Well, you may not dance a jig—that's probably blarney—but you will love these sparkly green St Patricks Day Cookies. These sugar cookie bars taste amazing!
They are buttery and soft and melt in your mouth when you bite into them! St. Patrick's Day is a fun and festive holiday that comes along at a time of year when we are all hungry for some excitement and green after a long, weary winter!
We love the wee bit of crunch the green sprinkles add to these St Patricks Day cookies, and they look so happy on a plate! I had a hard time staying away from them and tried to limit myself to one or two a day, so I was glad to have help from my grandkids so they wouldn’t stick around to tempt me!
The terrific thing about these sugar cookie bars is you can change them for any holiday by changing the sprinkles or tinting the buttercream! How fun for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or the Fourth of July! The bars stayed nice and fresh in a tightly covered container for almost a week!
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a square baking pan with parchment paper.
Cream together a stick of butter and a cup of sugar until it’s fluffy, then beat in an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla. A touch of salt is always a good thing in a sweet cookie, so use salted butter or add a teaspoon of salt if you’re using unsalted butter.
This dough is thick, so I found my trusty Danish whisk the perfect tool! Stir in the flour and baking powder until no flour is showing. Finally, stir in the sprinkles before pressing the dough into the pan.
Pat the dough into place using your hands or the back of a spoon to ensure it is as evenly distributed and level as possible. Now bake for about twenty minutes or until the top is a light golden brown.
You can use an eight-inch or nine-inch square pan. If you use the smaller pan, the bars will be a little thicker, and you may need to bake a wee bit longer. Remove the pan from the oven and set it on a cooling rack until you can easily handle it.
Use the liner to lift the cookie bar from the pan onto the rack and cool it completely before you frost it. While it’s cooling, mix all the frosting ingredients until fluffy, spread it on the cooled cookie bar, and add sprinkles as desired. Sprinkles are what make these St Patricks Day Cookies fun!
Cut the square into one-inch-wide strips, then divide the bars into thirds, so you end up with about one-inch by three-inch cookie bars. St Patricks Day cookies are sweet and rich, so smaller pieces are ideal.
I used my coarse green sugar sprinkles for St. Patrick's Day cookies, which worked out great! You could also tint the buttercream icing with food coloring to make any shade of green you want! When Easter rolls around, you can make the same sugar cookie bars and add pastel buttercream and springy sprinkles. These bars are a fun treat any time!
These St Patricks Day cookies are irresistible! They have a buttery vanilla flavor and a texture similar to shortbread. Of course, buttercream frosting adds a delightful flavor to anything you bake!
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner! Surprise your family with these fun sugar cookie bars. They are so quick and easy to make.
Delicious buttery sugar cookie bars are thick, chewy, and topped with amazing buttercream frosting.
You can use a nine-by-nine or an eight-by-eight square pan. If you use the smaller pan, the cookies will be thicker and may take a few more minutes to bake.
Vary the sprinkles by the season, and you'll always have a fun cookie bar for any occasion!
We love everything about St. Patrick’s Day and are all a little bit Irish when that festive day rolls around! Here are some more tasty things to serve on that special day! Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage, Irish Stew, Colcannon, Irish Soda Bread, and Pistachio Dessert!
Do you do something fun on St Patrick’s Day? We wish you lots of luck, and may you find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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