St. Patrick's Day is not typically a big celebration in our house, but since it's cause for a party at preschool, I volunteered to bring the dessert. I had been inspired by some of Sweet Sugarbelle's pot of gold cookies, but, I'm not going to lie. I was also looking for something easy. She had taken a mini flower cookie cutter and used it on each side of a circle cookie cutter to make her own rainbow with clouds...
that sort of sounded like a lot of work! Instead, I used a scalloped square.
The key to these cookies was thinking ahead. I made a bunch of little pots of gold first. These were mini circle cookies made with black and yellow icing. The yellow was quickly covered with gold sparking sugar to give it a more realistic color and texture/shine.
(You know, since these are realistic cookies after all.)
Then, I filled in the white "cloud" on the large square cookie. While the icing was still wet, I dropped the mini cookie right on top...sticks just like glue. (This is the same technique I used to make my aerial ballerinas last year.) Making all the rainbow colors was the most time-consuming part of this recipe. However, I couldn't take any shortcuts with that.
Just as I was preparing to bake these bad boys, my dear friend shared the news with me that she was pregnant with baby #3! She wasn't really sure how to tell her family, and I had mentioned that I was knee-deep in St. Patrick's Day cookies.
I had a large Shamrock cookie cutter on-hand from my Crate and Barrel "Year of Cookie Cutters" set, and she and I brainstormed some ideas.
We decided that having a few decorative cookies on top of a platter of cookies/brownies would do.
I love to help contribute to these happy-go-lucky celebrations!
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