Shelly's Recipe

PISTACHIO SHAMROCK COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 cup butter and sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp grated lime peel
1 cup finely chopped pistachios

Lime Icing
2 tbsp butter
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp grated lime peel

Cream butter and sugar; beat in egg. Stir in flour and lime peel; mix in pistachios. Refrigerate dough 1 hour. Roll out dough 1/4-inch thick; cut shapes with shamrock-shaped cookie cutter*.

Preheat oven to 375. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned; cool. Pipe lime icing to outline cookies.

Lime Icing: Combine butter, confectioners sugar, milk and lime peel in a medium bowl. Mix until smooth. Makes about 1/2 cup.

*NOTE: If shamrock-shaped cookie cutter is not available, cut out shamrock pattern from a piece of heavy paper and cut cookie dough using pattern and sharp knife. Or cut with 2 to 21/2-inch round cookie cutter and pipe icing in shamrock shape on cookies after baking.