A Little Green

My apologies about the lack of blogging! It has been a hectic February with everything I had going on in my schedule! My school proudly raised over $10.6 million dollars for children fighting pediatric cancer and that is basically where my entire month of February went. Considering how soon St. Patricks Day is, I found a spiked recipe that I think fits the day pretty well!
These delicious cookies are just a great way to continue the festivities on that very green Saturday! I hope you guys like them!
PS. You don't have to wait until St. Patricks day to make them! ;)
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
1&1/2 cups sugar
1 egg**
1 egg yolk**
1teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups AP flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Baileys

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Add egg and egg yolk. (not necessarily if you add in some milk instead!)
3. Mix in vanilla extract.
4. Alternate adding in dries with Baileys till combined.
5. Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate a few hours to over night.
6. Roll out dough & cut out cookies using a shamrock cookie cutter (festive and cute!)
7. Chill cookies at least 30 minutes before baking to keep their shape.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-13 minutes rotating once halfway through.  Start checking them after 10 minutes.  As soon as they get a little blonde on the edges, they're done. 

If you want to make shamrock sandwiches here's a great filling:
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
2 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar
6 tablespoons Baileys
 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder

1. Cream butter and sugar, adding a little sugar at a time so you don't have a sugar shower.
2. Add extract and Baileys.
3. Fill cooled cookies.