It’s Friday! I hope you guys have had a fabulous week, because I have a little St. Patty’s excitement to wrap it up! Today I’ll be sharing how quick and easy you can make some of these adorable little shamrock cookies sandwiches, with rainbow sprinkle filled centers! All while dishing the details on one of my FAV baking tools!
These cookies are seriously easy to pull together, just a little sugar cookie dough dyed green, buttercream, and sprinkles. A perfect treat for those little green cookie snacking leprechauns. However, the real star of today’s post is my Joseph Joseph adjustable rolling pin, which really makes these cookies so fast and easy! If you’ve been around MBC awhile you know this little guy pops up in many of my posts. I use my rolling pin ALL THE TIME, and I kind of love it. You guys seem to share my love as well because I get so many emails and comments asking about it. So today, I’m going to share all about the rolling pin while showing your how I use it to make these shamrock cookie sandwiches, and, ahem, give some away. That’s right, our newest sponsor, and my FAV baking supply store, Country Kitchen SweetArt, wants to give not one but two LUCKY readers a rolling pin of your own!
But before I get to the fun stuff, you may notice my guides are all grey and there are only three, this is because I picked up mine a few years ago at Country Kitchen SweetArt, before the lovely rainbow version came out. Our two LUCKY winners will be recieving the new version pictured above! Swoon. Of course it works just the same but I wanted to clarify, and not confuse. And now that I know they have a rainbow version…I’m thinking maybe mine would like a friend? Hehe.
In case your wondering what on earth makes this rolling pin so great, it has different size washers on the ends that you can swap out to keep your dough even! Before this little baby I used to place dowel rods beside my dough to get even rolling. It was such a pain to find and store different size dowel rods and then they often slide beneath to rolling pin causing me to start all over. These sweet little guides however, allow me to chose which depth I want and all of my dough comes out nice and even without any extra effort at all. It’s so easy to use and store as well, just simple unscrew the end and slide the washers on and off.
I often use the middle and largest one for rolled cookies, depending on the thickness I want, and the smallest one for things like pie crust.
Ready to see this baby in action and make some shamrock cookie sandwiches of your own?
Here’s what you’re going to need:
Rolled Sugar Cookie Dough Dyed Green (I used my favorite recipe HERE for minimal spreading)
Buttercream (I used a half batch of THIS recipe)
Rainbow Sprinkles
Guided Rolling Pin
Shamrock Cookie Cutter
Medium Round Piping Tip + Piping Bag
Parchment Paper
Wax Paper
Note: The recipes listed above will result in 18 cookies sandwiches using a 2.5in shamrock cutter.
I used a 2.5 in shamrock cutter from a Wilton set I picked up at Wal-Mart. For the center I simply used the bottom of a medium piping tip.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place half of your green cookie dough between two pieces of wax paper. (No flour needed!) Using the middle 1/4″ guide, roll out your cookie dough.
See how easy it makes this process? So nice an even, how can you not love it??
Step 2: Cut out Solid shamrocks. Gently remove the excess dough around the shamrocks, then gently place the cut out shamrocks on the parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Repeat until the first half of your cookie dough is used. Place cookie sheet (s) in freezer for 2 minutes to help keep their shape, then bake for 9-12 minutes. (mine at 2.5 inches were done at 9) CAREFULLY lifts edges of parchment paper off cookie sheet and slide cookies and all onto cooling rack.
Step 3: Take the remaining half of your cookie dough and roll out, cut shamrocks, and move to parchment paper lined cookies sheets. Once shamrock cut outs have been moved to baking sheets THEN take your circle cutter and cut out the the circle centers. If you cut out the circles before moving to the pan, the dough will be too fragile and end up misshapen. Place these in the freezer for two minutes as well, then bake for 1 minute less then the cookies without the hole. (8 minutes for mine) CAREFULLY lifts edges of parchment paper off cookie sheet and slide cookies and all onto cooling rack.
Step 3: Either pipe or spread icing on to each solid shamrock cookies.
Step 3: Place top shamrock cookie on top, and add sprinkles to the center.
**GIVEAWAY CLOSED**
See how easy they are?! It might look like a lot of text, because I like to give detail, but the entire process was only an hour for me from cookie dough to finish. I really enjoyed making these, and I hope you guys do too. I’m supppeerrrrr excited to finally be sharing some more details of one of my favorite rolling pins that I know you guys are going to love as well. Speaking of, who’s ready to see just how LUCKY you are?!? Enter below by liking Country SweetArt Kitchen, Make Bake Celebrate on Facebook, and leaving a comment! The more entries the better your chances are. I will be picking 2 random winners on Friday March 14th!
Cookie dough!!!!!!!
I’ll be making sugar cookies… for sure!
I have been wanting an apple pie, so that would be at the top of the list
These are soooo adorable!!
Cookie dough and modeling chocolate mostly.
So cute!!! Love them!!!
Oh and the roller would be used for all sorts of baked yumminess! cookies, pizza crust, biscuits……..etc.
Daughter’s 18th birthday is on March 17th! Total cookie madness!!
What wouldn’t I be rolling out with this fabulous tool?! Hmm… I’d probably start with cookies, then pie crust, then some fondant, and some lovely thin biscuits.
Since I am the chef at home, I will have to try to be the baker also. I am definitely going to try these cookies!!
Sugar cookies! of course!! Toni, I have everything crossed, I would love to own this pin!! Thank you for a chane to win!
Definitely cookie, breads, pizza crust, and muffins!
Love these cookies and I seriously need a nice rolling pin :)
Sugar cookies!!!
Thank you for sharing the how to on this. It’s seems so simple. I cannot wait to get started on making these. Now to find a cool rainbow rolling pin…hmmmm.
I would be rolling pie crust and cookies!
I love all of Toni’s sweet creations and I would love to have a rolling pin that kept the cookie dough level!!!
Love the cookies. Would love to be able to roll a nice consistant thickness with biscuits, cookies.
I would love this to make some cookies, or help roll fondant.
Cookies!
These cookies look so easy to make. My husband is the baker in the house, so I would love to win this rolling pin for him.
I would be rolling pie crusts and fondant.
I’ll be rolling out your sugar cookie recipe for sure. I love this recipe and have used it several times and shared it with quite a few friends. Thanks for such a great giveaway. Love the rolling pin!
I would be rolling out your sugar cookie recipe. I love this recipe and have shared it with quite a few friends. Thanks for the great giveaway. Would love to win the rolling pin!
Um. Yeah. That is the coolest rolling pin I have ever seen. I want one!
Love the cookies and love that rolling pin! Thanks for offering this great give a way :)
I hopefully will be making some easter treats with my new roller pin :)
Tons and tons and tons of sugar cookies for all my orders!!!
These are adorable! Can’t wait to make some :-)
Super cute cookies.
I would use the roller for gumpaste sugar flowers and cookies.
This rolling pin will make my cookie making a breeze! I need this rolling pin!
I will be rolling out crust for an apple pie.
For sure Sugar Cookies!! Thanks for the giveaway and all the fun posts!!
Make some awesome st patty’s day and easter sugar cookies!
Sugar cookies for sure! They are my new addiction!
Sugar cookies
I would be rolling out the dough to make all your great cut-out cookies to share with my co-workers!!!
I’d have to make some Harry Potter rolled cookies!
I would love this rolling pin to roll fondant. I bake cakes ;
I’m trying to master the art of perfect sugar cookies & this rolling pin will definitely be a great asset! Hooray to identical cookie-width! Love this site & competition xx
Definitely sugar cookies!
Pie crusts!
Ooooh, everything. I would use this for everything
My kiddos and I would use this to make cookies and pies!
cookies and fondant!
I would be rolling, pizza dough, pie crust and cookie dough.
Cookies and Pie Crusts!
(the shamrock cookies are adorable)
I just started making sugar cookies decorated with royal icing and this would be perfect for that!
I’d be making sugar cookies, they’re my favorite.
The rolling pin would be fabulous for making your perfect sugar cookies!! Thank you for a chance to win:)
deifinitely cookie dough
thanks
Would love that rolling pin!!!
I would be rolling out dough for a blueberry tart.
These are adorable!
I would LOVE to roll out my fondant with this baby! This would change the way I decorate my cakes and cookies as it would make it much easier to guide the thickness. Awesome little tool!