St. Patrick’s Day Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter

• 1 3oz lime or apple flavored gelatin

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 2 eggs beaten

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 drops green food coloring

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 cup white chocolate chips

Directions

1. Mix flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and set aside

2. Whisk butter, gelatin and white sugar together

3. Add 2 drops of green food color, the vanilla flavor, the eggs, then whisk till well combined

4. Mix in the dry ingredients till well combined

5. Fold in 3/4 cup of the white chocolate chips

6. Mold the dough into a ball and refrigerate for up to 2 hours or overnight

7. Preheat oven to 350

8. Remove dough from refrigerator. Scoop dough by a heaping tablespoon full and place 3 inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon mat

9. Press down cookie dough lightly, place reserved chocolate chips on the top of the cookie

10. Bake 15 minutes

11. Remove form oven. Place some more white chocolate chips while cookies are still hot

12. Allow cookies cool on cookie sheet for about 8 mins then transfer to the cooking rack and let it cool completely

adapted from My Diaspora Kitchen