LITTLE IRISH GIRL COOKIES




I could not let the Luck O' The Irish holiday coming up go by without posting a little festive treat! Hence these green, Little Irish Girl cookies were born. Irish runs deep in our blood, our football blood that is...being tried and true Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans, I get extra excited with anything green and the name Irish attached.

Now, let's get to these lil green nuggets of sweetness....Sooo CUTE! AND YUMMY!!
  

I have made several variations of the beloved Thumbelina cookies like these. I truly think these turned out the best...they literally just melt in your mouth and the frosting is so light and fluffy. The key is whipping the butter with your beaters for at least 2-3 minutes.


What you'll need


LITTLE IRISH GIRL COOKIES
Ingredients
Cookie
1/2 cup softened Butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk, well beaten
1 tsp. Vanilla
4-5 drops green food coloring
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt

Frosting
1/2 cup softened Butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp. Bailey's Coffee Creamer (Optional) and not the Alcohol
2-3 drops food coloring

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar, beat in egg, vanilla and food coloring. Blend in flour and salt. Shape into 1" balls. Place on ungraded cookie sheet. Dent center of each ball (I used the end of a wooden spoon). Bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven, dent again, bake 8-10 minutes longer. Cool. Beat all frosting ingredients until fluffy. Fill cookies with green tinted frosting. Store in airtight container. 





I'm a lucky girl to have sweet readers like you and melt in your mouth cookies!! 

Happy Tasty Tuesday, your friendship feeds my soul!


Yum

64 comments:

  1. Happy blogiversary girl!! I'm so glad to have found your blog and to visit your space every day!! Thank you for being so positive all the time and if you could share some of these cookies that would be great! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  2. Yay for blogging for one year! I love the blogging community, too--people are really nice and encouraging!
    Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts

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  3. Happy one year!! I'm grateful I've become your friend!:)

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  4. Happy one year! I am so glad we found each other in this great big world. And the cookies look lovely, plenty of frosting just the way I like them. What a great idea to use the creamer to flavor your frosting, I love it!

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  5. Happy Blogversary! You are doing an amazing job with your blog and I look forward to your posts everyday! These cookies are so cute and I'll be making them for St Patricks Day!

    Jill
    Doused In Pink

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  6. Happy blogiversary!! Mine is this month too! Your blog is great and really successful! Keep up the great work :)

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  7. Happy Blogversary!!! I'm so glad we are blogger friends and that we found each others blogs. You totally rock! Love those cookies too :)

    Christina :: Simple and Delish

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  8. Happy blogversary! So glad to have met you, not only because these cookies look awesome but because you are so kind and uplifting!

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  9. Happy blogversary! You are a bright spot to my mornings and I always enjoy reading your posts. I'm glad that we are "blog friends." You are a kind and beautiful person, and I love your positive attitude. The world needs more of that! :-) Those cookies look delicious too, I'll be right over later for some haha. :-)

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  10. Congrats!!! You truly are one of the nicest ladies!!! :)
    Jaymie

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  11. Those look soooo good!!! Happy Anniversary - so glad you found me last summer, I LOVE your posts:):):):)

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  12. Just so you know...my kiddos and I are going to make these!!! I'm so glad we have connected via the blog world. I love your posts and such sweetness! xo Amanda

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  13. you've only been blogging a year? For some reason I thought you'd been around forever, maybe because you're so awesome. That must be it.
    I want cookies now.
    And Baileys.
    Not in that order.
    Simply Shaunacey

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  14. Those cookies look delish, especially the frosting! Happy blogiversary!!! I've loved getting to know you this past year, and you always leave the sweetest comments to brighten my day <3
    Green Fashionista

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  15. Congrats on your blogiversary! I went back and read your previous post about how blogging saved your life. What an inspiration! And your blog truly is uplifting...I always look forward to seeing what you have to say. Enjoy your day!

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  16. Hello Andrea! I'm super excited to find your blog . . . I'm a forty something mom with 2 teenage boys and a 10 year old daughter! Often times bloggers aren't in our demographic so I'm excited to read along with you! I read your How Blogging Saved Me post and so related! I just love your positive energy and that inspires me! Happy, Happy Blogiversary . . . oddly enough, mine is March 7th. Maybe the winter blues inspired us to start! Ha! I hope you have a most wonderful day . . . and I'm saving this post for the cookie recipe! Yum!

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  17. Happy Blogiversary! Crazy how fast time goes when you're having fun! Love these cookies and what a cute name! Both my maiden name and married name are very Irish so these are very fitting for me. I definitely need to make them soon!

    xo, Rachel
    A Blonde's Moment

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  18. Happy blog birthday, lady! :)

    And these little festive treats look so good!

    -Ashley
    Le Stylo Rouge

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  19. Happy Blog Anniversary!!! Ooo these cookies look delicious!!! =)

    Melanie | Blog: Toots + Dill

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  20. I'm not going to lie. I saw green cookies and was afraid they were going to be all mint-y. I was pleasantly surprised! The Irish cream coffee creamer frosting sounds so yummy. :) (visiting from the Tips and Tricks link party)

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  21. Happy blogiversary! Can't believe you have only been at this a year....so glad you dove in!

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  22. Happy 1 Year Blogging Anniversary, Andrea! So glad we met via blogging! You really a beautiful soul!
    xoxo, Vanessa
    www.WhatWouldVWear.net

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  23. Happy Blogiversary!!!!!!!!! These cookies look amazing!!!I can get behind any cooking with icing. YUM!!!! What if I want to put some real Bailey's in the icing? ;0 ;) hahaha

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  24. Happy Birthday to your blog! I've been blogging for seven years (started with a different focus and switched gears a few times along the way), and blogging has enriched my life in so many ways. I love your blog! It's such a fun, positive space to visit!

    The cookies are just the cutest!

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  25. Those cookies look so good! Happy blogiversary!

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  26. aw, happy anniversary!!!! That's always exciting. And dang, these look good! Pinning.

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  27. Those cookies look so good with that frosting on top and very festive for St Patrick's day. I'm always scrambling to find cute recipes for the party that we go to every year. Happy 1 year anniversary!! I'm so glad I met you via blogging. :-)

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  28. These cookies look amazing! And congratulations on your blog anniversary! I'm so glad that you've found a place in the blogging community.

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  29. Whoa, I can't believe you've only been blogging for a year! And I mean that as a compliment--your blog seems so established that I figured you'd been doing it for at least a couple years now! Congrats!!! Those cookies are really cute and sound delicious!

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  30. Oh, you and your delicious desserts! I'll never lose any weight if I keep making them :)! These looks like so much fun - the boys would love them. Congratulations on your blog anniversary! I agree with everything you said - I wrote a very similar post about blogging saving me. The friendships are the best part!

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  31. These look so good! I should make these for the kids, I always surprise them with St. Paddy's Day treats and a breakfast along with a scavenger hunt. I really was going to try to get out of it this year, but they've already mentioned it a thousand times... ahh, I guess I better do it! :) And, at first I thought these had the Bailey's alcohol in them LOL and I was like, ohhh YUM and then I saw it was the creamer. :)

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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  32. Awww Happy One Year blogiversary! I can't believe you've only been blogging for a year! These look soooo delicious, definitely in time for St. Paddy's! Thanks for sharing with the Wednesday Showcase!

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  33. Those cookies look and sound SO GOOD! I am so happy you started blogging..CONGRATULATIONS on one year- the blogging community is so great. I am so happy to have met you and love getting to know you even better. Have a great day beautiful!

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  34. Happy blogiversary! And whaaaa? You have only been blogging for year?!?

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  35. Oh my yum!! These sound amazing! I love Irish Cream creamer, so I bet these are delicious! Thanks for linking up with us at The Wednesday Showcase!

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  36. Those cookies look yummy! Happy Blogiversary!

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  37. Those cookies are adorable, and they look so good! Happy blogging anniversary, and here's to many more! I love what you said about blogging and the blogging community--so true!
    Shea | www.shealennon.com

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  38. Your cookies look perfect for St. Patricks Day. Happy Blogiversary!

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  39. My daughter would love these! We will have to try them. Yum.

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  40. Happy Anniversary/Birthday...whatever everyone calls it! You mean I can't use the Bailey's REAL stuff (with alcohol)? :) I think these would be cute for Easter too. Thanks for bringing these yum to Tuesday Talk this week.

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  41. Happy Blogiversary Andrea! I completely agree with everything you said about blogging, and it's been such a wonderful experience for me so far too! I'm so glad I was able to meet someone as sweet as you and I know you'll do great things with your blog! :)

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  42. Happy Blogiversary!!! I wish I'd celebrated my 2nd year blogiversary but it slipped by me this week. Loving the recipe, with the food colouring it'll be so much fun to try with my little one, he likes colourful cooking! #BloggerClubUK

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  43. They are so cute! Perfect for March! Happy blogiversary, lady!

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  44. OMG these look delish. Want to come over and bring me one now?

    And happy 1st year of blogging beautiful. Your blog and your kind words have become one of my daily reads or at least bi-weekly. You are beautiful, genuine, stylish, a great baker, a great cook, a great mom, a fantastic woman and a very encouraging blogger. I am coming up on 4 years this Spring and I just celebrated with a brand-new blog look!

    So glad I stopped by, today. These posts made my day. Also, starting tomorrow I am hosting my own linkup called "Thursday Moda" so welcome by and link up your latest beautiful outfit (one or more). Thanks so much, Ada. =)

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  45. Congrats on your 1yr anniversary! The recipe is perfect for the St. Patty's day festivities. Thanks for sharing. #wednesdayshowcase

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  46. Yummo! I need to find the computer "TASTE" button STAT! :)
    Thank you ever so much for linking up at Thoughts of Home on Thursday. Your presence adds such a ray of sunshine!

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  47. Yummy! It's not very often that you see a cookie that's green. These would be perfect to take to Bunko this month.

    Happy Anniversary on your blog and happy TOHOT. :)

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  48. Thank you for sharing this with all of us at Thoughts of home on Thursday.

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  49. So cute. Clever way to use Bailey's and make them nonalcoholic! Thanks for sharing this with us on Throwback Thursday~

    Mollie

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  50. Happy 1 year anniversary! I just yummed this :)

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  51. Congrats on your 1 yr blog anniversary. That is super excited. These look super yummy!

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  52. Congrats on the anniversary! Your Little Irish girls cookies look like a perfect treat for St. Pats! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Sharing the love with a tweet and a pin! Have a great week!
    ~Laurie

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  53. Happy blog birthday lovely! The cookies sound fab & look so festive for st patrick's day!! Thanks so much for linking up with blogger club uk x

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  54. Congratulations! This post is going to be featured over at Diana Rambles on Friday and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest, Tweeted, and Yummed. Please grab a featured button off my button page or via the post guidelines graphic. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe! Happy Blog Birthday!!

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  55. What a yummy looking treat! Sounds perfect for St. Patrick's Day and spring time! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites. I'm featuring you this week.

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  56. I'm am featuring your cookies today on My 2 favorite Things on Thursday! Thanks for partying with me!! Hope to see you again. Pinned!!

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  57. These look DELICIOUS! My guys would love these--anything with Bailey's Irish Cream would be great to them. Thanks for sharing the recipe just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

    And thanks for sharing these at Grace at Home. I'm featuring you this week!

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  58. I love the way these cookies look and I bet they taste so good! I co-host a blog party on Monday called Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up at Julie's Lifestyle. I would love to have you share this with us. Thanks and enjoy your day and week.
    Julie xo

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  59. Hello Andrea, thanks for joining and sharing your cookies with us at Cooking and Crafting with J & J. We hope to see you again.
    Enjoy the week.
    Julie

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  60. Oh these look so cute and tasty! :)

    I would LOVE for you join and share this at my DIY and Recipes FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

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  61. Hello Andrea, I am happy to inform you that I featured this for our Monday Cooking and Crafting with J & J! We hope to see you this week. Thanks and enjoy your week!
    Julie xo

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  62. Yummy. I don't know anyone who would love having a big dolop of green frosting on their cookies. Thanks for sharing this on MM. Pinned and will be featured in this week's roundup.

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  63. Oh, these look soooo good!

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