Hi friends and Happy Valentine’s Day from My Daylights! I’m Jennifer and I’m so happy to be meeting you as a new contributor here on Made From Pinterest. It’s so fun to be a part of such a fun and creative community; I can’t wait to get to know you all better!

It’s amazing how quickly holidays creep up on us. We’re celebrating Valentine’s today and in just a month we’ll have another of my favorite holidays-St. Patrick’s Day!

We have strong Irish roots in my family. My great-grandparents immigrated here from Ireland and we are proud of our heritage. While it’s not a major holiday, especially where we live, I still enjoy making fun treats to celebrate this lucky day.

These Shamrock cookies are a family favorite and one that I’ve never shared before, until today. It’s literally your lucky day (see what I did there?) that you’re in on an Irish family secret. Althought, this isn’t an Irish recipe. Just a recipe from an Irish family.

All right, let’s get to it! These cookies are really easy and only use a few ingredients. You will need a cookie press to whip up these puppies, but they can be found anywhere that sells kitchen gadgets. To make the shamrock shape, I used the “coin” press that has three sides. After making the recipe for the cookies, found below, you stuff the dough into the press just like this.

Use this recipe for the cookies:

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St Patrick's Day Shamrock Cookies

Course Cookies

Author Jennifer Day from My Daylights

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp Vanilla or Almond Extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/4 cup flour

Instructions

• Cream together butter and sugar
• Add in Vanilla or Almond Extract (I used Vanilla for this)
• Mix in egg yolk
• Add in flour one bit at a time until dough forms
• Push dough into cookie press with "coin" press form
• Press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet
• Bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes until golden brown around edges

Once the cookies have cooled, melt the green candy chocolate in 30 second increments in the microwave. Carefully dip the cookies in the melted chocolate and put them on a sheet of parchment paper to cool.

To make it easier to dip treats into the chocolate, I found this really cool scoop that is specifically made for chocolate dipping. It’s perfect because it has a nice long handle and you can easily shake off excess chocolate. It’s my new best friend for chocolate dipping! It’s from Wilton and you can find it at any store that sells chocolate making supplies (most craft stores will carry it).

Sprinkle with fun sprinkles before the chocolate hardens. Wrap them up and pass them out to family and friends or eat them up yourself. They are bit sized little gems of luck, perfect for celebrating this fun holiday!

Spritz Cookies are already light and buttery and the addition of the candy coating makes them even more addicting. I’m serious, try eating just one and see how you do. Your mouth will be watering for more! If you’re like me, you’ll make a batch and save some to the side just for as a special treat you don’t have to share!

What treats do you make for St. Patrick’s Day?

If you loved this, check out some other fun recipes from My Daylights:

Rainbow Sugar Cookies

Cadbury Egg Easter Bark

DIY Child’s Hand Keychains & Printable

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There were so many links we enjoyed looking at that it was hard to choose just a few to feature today.  How about if we show you the ones that made us most excited for the days to come?  March has blown into town, so St. Patrick’s Day and Spring are just around the corner.  Shamrocks make us think of St. Patrick’s Day, and berries remind us of the warmer days to come…so today’s features are our favorite shamrock and berry projects!

Glitter Shamrock Button Covers from Crafty Journal

Strawberry Butter from Echoes of Laughter

Lime Sherbet Floats from The First Year Blog

St. Patrick’s Day Banner from Circusberry

Irish Soda Bread from Three Kids and a Fish

Berry Banana Smoothie Pops from Life With the Crust Off

Green Ombre Swirl Cake from Say It With Cake

 Pot of Gold Cookie Favors from Semi Sweet

Blueberry Swirl Pound Cake from Kleinworth & Co.

St. Patrick’s Day Pretzels from Upstate Ramblings

Thanks again to all of you who’ve been sharing your projects!  If you’ve been stopping by, but haven’t linked up a project yet, don’t be shy!  We’d love to see what you’ve been working on, too!  Please join us for our next Super Saturday Link Party, starting at 7 P.M. EST on Friday night!  We welcome all kinds of projects–recipes, cleaning tips, decorating, and crafts–the sky’s the limit!

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Spring doesn’t seem like it’s going come anytime soon in some parts of the country, but it’s safe to say we’re all experiencing a few symptoms of spring fever!  We had fun spotting projects this week that bloggers did to spruce up their homes a bit in preparation for the change of seasons.  Take a look at what we saw:

Spring Wedding Jars from Mason Jar Love

Vintage Tablecloth Display from Penny’s Vintage Home

DIY Mirrored Jewelry Hangers from Homey Oh My

DIY Weathered Plank Wall from Lovely Etc.

Button Clover Art from Carrie Elle

Empty Nest Room Reveal from The Daily Nest

Union Jack Pouffe from Sew a Fine Seam

Place Mat Pillows from Be Betsy

Thanks again to all of you who’ve been sharing your projects!  If you’ve been stopping by, but haven’t linked up a project yet, don’t be shy!  We’d love to see what you’ve been working on, too!  Please join us for our next Super Saturday Link Party, starting at 7 P.M. EST on Friday night!  We welcome all kinds of projects–recipes, cleaning tips, decorating, and crafts–the sky’s the limit!

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