Celebrate the feast of Saint Patrick’s with these creamy and delicious Irish cream cookies. Or make them all year round!
Recipe
Ingredients
For the Cookie Dough:
- 8 oz. Unsalted Butter, room temp.
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp. Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Salt
- 1/2 cup Irish Cream
For the Irish Cream Filling:
- 8 oz. Unsalted Butter, room temp.
- •2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
- •6 tbsp. Irish Cream
- •2 tbsp. Instant Coffee
To Garnish:
- 1 cup Melted Dark Chocolate for dipping
- Green sprinkles for decorating
Directions
For the Cookie Dough:
- Combine All-Purpose Flour along with baking power and salt. Reserve in bowl.
- In a mixer cream the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. Add egg and egg yolk.
- Add the flour mixed in with baking powder and salt.
- Mix in vanilla extract, then slowly add Irish cream.
- Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Roll out dough & cut out cookies using a clover-shaped cookie cutter.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 mins. at 375°F.
- Let cookies chill at least 30 minutes.
- Sandwich cookies with Irish Cream Filling, dip in melted dark chocolate and garnish with sprinkles.
For the Irish Cream Filling:
- Cream the butter with sugar.
- Add coffee and Irish cream and keep mixing until it thickens.
- Refrigerate for an hour in a plastic bag.
Pro Tips
Use your favorite dark Mexican chocolate to dip these delicious cookies.