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Leprechaun Hat Cookies

Celebrate a bit o' the Irish. Betty Crocker® cookie mix makes it easy.

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Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

1: pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: egg

1: container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

1/4: teaspoon Betty Crocker® green gel food color

24: large marshmallows

24: small (1-inch) chewy chocolate candies

12: small green gumdrops

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Roll dough in 24 (1-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place 2 inches apart.
2 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately place marshmallow on each cookie. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
3 In microwavable bowl, microwave frosting on High 30 seconds. Stir; frosting should be a thick spoonable glaze. Stir food color into frosting, adding more if needed to achieve desired color. Spoon warm frosting over each cookie, coating completely and allowing excess to drip off. Let stand 20 minutes to set.
4 Roll chocolate candies into ropes. Flatten with rolling pin into 1/8-inch-thick ribbons. Cut into strips with scissors to resemble hat bands; arrange around base of marshmallow on each cookie. Cut gumdrops crosswise in half (reshaping as needed). Press cut side onto hat band. Lift cookies onto serving platter with pancake turner, leaving excess frosting behind. Store in airtight container.

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You can use chocolate chip cookie mix for the sugar cookie mix.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 260
Calories from Fat: 80),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 9g; 9%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 2g 2% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 140mg; 140%;
Total Carbohydrate: 42g; 42%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 29g 29% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 3/29/2013 3:29:21 PM REPORT ABUSE SassySandy said:

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These did take more time than I expected but would go faster my next time. Takes a bit to get your self in sync. They were a hit at our church St. Paddy's Day lunch. Turned out very well and the reviews were right, easy even for me. They were good but not fantastic. Difficult to eat at a dinner. Would make again for my grandchildren.

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Posted 9/30/2012 10:24:39 PM REPORT ABUSE

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It is right. We bake a lot with Olive Oil but you can substitute Canola Oil if you preefr. I admit the cup of Oil seems like a lot and the cake is VERY moist... if you like a drier cake - I recommend using 3/4 to 1/2 a cup and then adding another teaspoon of Applesauce. We got the 1 cup of Oil from the original recipe and try to stay as close to the original "spirit " of the Betty recipes when we can. :)

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Posted 3/15/2012 2:35:39 PM REPORT ABUSE bluegrotto said:

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I just made these for a St. Patrick's Day celebration at work and my co-workers LOVED them! They raved about them all morning. Don't pass these up because the recipe looks too complicated - it really wasn't that difficult. At first it was taking me a while to make the Tootsie Roll hatbands, but once I figured out my own system for doing it the work went by much faster. Next time I make these it likely won't take me nearly as long (in total, for my first time making these, I spent about three hours on them). Tips: - Add a little over 1/2 tsp. of mint extract to the frosting. - Microwave the Tootsie Rolls two at a time for only a few seconds, making them soft and bendable. I struggled trying to use a knife to cut the strips; when I used kitchen scissors I found it was MUCH easier and faster. - Microwave the frosting in small portions. I used store bought frosting and was afraid it wouldn't spread well since some reviewers here had had issues with it, but I found that if I microwaved only a couple of spoonfuls at once and then immediately poured it over the hats, it spread nicely (only a small amount of touch-ups were necessary). Also, this doesn't have to be as messy as it sounds. I set the cooled hats on aluminum foil and then went to town with the frosting. Really DRENCH the hats in it, then after the frosting has dried you can use a knife to cut around the edges, leaving the mess behind on the foil. Even "wasting" so much frosting like this, I still had enough to cover all of the cookies.

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