St. Patrick's Day Treats for kids and Adults

                It’s almost time for St. Patrick’s Day, and are you Irish and do the Green Day thing? I know it can be fun to wear green clothes and dress up. I hope, you are not one of those people who will go out and drinks over priced green beer. Why not find some fun things to make and drink at home that is the color green.  I have a fun cookie recipe for the children to make and take to school as a treat for St. Patrick’s Day. I also have an adult drink that is green. You can make this drink at home for a lot less than the green drinks you can buy in a bar. Have fun at home for a lot less money and invite your friends over for a St. Patrick’s Day party.

Kids Green 4-Leaf Cookies

                ½ cup Butter                                                          1 ½ teaspoons Vanilla

                ½ cup Shortening                                                 3 ½ cups Flour

                1 cup sugar                                                           1 teaspoon Soda

                3 eggs                                                                     2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar

                Mint extract (to taste)

In a mixing bowl cream together butter, shortening, and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, soda, and cream of tartar. Gradually add dry ingredients to mixture and mix well. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Roll out dough on a floured surface.

Take your 4 leaf clover cookie cutter and start cutting out your cookies. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 375 Degrees.

Cool and frost your cookies green.

                Now it is time for the adult green drink. I will give you the bar recipe and then I will give you my recipe. Today's recipe is for Green Grasshoppers. Here is the bar recipe.

¾ oz. green Crème de Menthe

¾ oz. white Crème de Cacao

¼ fluid oz. heavy cream

1 cup ice

               Take a shaker and mix all ingredients. Enjoy.

                Now it’s time for my version of a Grasshopper drink.

2 cups vanilla ice cream

2 oz. green Crème de Menthe

2 oz. white Crème de Cacao

Place everything in a blender and mix well. If you like chocolate try substituting the 2 cups of vanilla ice cream with 2 cups cookies and cream ice cream. Our family prefers the ice cream over the heavy cream and ice. Making these drinks at home is so much cheaper than going out to a bar. Plus making these cookies at home is cheaper than buying them in the grocery store. The kids can have fun cutting out the cookies and frosting them, while the adults can enjoy a Grasshopper drink. Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Suzie Homemaker.