TheseĀ Pot of Gold Cookies from The BakerMamaĀ just might be your lucky charm for a fun, festive St. Patrickās Day party. āChewy chocolate thumbprint cookies are filled with a little icing and some yellow chocolate candies to create that pot of gold look, and then more icing is used to make clouds that hold together a candy rainbow for the full effect,ā says Maegan Brown, the mom of four behind The BakerMamaĀ siteĀ andĀ Instagram. Not only do they come together from scratch in less than 45 minutes, semi-homemade bakers (no shame!) can whip them up with store bought brownie bites.
For more St. Patrickās Day inspiration:
Leprechaun Snack Board
Eat the Rainbow Board
Emma Willisā St. Patrickās Day Cupcakes
Lucky Charms Ice Cream Sandwiches
St. Patrickās Day Crafts & Recipes
Rainbow Cheesecake
St. Patrickās Day Cocktails & Mocktails
Ingredients
- 1/2 cupĀ unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cupĀ granulated sugar
- 1Ā egg yolk
- 2 tablespoonsĀ whole milk
- 1 teaspoonĀ vanilla
- 1 cupĀ all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cupĀ unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoonĀ kosher salt
- 1/3 cupĀ sparkling sugar, for coating
- 1Ā (8 ounce) tube white decorating icing
- 1/2 cupĀ mini yellow coated chocolate candies
- 6Ā rainbow berry candy strips, cut intoĀ 3-inch pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350Ā°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg yolk and beat until well combined. Beat in the milk and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the mixer and beat until a thick dough forms.
- Place 1/3 cup sparkling sugar in a shallow bowl. Shape cookie dough into 2 tablespoon sized balls. Roll each ball in the sparkling sugar and place a few inches apart on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, make a hole in the center stirring the end of the spoon around very gently to make the hole a bit large than the end of the spoon. The hole should not go all the way through the cookie. Flatten each cookie slightly with the palm of your hand.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until they just start to crackle in places. Let rest on cookie sheets for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about another 8-10 minutes.
- Cut the candy strips into 3-inch pieces. Set out the mini yellow candies and prepare the icing tube with a star attachment.
- When the cookies have cooled, pipe some icing into the hole in the center of a cookie. Pile enough yellow candies over the icing to cover it and make the cookie look like a pot of gold. Pipe two cloud-like stars on opposite sides of the cookie and arrange a candy strip in a rainbow shape sticking each end of the candy strip into the cloud-like icing. Repeat with remaining cookies.
