Are you looking for some fun St. Patrick’s day treats to take to your child’s classroom or to work? Last week, we decided to make some St Patrick’s day clover cookies uses cutout sugar cookies and decorate them with green royal icing. For these cookies, you can make your favorite sugar cookie recipe. The one that I used, didn’t seem sweet enough to me so I will be looking for the perfect recipe.
In the past, I’ve always struggled with rolling out cookie dough that had the same thickness. After seeing a professional cookie maker rolling out her dough, I noticed that she was using silicone measuring dough strips to make her cookies the same thickness throughout. I didn’t have a rolling pin, so I opted to buy a rolling pin that has the thickness rings included. You can buy it here (aff link).
Royal icing is a bit tricky to figure out but if I can achieve it then so can you. The first time that I made royal icing, it was a bit too runny and it ran off the cookies. This time, I adjusted the powder sugar content and it turned out so much better.
This recipe for Royal icing calls for using raw egg whites but I opted to use the pasteurized egg whites. I’m always super careful when it comes to food safety. Even though egg whites aren’t supposed to contain salmonella or other food-borne illnesses, it is still possible for the yolks to cross-contaminate your egg whites.
How to Make Royal Icing With Pasteurized Egg Whites
Ingredients
- 6 cups cups Powder Sugar Start with 6 cups and add more depending on the consistency.
- 1/2 cup Pasteurized egg whites
- 1 tsp cream of tater helps stabilize the icing
- 1 tsp vanilla or flavoring
- Wilton leaf green gel food coloring
Instructions
- Measure and pour pasteurized egg whites into your mixing bowl.
- Add vanilla, cream of tater, and food coloring. You only need a small amount of gel food coloring.
- Slowly add the 6 cups of powdered sugar and begin mixing the royal icing on low-medium speed until you get a smooth consistency.
- Use a toothpick to test the consistency. When you use the toothpick to separate the icing, it should take about 15 seconds to come back together. Or you can use a spoon, knife, or a whisk and lift out of the bowl. If the icing holds together in a peak, it is the correct consistency.
- Adjusting the icing to the correct consistency. If the icing is too thin, slowly add more powdered sugar until you reach the desired consistency. Add a small amount of water if your icing is too thick. Use the mixer on low-medium to stir in the additional powdered sugar or water.
- Cover immediately until you are ready to use it.
- Pipe the outside edges first and allow the icing to dry. Then come back and use the flood technique to fill your pattern.
- Allow the icing to fully dry before placing them in a sealed container. If the icing isn’t fully dry, the cookies will end up sticking together.
- Enjoy!
How to Make Royal Icing Using Pasteurized Egg Whites
Those cookies look so scrumptious. I have not thought about the green holiday treats yet but these are a recipe I will remember
my kids are huge into baking cookies right now so this seems like the perfect little treat to make for st patricks day
These look so awesome! I’ve always liked royal icing. We might have to make these!
A delicous snack idea for St Patty’s day! I love your st patty’s day clover cookies with royal icing. I admit I love clovers, I have one tattooed on my ankle. I am al about my Irish heritage.
Those cookies look delicious. I can never get my cookies to stay quite in the shape I want. You did a great job with them.
Royal icing is tricky, but I think you really got a technique/ratio that sounds like it would work for all. Your cookies look so delish! I may have to make some for my Irish hubby this March!
These are adorable and look easy to make. I love the different sizes, perfect for big sweet tooth cravings and little nibbles
I have never tried making those cookies before. They are so cute and I bet they’re delicious. I will have to try making some.
My kids are enjoying making cookies and I am sure they gonna love making this cookie recipe for St. Patrick Day celebration.
These look great. I need to learn to do royal icing. I think it makes cookies look so much nicer.
These are such a great way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I would love to bake these with my daughter.
I don’t usually make royal icing because I’m afraid of salmonella. I’ll have to get some pasteurized egg whites and try it. It always gives such a nice look to cookies.
I haven’t made clover cookies, but yes I do enjoy decorating sugar cookies with perfectly glossy royal icing. My daughter gets a big kick out of it too.
I haven’t tried this before, I am so sure that my niece would love this. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Looks so delicious. Yummy!
This is sure to be fun doing it with kids. Everyone would see this as a good St. Patrick’s day cookie. I love it!
I love cookies! I am baking them every weekend! These are on my baking list for the next weekend!
Yum…these cookies look delicious!! This is definitively a fun activity for the family. Thanks for the simple recipe 🙂