3/15/2023
Ok. So these cookies (as you can see at the end of the video) got really messed up! I went cheap and had planned to use the green part of our leftover red & green Christmas Sprinkles. Obviously the separation in the container did not work & allowed red sprinkles to mix with the green:( Anyway, they turned out looking like Christmas Cookie Shamrock Cutouts instead of St. Paddy’s Lucky Cookies:( However, Sarah and I decided to use the video regardless because it is a long 3-step process that includes 1) Making the dough & refrigerating it, 2) Baking the cookies & 3) Frosting & decorating the cookies.
Truth be told although these are the most delicious frosted cookies (the recipe uses both lemon & vanilla extract) Ive ever had they are not my husband or I’d favorite cookies. The reason I have made a point to make them with our four children through the years is because kids absolutely love making & decorating cookie cutouts! As a Social Pathologist when I was working with preschoolers we use to make them because it was so highly motivating to gets kids socializing and creating. I spent tons of time shopping for ingredients, letting our kids create, make messes and cleaning up our kitchen. The reward is that now-years later- two of our children now actually make us homemade pies:) These cookies are a great start for getting kids to have fun, socialize, make memories and learn basic kitchen skills:) Our recipe is included at the end of Sarah’s YouTube Video:)