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Lucky Charms Cookies

Fun, vibrant St. Patrick's Day cookies topped with green icing and Lucky Charms marshmallows.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
Chill time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 1 minute
Servings: 15 cookies
Calories: 229kcal

Ingredients

  • 120 g Butter, softened (1 stick)
  • 120 g Caster sugar/superfine sugar (½ cup + 2 tablespoons)
  • 2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract
  • 1 Medium Egg
  • 250 g All-purpose flour (2 cups)
  • ½ Teaspoon Baking powder
  • Small Pinch Salt

Topping

  • 70 g Butter, softened (5 tablespoons)
  • 225 g Icing sugar/powdered sugar (1 + ¾ cups)
  • ½ Teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon Milk
  • ¼ Teaspoon Green gel food colouring (or more as needed)
  • 2 Handfuls Lucky Charms marshmallows

Instructions

  • Line a large tray or two with baking paper.
  • In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until smooth. Then mix in the vanilla extract and the egg.
  • Add in the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well and when it starts to stick, use your hands to press everything together into a ball of dough.
  • Pop the ball of dough in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill.
  • While the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 180°C/350℉ (or 160°C/320℉ for fan or convection ovens).
  • Gently knead the cookie dough in your hands to get rid of any cracks then roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it's around ¼-inch thick.
  • Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to cut out your cookies, re-rerolling leftover pieces of dough until it's all used up.
  • Bake for 10-11 minutes, until they are firm around the edges and slightly soft in the middle. They will firm up more as they cool.
  • Leave them on the tray to cool completely.

Topping:

  • Mix the butter, icing sugar, vanilla extract and milk together until smooth then stir in the green food colouring.
  • Use a teaspoon to gently spread some icing onto each cookie then top with Lucky Charms marshmallows.
  • Let the icing harden then enjoy!

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Notes

  • If the icing is too soft, add more icing sugar. If it's too thick, add more milk.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 48mg | Sugar: 20g