St. Paddy’s Day Cat Cookies

Name: St. Paddy’s Day Cat Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 pouch (17.5 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Cookie Mix Sugar; 1 tablespoon flour (for cookie mix); 1 egg (for cookie mix); 1/3 cup butter, softened but not melted (for cookie mix); Green food coloring; Black edible marker; 1 can (16 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Whipped Frosting Fluffy White; 48 green M&M's® milk chocolate candies; 24 green shamrock sprinkles; 24 green marshmallow hats from Lucky Charms™ cereal; 2 Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups™ Chewy Fruit-Flavored Snack Green

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Prep 40 min
Total 2 hr 15 min
Servings 24

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Cute Leprecat sugar cookies!

by: Party Pinching

Updated Oct 4, 2017

Ingredients

1 pouch (17.5 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Cookie Mix Sugar
1 tablespoon flour (for cookie mix)
1 egg (for cookie mix)
1/3 cup butter, softened but not melted (for cookie mix)
Green food coloring
Black edible marker
1 can (16 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Whipped Frosting Fluffy White
48 green M&M's® milk chocolate candies
24 green shamrock sprinkles
24 green marshmallow hats from Lucky Charms™ cereal
2 Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups™ Chewy Fruit-Flavored Snack Green

Steps

1

Preheat oven to 375° F. Prepare cookie dough according to package instructions.
2

While mixing, add in a few drops of green food coloring until you reach your desired color.
3

Roll out dough and cut out 24 circle shapes using a circle cookie cutter. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Let cool completely.
4

With the black edible marker, color in the middle of the M&M’S™ for the eyes.
5

Using white frosting, attach 2 green M&M’S™ to the top of the cookie for the eyes and the shamrock sprinkle for the nose.
6

Attach the Lucky Charms™ marshmallow hat to the cookie with frosting.
7

Cut small triangles from the green Fruit Roll-Up™ for ears. For the bow tie, cut a small rectangle out from the Fruit Roll-Up and twist in the middle for a bow tie shape.
8

Attach ears and bow tie on the cookie with white frosting and draw in the mouth and whiskers with the black edible marker.

Nutrition Information

210 Calories, 9g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 31g Total Carbohydrate, 22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 210

Calories from Fat: 80

Total Fat: 9g; 14%

Saturated Fat: 4 1/2g; 23%

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 15mg; 5%

Sodium: 110mg; 4%

Potassium: 25mg; 1%

Total Carbohydrate: 31g; 10%

Dietary Fiber: 0g; 0%

Sugars: 22g

Protein: 1g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%; 0%

Vitamin C: 0%; 0%

Calcium: 0%; 0%

Iron: 0%; 0%

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

These cat cookies are way cuter than shamrock cookies! What I love about these cookies is that you don’t have to have any fancy schmancy shaped shamrock cookie cutters or any decorating skills. Just a plain old round cookie cutter (or use a drinking glass turned upside down to cut out the circle shapes – a little tip from my sweet mom), some green candy, Fruit Roll-Ups and cereal. Oh! And green food coloring. OF COURSE. Bake, assemble and enjoy these cute cat cookies for St. Patrick's Day!

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