Calling all cookie enthusiasts! Embark on a delightful baking journey as we unveil the secrets to creating exquisite Sugar Cookies with Clovers, a treat that embodies the essence of spring. These delectable cookies, adorned with charming clover shapes, are a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds. Prepare to indulge in a symphony of flavors as we present not one, but three irresistible recipes that cater to every palate and dietary preference.
Our Classic Sugar Cookies with Clovers recipe is a timeless classic, featuring a crisp exterior, a soft and chewy interior, and a burst of buttery goodness. For those seeking a healthier alternative, our Wholesome Sugar Cookies with Clovers offer a delightful balance of sweetness and nutrition, made with wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour and honey. And for those with gluten sensitivities, our Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies with Clovers provide a delightful gluten-free experience without compromising on taste or texture.
Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, our detailed instructions and helpful tips will guide you through the baking process, ensuring success with every batch. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a sweet adventure together!
SLICE AND BAKE CLOVER COOKIES RECIPE
These bright and cheery slice and bake clover cookies are sure to be the hit of your St. Patrick's Day celebration!
Provided by Natalie
Categories Cookies
Time 4h30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl (with a hand mixer), beat butter and sugars for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and almond, mix until combined. Add the flour and salt, mix until a soft dough forms.
- Divide the dough into two balls. Wrap one ball in plastic wrap and set aside. Fold the green food coloring into the remaining ball until it is a uniform color. Flatten into a 1-inch thick disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator along with the ball of dough. Chill for 3 hours.
- Remove the green dough, using a clover shaped cookie cutter, cut as many clovers as you can out of the dough, re-rolling the dough as needed.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg white and water. Brush over the tops of each clover, and stack into a tall "tower." You want the clovers to be lined up as evenly as possible. Lay the tower down, so that it's one long log of clovers. Wrap with plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Break the ball of dough into several pieces and roll into ropes. When the clover log is ready, remove it and line the clovers with the long ropes. You want to encase the clovers completely. Press tightly, then roll on a lightly floured surface into a smooth log. Brush the outside with egg wash, then roll in the sprinkles. I used a loaf pan to do this and it worked really well. Return to the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Slice the log into ¼" thick slices. Place 12 on a baking sheet at a time. Bake for 10-12 minutes, remove from the oven and allow to cool on the sheet for 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330 kcal, Sugar 18 g, Sodium 158 mg, Fat 13 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Carbohydrate 48 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, TransFat 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CLOVER COOKIES
Sprinkle a little luck on your sugar cookies. Draw your own stencil or use our template to create the clover design.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Yield Makes 50
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl; set aside. Combine butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment; cream on high speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs
- Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in two additions, mixing until well combined. Mix in vanilla. Divide dough in half, and cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out 1 piece of dough on a lightly floured work surface 1/8 inch thick. With a 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out 25 rounds. Working with 1 round at a time, place clover stencil on top; sprinkle surface with sanding sugar.
- Arrange rounds on parchment- or nonstick baking mat-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes, or until ready to bake. Repeat process with remaining dough.
- Bake, one sheet at a time, until edges just start to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks. Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
SUGAR COOKIES WITH CLOVERS
For a Saint Patrick's Day-themed treat, sprinkle a little luck on your sugar cookies with some decorative clovers.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl, and set aside. Put butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on high speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs.
- Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in two additions, and mix until well combined. Mix in vanilla. Divide the dough in half, and wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together confectioners' sugar and food coloring into a small bowl, and set aside.
- Roll out 1 piece of dough on a lightly floured work surface 1/8 inch thick. With a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut out 25 rounds. Arrange rounds on parchment-lined baking sheets 2 inches apart.
- Working with one round at a time, place clover stencil on top; using a small sieve, sprinkle surface with green sugar. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes, or until ready to bake. Repeat process with remaining dough.
- Bake, one sheet at a time, until edges just start to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.
CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES
As you might expect from Betty Crocker, these are the classic version of a sugar cookie-the kind your grandma or even great-grandma would recognize. These cookies are the originals that provided a sweet, universally lovable starting point for generations of bakers to riff on, and we stand by them just as they are. With a tender, short texture that comes from a good buttery base, they break with just the right balance of bend and snap. And the taste? When we recently baked up a few batches for pre-Christmas testing, person after person in the Test Kitchens said, "Now THAT is a sugar cookie." While flavor and texture are arguably the key criteria on which cookies should be judged, when it comes to sugar cookies, there's another important factor: how easy they are to decorate. It's crucial that sugar cookie dough can be easily turned into cookies that are equal parts decorative and delicious. During our most recent testing of this recipe, we also noticed that there were no instructions for a glaze in this recipe. Not wanting to leave you-or your cookies-high and dry, we tested a few glazes. The one we landed on is simple and made with common pantry staples, but the magic is in the ratio of ingredients-we ensured that it results in a glaze that's easily tintable, covers smoothly and dries firmly so that you can stack the finished cookies without fear of smudging them. However you chose to decorate them, dress these classic sugar cookies up in holiday style and they'll be the star of every Christmas gathering.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 7h50m
Yield 55
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the softened butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the almond extract and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Divide dough in half; shape dough into 2 disks, and wrap in plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Roll each disk on lightly floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters into desired shapes. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.
- In medium bowl, beat 3 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Spread frosting on cooled cookies. Decorate as desired with colored sugar or candy sprinkles. Let stand about 4 hours or until frosting is set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 90, Carbohydrate 14 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 50 mg, Sugar 10 g, TransFat 0 g
CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES
Use cookie cutters to cut seasonal shapes from a few cups of Gloria's dough. Prepared frosting and colored sugar make it a snap to decorate these classic Christmas cookies.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 20m
Yield about 3 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Using 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Leave plain or sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Frost plain cookies; sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 65 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 51mg sodium, Carbohydrate 8g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
SUGAR COOKIES
Everyone needs a good sugar cookie recipe. If you can master the very simple technique behind this one dough, you have several variations at your disposal, most likely without a trip to the grocery store.
Provided by Alison Roman
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 1/2 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium-high until the mixture is light, fluffy and pale, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of the bowl, and add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, and beat until everything is well combined, stopping to scrape down the bowl as needed.
- Add dry ingredients all at once, and mix on low speed just until incorporated.
- Scrape dough out of bowl and divide it in half. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap, patting into a 1-inch-thick disk. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 5 days.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Roll out dough, one disk at a time, on lightly floured parchment paper or work surface until it's about 1/8 inch thick. Create shapes, using a lightly floured cookie cutter. (Alternatively, using a knife, cut the dough into squares, rectangles or diamonds.) If at any point the dough becomes too soft to cut and cleanly remove from parchment paper, slide it onto a cookie sheet and chill for a few minutes in the freezer or refrigerator. Gather any dough scraps and combine them into a disk. Roll and repeat the cookie-cutting process, chilling as necessary.
- Place shapes onto parchment-lined baking sheets 1 inch apart and bake until cookie edges are lightly browned with sandy, pale centers, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Cool the cookies on a rack, if you have one. Otherwise, let them cool on the pan. Decorate with a glaze, royal icing, frosting, glitter, food-grade luster dust or whatever you'd like. Don't forget the sprinkles.
CLOVE SUGAR COOKIES
These sweet, nutty, spiced biscuits can be served after dinner, or packaged up as gifts for family and friends
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 45m
Yield Makes about 28
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put the butter, hazelnuts, vanilla extract and 85g of the icing sugar in a food processor and whizz to a paste. Add 1 tsp of the ground cloves and the flour, and pulse together until a dough forms.
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a couple of baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll the dough into walnut- sized balls and arrange on the baking sheets. Use the back of a fork to lightly squash each ball, then bake for 12-15 mins until they turn a pale biscuit colour - if they get too brown, they will become dry.
- Mix the remaining icing sugar and ground cloves, then sieve thickly over the hot biscuits. Leave to cool slightly before eating just warm, or cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 168 calories, Fat 10 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 19 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.11 milligram of sodium
EASY SUGAR COOKIES
Quick and easy sugar cookies! They are really good, plain or with candies in them. My friend uses chocolate mints on top, and they're great!
Provided by Stephanie
Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 85.9 calories, Carbohydrate 11.7 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 60.1 mg, Sugar 6.3 g
SUGAR AND SPICE COOKIES
These are my favorite cut-out cookies. Sweet and spicy, they're a wonderful Christmas treat. I've been making them every Christmas for almost 15 years now. You can make the dough up to 3 days ahead of time.
Provided by BJREEVE
Categories Desserts Cookies Cut-Out Cookie Recipes
Time 2h
Yield 50
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix the flour, the baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl.
- Cream the butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat the egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add the flour mixture in small amount to the butter mixture, beating each addition until blended. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 3 days.
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
- Roll the dough out on a floured work surface with a rolling pin to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch cookie cutters. Arrange the cut cookies onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges begin to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 50.8 calories, Carbohydrate 7.8 g, Cholesterol 8.6 mg, Fat 2 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 25.6 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
Tips:
- Use room temperature butter: This will help the butter cream together with the sugar more easily, resulting in a smoother cookie.
- Chill the dough before baking: This will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
- Use parchment paper: This will help prevent the cookies from sticking to the baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies until the edges are just set and the centers are still slightly soft: This will help ensure that the cookies are chewy and not overbaked.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack: This will help prevent the cookies from breaking.
Conclusion:
Sugar cookies with clovers are a delicious and festive treat that are perfect for St. Patrick's Day. They are easy to make and can be decorated with a variety of toppings, such as sprinkles, jimmies, or edible glitter. Whether you are serving them at a party or enjoying them with your family, these cookies are sure to be a hit.
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