Cookie Recipes
Irish Cream Sugar Cookies
These are deliciously soft moist sugar cookies with the creamy richness of Bailey's Irish Cream! Wonderful as a St. Patrick's day treat or for any day you're craving a sugar cookie.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Irish cream liqueur
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla extract and egg yolk until combined, then beat in egg; beat until smooth.
- Pour in Irish cream, and beat until incorporated.
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture until evenly mixed. Form into a flattened ball, wrap well with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours to overnight.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured work surface. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters and place onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake until golden brown around the edges, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack until they reach room temperature.