St. Patrick's Day

I saw this on the internet this morning and decided they would be the family night treat for tonight. Here is the recipe.

Shamrock Cookies
3/4 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
few drops green food coloring
2 cups flour
Green colored sugar
In a large mixer bowl beat butter with an electric mixer an medium speed until softened. Add sugar and salt and beat until fluffy.

Add the egg, extracts and green food coloring. Beat mixture well.

With mixer on low speed gradually add flour to butter mixture and beat well.

Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Shape each part into a roll about 1 inch thick and about 8 inches long. Roll each in green colored sugar. Wrap roll in waxed paper. Chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

Unwrap rolls. Slice crosswise so the slices are 1/4 inch thick. To shape each shamrock, place 3 slices of dough with sides touching in a shamrock shape on an ungreased cookie sheet. Cut a stem from a fourth slice and attach to the shamrock. Save the rest of this slice for cutting other shamrock stems. Gently push the slices together so each leaflet curves in slightly.

Bake in a 350 degree oven about 8 minutes. With a pancake turner lift the cookies onto a cooling rack to cool. Makes 32 cookies.

The plain cookies are supposed to be gold.