St. Patrick's Day Jello Cookie Recipe

When my youngest daughter was born some friends of ours made us pink cookies. They were delicious. I had to have the recipe. Turns out the secret ingredient was Jello. It also turns out that you can use any flavor of Jello to get any color cookie you want! I prefer to make them with cherry Jello, but seeing as St. Patrick's Day is upon us, we decided to go with lime Jello and make some green cookies. These are pretty darn good, too :) Add some shamrock sprinkles and you've got one snazzy looking cookie. Here's the how-to...

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup of margarine or butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3oz package of Jello gelatin (any flavor will do, but we used lime)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2½ cups of flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• sprinkles (optional)

Directions: (makes about 24 cookies)

1. Cream together your first five ingredients: margarine or butter, sugar, dry Jello powder, eggs, and vanilla.

2. Carefully add the remaining ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.

3. Grease and flour baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

4. Roll the dough into 1½" balls and place on the baking sheets. It helps to add a little flour to your hands before rolling.

5. Flatten each ball of dough in a crisscross pattern with a fork. Again, flour is your friend here... dip the fork in flour before pressing it into the dough.

6. Add sprinkles, if you like...

7. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. They are done when you just start to see a light brown ring begin to creep up from the very bottom of the cookie. Move to a cooling rack and enjoy!

This is a great all-purpose recipe... you can change up the color and decorations to match any holiday or occasion. And Jello comes in so many flavors, there are lots of possibilities. Have fun with it!




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