Bailey’s Irish Cream Sandwich Cookies
Posted on March 16, 2013
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
These cookies are a delicious way to celebrate the day. Adapted from Buttercream Blondie, Bailey’s Irish Cream Sandwich Cookies are very tasty and fun to bake.
Shamrock Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
3/4 cups sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups AP flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Bailey’s
Bailey’s Irish Cream Filling
2 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
3 T. Baileys
1 t. instant espresso powder
Garnish (if desired)
Melted dark chocolate for dipping
Festive sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
Cookies
Combine the dry ingredients in one bowl. In large bowl cream butter and sugar unti light and fluffy, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Alternate adding in the dry ingredients with Bailey’s till combined.
Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate a few hours to over night.
Roll out dough & cut out cookies using a shamrock cookie cutter. I found a small shamrock cookie cutter at a local cookie/cake craft supply store, Klever Kreations.
Chill cookies at least 30 minutes before baking to keep their shape.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes rotating once halfway through. As soon as they get a little blonde on the edges, they’re done.
Filling
Cream together all of the ingredients. Add in a little milk if a smoother consistency is needed.
Assembly
Match the cookies together. Use a piping bag to add frosting to the backside of half the cookies. Top with another. Chill cookies for a bit so they can set up.
If desired, dip cookies in chocolate and decorate with sprinkles.