Buttercream Frosting

  • ⅓ cup butter softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp almond extract
  • dash salt
  • 1 Tbsp sour cream
  • 1 Tbsp milk more or less as needed

To Decorate

Instructions
 

  • For cookie cups: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and flavorings and beat well. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Roll in balls and place in well greased mini muffin pans. Bake at 375° for about 8-10 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes, then remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely. Frost with buttercream frosting.
  • For frosting: Beat butter, powdered sugar, extracts, salt, and sour cream till smooth. Add milk as needed to make a spreadable consistency.
  • To decorate: To make the stems, pull apart the licorice and cut into pieces about 1/2″ long. Top each cookie cup with three M&M’s and a licorice piece for the stem. That’s it!

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 109mgPotassium: 14mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 167IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.4mg
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